Memorandums.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831., 1734-1830, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13741-13774
Scope and Contents
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1734-1830, undated.
Official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, chiefly during the former's Governorship of Madras, 1786-1789.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3837-3839
Scope and Contents
The correspondence, which includes lengthy memoranda and minutes by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell and others, deals in considerable detail with the political, civil, and military affairs of Madras, and covers such subjects as relations with the French, the Dutch, and the Indian Princes, finance, trade, army appointments, contracts, and topography.
Dates:
1785-1794.
Official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: volume 1., 1785-1787.
File
Identifier: MS.3837
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence, which includes lengthy memoranda and minutes by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell and others, deals in considerable detail with the political, civil, and military affairs of Madras, and covers such subjects as relations with the French, the Dutch, and the Indian Princes, finance, trade, army appointments, contracts, and topography.
Dates:
1785-1787.
Official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: volume 2., 1788-1789.
File
Identifier: MS.3838
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence, which includes lengthy memoranda and minutes by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell and others, deals in considerable detail with the political, civil, and military affairs of Madras, and covers such subjects as relations with the French, the Dutch, and the Indian Princes, finance, trade, army appointments, contracts, and topography.
Dates:
1788-1789.
Official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: volume 3., 1789-1794.
File
Identifier: MS.3839
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence, which includes lengthy memoranda and minutes by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell and others, deals in considerable detail with the political, civil, and military affairs of Madras, and covers such subjects as relations with the French, the Dutch, and the Indian Princes, finance, trade, army appointments, contracts, and topography.
Dates:
1789-1794.
Official directives from the Ministry of Defence received by James Johnston., 1966
File
Identifier: Acc.13818/43
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1966
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to the military and technical training, and subsequent regimental service, of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to the regimental service of James Johnston with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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Official documents received by James Johnston from Ministry of Defence.
Official documents received by James Johnston from Ministry of Defence., 1964-1967
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/42-44
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1964-1967
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to the military and technical training, and subsequent regimental service, of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to the regimental service of James Johnston with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Official memoranda and correspondence concerning the condition of Malabar and the activities of the Commission., 1796-1800.
File
Identifier: MS.13616
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1796-1800.
Official minutes, memoranda, etc., 1797-1801, concerning the unsettled state of Malabar, including a letter, 1807, from James Wilson in Calicut bringing Alexander Walker up to date with affairs in Malabar., 1797-1801, 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.13621
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1797-1801, 1807.
Official papers, memoranda and notes of Sir Robert Liston concerning the Turkish government., 1794.
File
Identifier: MS.5571
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert Liston's earliest dispatches report the outbreak of trouble between the Jews and the British members of the East India Company's factory at Bassera; but his main preoccupation was the predominance of French influence at the Turkish court. A series of letters discusses the question of tariffs paid by Russian merchants in Turkey, which Liston persuaded the Turks not to raise.
Dates:
1794.
Official papers, memoranda, etc. of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was British Representative at Constantinople., 1795.
File
Identifier: MS.5573
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert Liston's earliest dispatches report the outbreak of trouble between the Jews and the British members of the East India Company's factory at Bassera; but his main preoccupation was the predominance of French influence at the Turkish court. A series of letters discusses the question of tariffs paid by Russian merchants in Turkey, which Liston persuaded the Turks not to raise.
Dates:
1795.
Official papers of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was British Representative at Stockholm., 1789-1792, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5563-5565
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert Liston's general instructions were to report on the progress of the Russo-Swedish war, and the official papers contain copies of reports from Swedish generals. His reports also deal with the internal structure of the Swedish government, and with economic affairs. There is a long memorandum on economics drawn up by a Swedish statesman for Sir John Sinclair, who had asked Liston to secure such a report for him.
Dates:
1789-1792, undated.
Official papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1832-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.14558
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copy of the police report of Major E Armstrong 'on the attempt to murder the Europeans at Bangalore in 1832' (folio 1);
(ii) Papers concerning the 'Conduct of the population of Coorg on the occasion of the Insurrection in Canana', 1838 (folio 23);
(iii) Copies of official correspondence and memoranda, 1838-1848, concerning the pay of European troops in India (folio 40).
Dates:
1832-1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Official papers, being chiefly copies, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
Official papers of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1583-1825.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5127-5135
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers are chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
For a genealogical tree of the Erskine family, see MS.5115.
Dates:
1583-1825.
Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.., 1842-1847.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2475-2479
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1842-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Orders and memoranda, number 1, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., January 1842-February 1844.
File
Identifier: MS.2475
Scope and Contents
At the end of the volume are "Forte's Orders Issued, No. 2", 1823-1824, continuing MS.2454.
Dates:
January 1842-February 1844.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station..
Orders and memoranda, number 2, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., March-19 October 1844.
File
Identifier: MS.2476
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
March-19 October 1844.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station..
Orders and memoranda, number 3, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 17 October 1844-20 May 1846.
File
Identifier: MS.2477
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
17 October 1844-20 May 1846.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station..
Orders and memoranda, number 4, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 25 May 1846-12 February 1847.
File
Identifier: MS.2478
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
25 May 1846-12 February 1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station..
Orders and memoranda, number 5, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 12 February-August 1847.
File
Identifier: MS.2479
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
12 February-August 1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Orders and memoranda from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station..
Original correspondence and memoranda, bound up circa 1825., [Circa 1818-circa 1825.]
File
Identifier: MS.13739
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes:(i) Letter, 19 November 1821, from Archibald Robertson to Alexander Walker (folio 1);(ii) James McAdam's biographical sketch, 20 April 1820, of Captain Macmurdo (folio 6);(iii) Notes, circa 1818, on Baroda affairs (folio 16);(iv) Instructions, January and June 1821, to Barnewall following the Governor of Bombay's tour of Kathiawar (folio 23);(v) Mountstuart Elphinstone's views, with related notes, circa 1825,...
Dates:
[Circa 1818-circa 1825.]
Original letters and memoranda, chiefly passing between Alexander Walker and Jonathan Duncan, concerning the misappropriation by Aka Mahomed of 30,000 rupees received by him on behalf of the East India Company from the Gaekwar state whilst in Gujarat in 1802., 1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13693
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1808.
Paper titled 'Nepal. Memorandum ... by Lieutenant S.R. Tickell, enclosure in a letter of Governor-General to Secret Committee. , 21 January 1841.
Item
Identifier: MS.12205
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
21 January 1841.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India.
Papers, 1649-1686, of the claims of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale against his half-brother, William Hay of Drumelzier, including accounts, 1680-1681, of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale's fortune in 1650-1654., 1649-1686.
File
Identifier: MS.14482
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1649-1686.
Papers, 1808, concerning "Mr Rickard’s minute" on the Advocate-General’s report on public law in India, and a march route, 1807, of Alexander Walker’s field detachment in Kathiawar., 1807, 1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13690
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains:
(i) "Mr. Rickards' minute" on the Advocate-General's report on public law in India, 1 December 1808 (folio 1);
(ii) Memorandum, probably by Alexander Walker, on Mr Rickard's minute on the public law, 1808 (folio 13);
(iii) March route of Walker's field detachment in Kathiawar, July-October 1807 (folio 28).
Dates:
1807, 1808.