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Ledgers. Account books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes of final entry in accounting in which are entered debits, credits, and all other money transactions under each individual account or heading.

Found in 543 Collections and/or Records:

‘Interest Ledger’, number 1, detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1847-1856.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18402
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1847-1856.

'Interest Ledger', number 2, detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1855-1868.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18403
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1855-1868.

‘Interest Ledger’, number 3, detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1867-1880.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18404
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1867-1880.

‘Interest Ledger’, number 4, detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1879-1884.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18405
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1879-1884.

‘Interest Ledger’, number 5, detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1884-1888.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18406
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1884-1888.

'Interest Ledgers', detailing the amounts of interest credited to the various funds of the Free Church of Scotland., 1847-1888.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.18402-18406
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1847-1888.

Ledger, 'A', 1732-1736, and accounts, 1738-1741, of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1732-1741.

 Item
Identifier: MS.16900
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.

Dates: 1732-1741.

Ledger and cashbook of Saltoun estate., 1882-1884.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17227
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1882-1884.

Ledger, 'C', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1735-1738.

 Item
Identifier: MS.16903
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.

Dates: 1735-1738.

Ledger containing a numbered series of copies of commissariat accounts with German merchants., 1761-1762.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12891
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates: 1761-1762.

Ledger containing accounts of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale with the Treasury., 1741-1746.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14518
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: 1741-1746.