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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 1557 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 1, containing copies of letters sent during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station; with index.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1051
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book (MS.2466), 278 frames;  

Index to letter book (MS.2467), 51 frames.

Dates: 1842-[1844, or after].

Microfilm of letter books, 1848-1851, and commonplace book, 1839, of Sir Charles Malcolm., 1839, 1848-1851.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1397
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book, 1848-1849 (Acc.12150/35);

Letter book, 1850-1851 (Acc.12150/36);

Commonplace book, 1839 (Acc.12150/37).

Dates: 1839, 1848-1851.

Microfilm of letter books of General Humphrey Bland, collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1363
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book, 26 November 1747-26 January 1749, 10 December 1753-26 August 1754 (MS.304);

Letter book, 26 August 1754-9 August 1756 (MS.305).

Dates: 1747-1756.

Microfilm of letter books of John Bruce, historian.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.662
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book, 1801-1803 (MS.179);

Letter book, 1812-December 1816 (MS.180);

Letter book, April 1816-1825 (MS.181).

Dates: 1801-1825.

Microfilm of letter books of Sir George Malcolm., 1836-1847.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1396
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book, 1836-1837 (Acc.12150/31);

Letter book, 1843-1846 (Acc.12150/32);

Letter book, 1849 (Acc.12150/33);

Letter book, 1847 (Acc.12150/34).

Dates: 1836-1847.

Microfilm of letters and letter book of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.841
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1797-1803, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3946 (part));

Letters, 1804-1806, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3947 (part));

Letter book, 1803-1804, of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago (MS.3972).

Dates: 1797-1806

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Microfilm of papers of General Sir George Murray, 1808-1813.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1077
Scope and Contents `Registre de la campagne d`Espagne` of General Étienne Heudelet de Bierre, 5 separate gatherings of leaves, 1808-1809 (Adv.MS.46.5.21);Letter and order book of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, as general commanding the second corps of the army in Spain, 13 March-11 May 1809. (Adv.MS.46.5.22);Letter and order book of Count Honoré T M Gazan de La Peyrière, 27 May-24 July 1813, as acting commander-in-chief of the Army in Spain pending the appointment of...
Dates: 1808-1813.

Microfilm of papers of John Rennie and his family.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.341
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Papers, [?Circa 1783-?1821] (Acc.5111, numbers 33, 34);

Letter book, 1793-1794, of John Rennie (MS.19936);

Letter book, 1800, of John Rennie (MS.19937).

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: [?Circa 1783-?1821.]