Letter books.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books of blank or lined paper on which letters to be sent have been written; also manuscript copies of letters, originally on loose sheets, bound together, usually in chronological order. Not to be confused with letterpress copybooks where the copies are created through a mechanical process.
Found in 1414 Collections and/or Records:
Account book for the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland containing accounts with the various mission fields., 1905-1911.
Item
Identifier: MS.8005
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters to the secretary with some copies of replies.
Dates:
1905-1911.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Papers of the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Letters to the secretary of the Women's Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Account books for the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland containing accounts with the various mission fields
Admiralty letter book containing letters to the Admiralty from the South American station., 1864-1866.
Item
Identifier: MS.21225
Dates:
1864-1866.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet.
Book labelled 'Letter Book S. & M.', containing press-copies of letters, January 1828-August 1830, of Robert Cadell and his firm, chiefly to Simpkin & Company (Simpkin & Marshall), with letters, August 1830-February 1832, to Whittaker & Company at the end., 1828-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.797
Scope and Contents
The letters deal chiefly with the publication and sale of Sir Walter Scott's works.
Dates:
1828-1832.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1824-1828.
Item
Identifier: MS.2371
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1828-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.2372
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
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Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland; with an index.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1834-1835.
Item
Identifier: MS.2374
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1834-1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland; with an index., 1828-1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2372-2373
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
'Book of Private Official Letters' from the time when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1825-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.2370
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1825-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1824-1835.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2371-2374
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Business letter book of Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1826)., 1822-1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.15415
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1822-1826.
Business papers and accounts of William, James and Charles Chisholme of that Ilk., 1747-1814, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5462-5495
Scope and Contents
The papers presumably came into the possession of Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, after his marriage to James Chisholme’s daughter in 1802. Charles Chisholme was captain of the East India ship 'Gatton'; James and William Chisholme, his brothers, owned sugar plantations in Jamaica.William Chisholme became the owner of Thomas's River, North Hall, Health Crawl and Breadland Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica, as well as owning a quarter share of Trout Hall, Green River, Troys and...
Dates:
1747-1814, undated.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., December 1826-December 1828.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
December 1826-December 1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., December 1828-November 1829.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
December 1828-November 1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., November 1829-July, 1830.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
November 1829-July, 1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., July-November 1830.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
July-November 1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., 1826-1830.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.12-46.8.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1826-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
Copies of the correspondence of the Bengal Government with the Court of Directors, and papers printed by order of the Court Directors., 1807-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11341-11360
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1813.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
Copy correspondence letter books, from Lewis Robertson to various., 1974-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11679/154-270
Dates:
1974-1989.
Copy letter book., 1746-1760.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/286
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1746-1760.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Forbes Family.
Copy letter book of James Guild., 1831-1836.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14531/24
Scope and Contents
This copy letter book covers a period when James Guild (1810-1893) was trying to establish himself in business. After trying to estabilsh himself in a distilling business on Islay, Guild went to Canada. There are some diary notes as well as copy letters in this volume.
Dates:
1831-1836.
Copy letter book of James Lyon Guild., 1887-1908.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14531/25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These letter books cover the business of the Thornbush Brewery in Inverness. In 1887, James Lyon Guild (1852-1925) and his brother-in-law Richard Wyllie (1854-1944) established Guild and Wyllie to run the brewery. The partnership was dissolved in 1894, after which time James Lyon Guild ran the business himself as Guild and Co. until 1913 when the brewery was sold at auction.The copy letter books here were kept by James Lyon Guild and cover the running of the business, the...
Dates:
1887-1908.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Guild family, including correspondence, business copy letters and bound illustrated transcriptions.
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Copy letter books relating to businesses owned by members of the Guild family.
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Copy letter books of James Lyon Guild, largely concerning the Thornbush Brewery, Inverness.
Copy letter book of James Lyon Guild., 1908-1915.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14531/26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These letter books cover the business of the Thornbush Brewery in Inverness. In 1887, James Lyon Guild (1852-1925) and his brother-in-law Richard Wyllie (1854-1944) established Guild and Wyllie to run the brewery. The partnership was dissolved in 1894, after which time James Lyon Guild ran the business himself as Guild and Co. until 1913 when the brewery was sold at auction.The copy letter books here were kept by James Lyon Guild and cover the running of the business, the...
Dates:
1908-1915.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Guild family, including correspondence, business copy letters and bound illustrated transcriptions.
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Copy letter books relating to businesses owned by members of the Guild family.
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Copy letter books of James Lyon Guild, largely concerning the Thornbush Brewery, Inverness.
Copy letter book of James Lyon Guild., 1915-1925.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14531/27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These letter books cover the business of the Thornbush Brewery in Inverness. In 1887, James Lyon Guild (1852-1925) and his brother-in-law Richard Wyllie (1854-1944) established Guild and Wyllie to run the brewery. The partnership was dissolved in 1894, after which time James Lyon Guild ran the business himself as Guild and Co. until 1913 when the brewery was sold at auction.The copy letter books here were kept by James Lyon Guild and cover the running of the business, the...
Dates:
1915-1925.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Guild family, including correspondence, business copy letters and bound illustrated transcriptions.
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Copy letter books relating to businesses owned by members of the Guild family.
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Copy letter books of James Lyon Guild, largely concerning the Thornbush Brewery, Inverness.
Copy letter-book of official correspondence between Sir Robert Liston and William Eden, Baron Auckland., 1774-1776.
File
Identifier: MS.5511
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers concern: Robert Liston's career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot; the period from 1771 to 1773 which he spent in applying, unsuccessfully, for various posts; his assisting Gilbert Stuart in editing 'The London Magazine'; and the beginning of his diplomatic career, as secretary to Hugh Elliot in Munich and as Chargé d'Affaires to the Imperial Diet in Ratisbon, 1774-1776.
Dates:
1774-1776.
Copy letter-book of Sir Robert Liston, containing his official correspondence as secretary to Hugh Elliot in Berlin., 1779-1780.
Item
Identifier: MS.5519
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1777 Robert Liston accompanied Hugh Elliot, again as secretary, to Berlin, where he remained until October 1781, when he was offered the post of secretary to Lord Mountstuart in Turin.
Dates:
1779-1780.