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 218 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous letters, including one of the Comte de Mirabeau to Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto., 1784-1877.
File
Identifier: MS.19574
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A letter of Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, to Gilbert Elliot, later 1st Earl of Minto, 1784, written during a period of residence by Mirabeau in England (folio 1);(ii) A letter to and a note of the 1st Earl, undated, with a printed proclamation as Governor-General, Madras, September 1809, concerning the Courts Martial of the Madras Army officer mutineers (folio 3);(iii) Miscellaneous letters, some fragmentary...
Dates:
1784-1877.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence of and concerning Lady Hislop., 1806-1851, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13140
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers of Lady Hislop, 1806-1851, undated; (ii) Correspondence, chiefly family, of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot 1839-1865 (folio 101); (iii) Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol, 1843-1856 (folio 168).
Dates:
1806-1851, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop.
Miscellaneous papers of the Edinburgh Skating Club., 1854-1969, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24646
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Secretary's Reports, 1888-1897, with Reports of Committees, 1881, 1895 (folio 1); (ii) Letters of Thomas Paterson, Club Secretary, 1881 (folio 30); (iii) Miscellaneous bills, 1854-1874 (folio 36); (iv) Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1969, undated, including notes on days of skating in seasons 1863-1878, a Prospectus for the Murrayfield Skating Company, 1881, and a club song, 1881.
Dates:
1854-1969, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh, including deeds and other legal documents, boxmasters' accounts, extracts from the minutes, memoranda and reports., 1569-1884, 1913, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.254-277
Scope and Contents
The later papers consist almost entirely of tradesmen’s bills and receipts.
Dates:
1569-1884, 1913, undated.
Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, and correspondence and papers relating to county affairs., 1746-1827.
File
Identifier: MS.10896
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, including clothing bills and receipts, muster rolls, commissions, etc., 1746, 1778, 1803-1827, undated (folio 1);(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to county affairs: letters of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet of Duntreath, M.P. for Stirlingshire, to Thomas Graham Stirling, 1811-1819 (folio 61); papers relating to the Corn Law, 1810, 1814 (folio 122); papers relating to the property...
Dates:
1746-1827.
Miscellaneous personal papers of James Stuart., 1773-1791, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8437
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1773-1791, undated.
Miscellaneous small bills and receipts, 1968-1973, and bank statements, 1973-1976, of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, 1968-1976.
File
Identifier: MS.21608
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1968-1976.
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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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.
Papers concerning the wreck and salvaging of the Dutch East India Company's ship 'Adelaar'., 1728-1738, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1491
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The principal persons involved are Alexander Mackenzie of Dellvine, Writer to the Signet, Captain Jacob Rowe, Eugene Fothringham, Leith, and William Evans, Deptford.
Dates:
1728-1738, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, relating to various subjects.
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Papers concerning the wreck and salvaging of the Dutch East India Company's ship 'Adelaar', of which Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the signet, was involved.
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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 Duncan Macrae reflecting his service in India and life in Bute after his retirement in 1868., 1850-1898, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15923
Dates:
1850-1898, undated.
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.
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Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.
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 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 Faculty of Advocates Library containing booksellers' accounts and invoices, chiefly German., 1817-1818.
File
Identifier: F.R.337
Scope and Contents
Library catalogue with letters and invoices pasted in.
Dates:
1817-1818.
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.