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Accounts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents in which monies or goods received and paid or given out are recorded in order to permit periodic totaling. This term was not used in the published volumes of the 'Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925'. Such records were indexed under the subject terms Housekeeping or Prices.

Found in 3038 Collections and/or Records:

Account files of the Gude Cause project., 2008-2010.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/92-95
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates: 2008-2010.

Account of books bought by Francis Fletcher, younger son of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1749-1753.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17065
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1749-1753.

Account of Ceylon by Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson (afterwards Robertson-Macdonald), 1799; a copy of the original sent by him to Henry Dundas., 1799.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3970
Scope and Contents From the Series: Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates: 1799.

Account of charge and discharge between Robert Kerr, Director of Chancery, and Alexander Campbell, his deputy, anent the fees of the Chancery., 1737-1743.

 File
Identifier: MS.17551
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The majority of the papers grouped here are Lord Milton's political papers, reflecting his manifold interests and involvements. There are however some of earlier and later date, generated or collected by other members of the Fletcher family.

Dates: 1737-1743.

Account of goods carried from Scotland to England by the West Marches., 1617-1618.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.6.1(vii), folios 119-130
Scope and Contents From the Series:

There is a list of contents (folio i) in the same 19th-century hand which drew up the contents list in Adv.MS.22.2.10.

Dates: 1617-1618.

Account of James Durham, argentar., 1641.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20776
Scope and Contents

The charge (folio 2) is followed by warrants by Sir James Carmichael, treasurer-depute, and receipts by James Durham, for payments. The discharge (folio 24) is arranged by section of the household and is without vouchers.

Dates: 1641.

Account of John Bisset of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1770-1774.

 File
Identifier: MS.1449
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates: 1770-1774.