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Journals. Accounts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books containing accounts of an individual's or organization's occurrences or transactions, including records of financial transactions.

Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of journal of the Calabar Mission of the United Presbyterian Church, kept by the Reverend Hope M Waddell.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.931
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Journal, volume 1, January-June 1846 (MS.7739);

Journal, volume 7, 1846-1850 (MS.7740);

Journal, volume 8, April 1850-June 1851(MS.7741);

Journal, volume 10, September 1853-July 1855 (MS.7742);

Journal, volume 11, September 1855-September 1856 (MS.7743).

Dates: 1846-1856.

Miscellaneous items.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.12
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Abstract in English of Gerard Goris`s treatise on mercury, ‘Mercurius Triumphator’, probably made from the Leyden edition of 1717. Written in three hands of the early 18th century (folio 1).(ii) `The Dyet of Poland, A Satyr. Lib. J.H. Aug. 27. 1705.` A copy in two hands, of Daniel Defoe`s verse satire, published anonymously in London (with the false imprint `Dantzick`) in 1705 (folio 20). It is followed (folio 41) by a...
Dates: 16th century-18th century.

Miscellaneous notes and other papers, including a business journal of John Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates' Library., 1658-1712, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2937
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Notes of a Presbyterian, 1658-1661, recording his own affairs and some public events (folio 1);(ii) Proposals of John Spottiswoode for study, miscellaneous notes, etc., similar to those in MS.2934, 1705-1707, undated (folios 3, 30, 56);(iii) Business journal of Spottiswoode, in French, recording consultations, fees, private expenditure, etc., 1707-1708 (folio 8);(iv) Lists of law-students, 1703, 1710-1712,...
Dates: 1658-1712, undated.

Miscellaneous papers.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.10
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Translation, 17th century, of Jan de Laet`s edition of ‘Lexicon Vitruvianum’. The beginning is missing; the text starts at `Abstantia` and breaks off at `Mataxa`. (Folio 1.)(ii) Article attacking the service-book, circa 1638. (Folio 51.)(iii) Manuscript, 1709, of ‘A Letter directed thus, for Mr James Lyon in Kirkwal’ by James Sands. (Folio 72.)(iv) Copy, late 17th century, of George Buchanan`s...
Dates: ?1595-18th century.

Miscellaneous papers of the Johnston family., Late 18th-early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/11-21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: Late 18th-early 20th century.