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:
Records of the Women's Missionary College, Edinburgh., 1894-1916.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8006-8008
Scope and Contents
The college was founded in 1894.
Dates:
1894-1916.
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.
`Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General (afterwards Count) Étienne Heudelet de Bierre from 17 December 1808 to 27 September 1809, when it was probably captured at Busaco., 1808-1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.5.20-46.5.21
Scope and Contents
This is in six parts and consists of copies of orders to the troops under his command (the third division of the eighth corps under Junot, and from 2 January 1809, the fifth division of the second corps under Soult), and of letters, many of which are addressed to Soult.
Dates:
1808-1809.
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 during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals.
`Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General Étienne Heudelet de Bierre: 5 separate gatherings of leaves amongst some of which a few letters addressed to Heudelet have been inserted., 1808-1809.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This is in six parts and consists of copies of orders to the troops under his command (the third division of the eighth corps under Junot, and from 2 January 1809, the fifth division of the second corps under Soult), and of letters, many of which are addressed to Soult.
Dates:
1808-1809.
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 during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals.
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`Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General (afterwards Count) Étienne Heudelet de Bierre from 17 December 1808 to 27 September 1809, when it was probably captured at Busaco.
`Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General Étienne Heudelet de Bierre: volume bound in a fragment of a bifolium from what appears to be a French legal document of 17th-century provenance., 1808-1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This is in six parts and consists of copies of orders to the troops under his command (the third division of the eighth corps under Junot, and from 2 January 1809, the fifth division of the second corps under Soult), and of letters, many of which are addressed to Soult.
Dates:
1808-1809.
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 during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals.
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`Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General (afterwards Count) Étienne Heudelet de Bierre from 17 December 1808 to 27 September 1809, when it was probably captured at Busaco.
Reports book and letter books of the Governors., 1855-1952.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12753/54-57
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Constitutions, reports, minutes, correspondence, financial records and printed books, 1846–2001, of Donaldson's Hospital and the Edinburgh Royal Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children and, from 1938, Donaldson's School.
Dates:
1855-1952.
Secretary's letter-books., 1961-1966.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4685/18-23
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Formerly of the ASW the Amalgamated Society of Carpentry and Joiners.
Dates:
1961-1966.
Three letter-books of Sir George Brown, now bound in one volume, containing copies of outgoing letters., 1850-1865.
File
Identifier: MS.1859
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) 'Private Letter Book. Vol. I', chiefly written from the Horse Guards and the Crimea, 1850-1855, followed by an index (folio 1);
(ii) 'Crimean Correspondence. Letter Book 5', 1854-1856, preceded by an index (folio 97);
(iii) 'Private Letter Book', Royal Hospital, Dublin, 1860-1865 (folio 167);
The subjects of the letters are the same as in MSS.1847-1854.
Dates:
1850-1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of the family of Brown, chiefly of Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, and of his nephews, George, John and Francis William Brown, sons of Peter Brown (residing at Linkwood, Elgin), all three of whom served in the Army in India.
Tissue letter-book containing duplicated copies of letters of Donald Macleod., [?1877]-1880.
Item
Identifier: MS.9830
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.
Dates:
[?1877]-1880.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., September 1873 - March 1876.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/473
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:
September 1873 - March 1876.
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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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., 1898-1900.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/474
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:
1898-1900.
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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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., 1904-1906.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/475
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:
1904-1906.
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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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
White Water Mineral Company letter-book containing only copies of two letters to Robert Trotter of Castlelaw and Bush and Messrs Mansfield, Ramsay and Company respectively., 1785-1786.
Item
Identifier: MS.12884
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With letters and reports on the lead mines of Islay, 1771-1785.
Dates:
1785-1786.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
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Correspondence and papers concerning Admiral John Elliot's mining ventures in Perthshire and southern Scotland for copper and lead deposits.
Women Missionaries. Reel 13. Part 2. Papers of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India, 1878-1904., 1891-1895.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1341
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Letter book, May 1891-May 1895, of the secretary of the Glasgow Committee and of the general secretary of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India.
Dates:
1891-1895.
Women Missionaries. Reel 14. Part 2. Papers of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India, 1878-1904., 1895-1904.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1342
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Letter book of the secretary for Women's Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
Dates:
1895-1904.