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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 143 Collections and/or Records:

Letter book, 1808-1819, of William Pattison.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7259
Scope and Contents

With:

two letters, 1835 and 1836, on behalf of the Duke of Sussex to George Home, on matters of patronage

hotel bill, early 19th century, from the Angel Inn, Alnwick.

Dates: circa 1800-1835.

Letter-book containing official copies, in several hands, of correspondence and state papers during the Regency of the Earl of Lennox.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.12
Scope and Contents

The manuscript covers the period from the murder of the Regent Moray in January 1570 until shortly before Regent Lennox`s death early in September 1571.

Dates: 1570-1571.

Letter book in John Maule's hand, containing copies of letters written and received by him on Treasury matters.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10781
Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence is with James West who was then Secretary to the Treasury. The subjects include forfeited estates, the payment of Crown officials, and window tax and other sources of revenue. A contemporary list of contents is inserted (folio iii).

Dates: 1748-1761.

Letter book of Andrew Lumisden.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8774
Scope and Contents

Containing letters to Sir Robert Strange and other on Jacobite matters.

Dates: 1762.

Letter book of Archibald Campbell Colquhoun, Lord Clerk Register.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10683
Scope and Contents

The topics include the militia, suppression of riots in Glasgow, estate affairs, appointments in the Excise service and advice on points of law. The inverted pages contain opinions on legal cases.

Dates: 1812-1813.

Letter book of Charles Ormston.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6974
Scope and Contents

Comprising copies of over 1000 letters by him, mostly on commercial matters and also concerning Quaker affairs.

Dates: 1720-1730.

Letter-book of Charles Strachan, of Charles Strachan and Company, traders, Mobile, Alabama.

 Item
Identifier: MS.119
Scope and Contents

The letter-book consists chiefly of commercial correspondence, addressed from Mobile, and illustrates the trade carried on in southern North America, and with Great Britain. In 1768 Charles Strachan succeeded to his grandfather’s estate at Kinnaber, near Montrose, and assumed his grandfather’s name of Fullarton (folios 45, 49). From 1770 his letters are addressed from Kinnaber.

Dates: 1763-1776.

Letter-book of Field-Marshal George Wade, when "Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces, Castles, Forts and Barracks in North Britain".

 Item
Identifier: MS.7187
Scope and Contents The first half of the volume contains Field-Marshal George Wade's orders to various officers concerning troop movements from his arrival in Edinburgh in June 1725 to September 1726, first in connection with the Malt Tax riots, then with movements into summer and winter quarters. This portion also includes records of two courts-martial for desertion, and of a reprimand of an absent officer. This is followed (folio 81) by thirteen letters from Wade to Henry Pelham, Secretary at War, and Lord...
Dates: 1725-1732.

Letter book of H Allnutt and Son`s paper mill.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8265
Scope and Contents

With letters to Scottish paper suppliers.

Dates: 1876-1877.

Letter book of J H W Houstoun, Postmaster and Acting Commissioner, Szemao.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10152
Scope and Contents

Contains contact copies of letters concerning political and other events, including several to Sir Robert E Bredon.

Dates: 1906-1912.

Letter book of John Davidson of Stewartfield, Writer to the Signet, containing correspondence with his clients on their estate and financial business.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10787
Scope and Contents

Some of the letters, initialed H W, were written by Davidson's apprentice, Hugh Warrender.

Dates: 1774-1777.

Letter-book of John Ewing, Writer to the Signet, legal agent for the Earls of Morton, concerning the Earls` affairs in Orkney and Shetland.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.9
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is mostly legal and financial in nature, dealing with the running of the estate, the tenants` accounts, and the supply of butter, beer and malt, but there are some references to contemporary events such as the South Sea Bubble and the threat of a Spanish invasion. There is a break in the correspondence from 1721 to 1730, and some of the later letters are signed R E.

Dates: 1715-1736.

Letter-book of John Russell of Braidshaw, Writer to the Signet (adrnitted 1711), started in 1700 and continued until 1712, with an almost complete gap between December 1704 and January 1707, and another between November 1707 and May 1709.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.9
Scope and Contents

The volume contains copies, drafts and summaries of his outgoing letters, and copies of legal and financial documents concerning himself and his sisters. Several letters are addressed to merchants and officials in Rotterdam (where his father had been a merchant) and in other parts of Holland.

Dates: 1700-1712.