Letter books.
Found in 143 Collections and/or Records:
Letter- and order-books of Admiral Sir George Berkeley kept during his service as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal.
Letter book, 1808-1819, of William Pattison.
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.
Letter book and accounts, 1805-1835, of Ilay Burns, writer in Bo'ness.
Letter book and correspondence, concerning the wine trade in Bordeaux and French trade with Scotland generally.
Letter-book containing official copies, in several hands, of correspondence and state papers during the Regency of the Earl of Lennox.
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.
Letter book in John Maule's hand, containing copies of letters written and received by him on Treasury matters.
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).
Letter book of Andrew Gray, site engineer employed by D and T Stevenson.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden.
Containing letters to Sir Robert Strange and other on Jacobite matters.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden, Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart in exile in Rome.
Letter book of Archibald Campbell Colquhoun, Lord Clerk Register.
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.
Letter book of Charles Ormston.
Comprising copies of over 1000 letters by him, mostly on commercial matters and also concerning Quaker affairs.
Letter-book of Charles Strachan, of Charles Strachan and Company, traders, Mobile, Alabama.
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.
Letter book of Clerk to the Widow’s Fund of the Faculty of Advocates.
Letter book of Crawford and Gammell, Greenock, merchants.
Letter-book of Field-Marshal George Wade, when "Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces, Castles, Forts and Barracks in North Britain".
Letter book of H Allnutt and Son`s paper mill.
With letters to Scottish paper suppliers.
Letter book of J H W Houstoun, Postmaster and Acting Commissioner, Szemao.
Contains contact copies of letters concerning political and other events, including several to Sir Robert E Bredon.
Letter-book of James Grieve and his son, William, tenant farmers at Branxholm Park, near Hawick.
Letter book of John Davidson of Stewartfield, Writer to the Signet, containing correspondence with his clients on their estate and financial business.
Some of the letters, initialed H W, were written by Davidson's apprentice, Hugh Warrender.
Letter-book of John Ewing, Writer to the Signet, legal agent for the Earls of Morton, concerning the Earls` affairs in Orkney and Shetland.
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.
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.
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.