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Invoices.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents showing items supplied, together with the prices charged for each; also, itemized bills or accounts.

Found in 249 Collections and/or Records:

Notes and records between and relating to the climbers during the ascent., 1966.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14376/6
Scope and Contents The records in this file relate to the time the climbers were trying to make the main ascent of the north face of the Eiger. They consist of:Note to Peter Gillman informing him to call Kleine Scheidegg and that 'opposition has started';Certificate for Chris Bonington after he received medical treatment;Three invoices from the mountaineering supplier Eiselin Sport for various supplies used by the climbing team, including the rope that later broke resulting...
Dates: 1966.

Papers and accounts connected with alterations to Minto House., 1860, 1864, 1891-1899, 1903, 1905-1906.

 File
Identifier: MS.13250
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1860, 1864, 1891-1899, 1903, 1905-1906.

Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Loch, his wife, and their family., 1805-1837, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19418
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);

(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);

(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);

(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).

Dates: 1805-1837, undated.

Papers concerning the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families., 1632-1683, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14547
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) 'Relatione of the wrongs done to Ladie Yester’, 1683, being the original of MS.14546 (folio 1);(ii) Discharge of writs, 1652, by the 1st Earl of Lauderdale to the 1st Earl of Tweeddale (folio 9);(iii) Papers, 1644-1674, undated, relating to the executry of Mary, Countess of Home, including material concerning her property in Highgate and Aldersgate, London (folio 11);(iv) Contract, 1648, between the Duke of...
Dates: 1632-1683, undated.

Papers found loose in, or otherwise associated with, various manuscripts belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, now bound together., 1681-1919, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2212
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Road-bills, 1757-1881, undated, found loose in MSS.1921-1923: Bills of inn-keepers, chiefly in Moray, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire; among these are some bills of 1871-1881, including a few of foreign hotels (folio 1);(ii) 'Information for Mr James Eleis & ye poor of ye Westkirk paroch agt Hary Nisbet yor of Dean', 1681, found loose in MS.1953: 'Leaves from the Buik of the West Kirke' (folio 32);(iii) Bills and notes,...
Dates: 1681-1919, undated.

Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9678
Scope and Contents

The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).

Dates: 1770-1886, undated.

Papers of Dugald Bremner and of Bruce Allan Bremner as executor to his brother., 1859-1866.

 File
Identifier: MS.19231
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning Dugald Bremner's estate, 1862-1866 (folio 1);

(ii) London tradesmen’s bills for personal expenditure of Dugald Bremner, 1859 to his death in 1863 (folio 18).

Dates: 1859-1866.

Papers of Graham Brown, relating to converted yacht 'Thekla', formerly 'Marion of Lorne'., 1947-1960, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/212(1)-213(11)
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: 1947-1960, undated.

Papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, Director of the Darien Company., 1689-1698, 1753, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3582, folios 101-213
Scope and Contents

The contents include subscription-lists, accounts, lists of ship's equipment, stores, etc., bills, and memoranda, with a few letters. There is also a letter of David Hume to James Balfour of Pilrig, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh, with a draft reply by Balfour, 1753 (folio 213).

Dates: 1689-1698, 1753, undated.

Papers of James Ramsay Macdonald and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13461
Scope and Contents The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...
Dates: 1895-1970s.

Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19787
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Memoranda and accounts, 1768, 1800-1821 (folio 1); (ii) Poems of William Hall, poet and antiquary of the Fens, printed and manuscript, 1818, 1820, undated (folio 137); (iii) Bills and receipts connected with John Rennie's stay at Eastville near Boston while working on Fen drainage, 1817-1818 (folio 142).

Dates: 1768-1821.

Papers of John Rennie concerning mills., 1786-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19807
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i)-(ix) Cornmills. (i) Albion Mill, street plans, circa 1795, circa 1814, showing the position of the mill, and the letter, 1786, in which John Rennie described to his brother George the first starting of the mill, with miscellaneous notes and calculations relating to the mill, and to corn-milling in London, 1796-1798 (folio 1); (ii) Cork, letters, 1816-1820 (folio 16); (iii) Barsloisnoch in Kilmartin, letter, 1797 (folio 49); (iv) Lingard and Sadler's Mill,...
Dates: 1786-1821.

Papers of Robert G Sutherland, the poet's father, who was a house-painter in Edinburgh., 1904-1955, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26667
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Personal correspondence, 1904-1955, undated. (Folio 1.) It includes a number of letters written by the poet when in the army and as a prisoner of war. (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1947, undated. (Folio 85.)

Dates: 1904-1955, undated.

Papers of Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4378
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. letter, 1833, of Sir John Sinclair, on shell marle as manure2. rental, 1782, of the estate of Wattin, Caithness3. printed price list and two invoices, 1849, of Peter Lawson and Son4. list, 19th century, of seeds5. copy (in the hand of the donor) of letter, 1821, of William Stewart, on a new road in Caithness6. printed programme, 1887, of the Royal Naval Review at Spithead7. note book, late 17th...
Dates: late 17th century to 19th century.

Papers of the 10th Earl of Angus, the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Douglas, the Duke of Douglas, and their families., 1592-1759.

 File
Identifier: MS.973
Scope and Contents The papers include bills for food, liquor, clothes, lodging, etc., (passim); a description of the tumult in Edinburgh of 1596 (folio 7); letters of Sir John Campbell of Lawers, afterwards Earl of Loudoun, 1620 (folio 17), and of James Law, Archbishop of Glasgow, 1630 (folio 39); drafts of a letter of Archibald, Lord Douglas, apparently to a French Cardinal, 1653 (folio 43); a memorial regarding a roup of whales at Dundee, with reference to the Duke of Douglas' rights to such fish (folio 60);...
Dates: 1592-1759.

Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 15th century-1927, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21174-21191
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates: 15th century-1927, undated.

Papers of transactions and lawsuits between the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families, deriving chiefly from the marriage between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale., 1632-early 18th century, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14546-14550
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 1632-early 18th century, undated.

Papers relating to dishonoured bills due by Luis Gall of Guatemala, 1925-1926, and correspondence relating to debts of Thompson Bush and Co, of Auckland, 1933-1935; and other papers, 1912, 1940., 1912-1940.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9416/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1912-1940.

Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1752-1754.

 File
Identifier: MS.17685
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates: 1752-1754.

Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1703-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.13304
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to conditions of employment of colliers at Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1730-1743, 1783, 1792, including bonds of coalhewers to the mines, papers relating to renegade colliers, and petitions, etc., concerning the position of the coalgrieve (folio 1);(ii) Lists of absences from the Urquhart colliery, 1743-1744 (folio 78);(iii) Miscellaneous bills and receipts relating to the collieries, 1703, 1705, 1729-1746, consisting...
Dates: 1703-1792.

Particular and classified accounts., 1776-1803, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14689-14701
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are accounts of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale when residing at Bonnington House, Ratho, and Thirlestane Castle, prior to his succession to the Tweeddale title in 1787.

Dates: 1776-1803, undated.