Memorials. Legal documents.
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Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: In a legal context the term can denote either an abstract of the essential parts of a deed made for the purposes of official registration, or else a brief prepared by a solictor for counsel, summarizing the facts of the case and setting out the questions on which counsel's opinion is requested. Also, a term used in the early modern period as an alternative to memorandum, meaning a note recording something to be remembered. For the latter use use 'Memorandums'. Source: Beal, Peter. 'Dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450-2000' (2008). In Scots law a memorial is also a statement of facts submitted to the Lord Ordinary as a preliminary to a hearing. Source: Concise Scots Dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1987).
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in various parishes, chiefly in Roxburghshire., 1720-1894, undated.
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Identifier: MS.13328
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From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1720-1894, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning private entail acts obtained by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1775-1792, 1806-1807.
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Identifier: MS.11175
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From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1775-1792, 1806-1807.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the marriage contract of the 2nd Earl of Minto, and private entail acts obtained by the 1st Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto, including letters from Henry Brougham and Sir John Sinclair, on the Farmers' Property Tax and on the current agricultural and industrial depression., 1807-1823.
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Identifier: MS.12121
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:
1807-1823.
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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Correspondence and papers addressed to the 2nd Earl of Minto on particular topics of political interest.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning the Forbes Mackenzie Act., 1857-1878.
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Identifier: MS.12356
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From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1857-1878.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence, papers, and memorandums chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1800-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11322-11323
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1800-1813.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto.
Correspondence regarding the application of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for a Royal Charter, addressed to Lord Advocate Henry Dundas., 1782.
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Identifier: MS.2617, folios 52-59
Scope and Contents
The papers comprises a letter of the Earl of Buchan on behalf of the grant, and memorials of the Advocates' Library, the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh, opposing it.
Dates:
1782.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
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Identifier: Acc.12092/6
Scope and Contents
Contains:144. Account between John Skene of Halyeards and Mr Thomas Skene, 1690-99. 1700.145. Testament dative of Mr Thomas Skein, advocat who deceased November 1700. Inventory given up by Beatrix Hepburne his relict. [part torn away] after 16 August 1701.146. Copy disposition by Elisabeth Ker, relict of Mr Christopher Irvein, Dr of medicine in. Edinburgh to her son, John Irveine of a bond for 1200 merks granted by Sir William Ker of Greenhead, Kt, Bt...
Dates:
1666-1752.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
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Identifier: MS.13362
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1781-1783.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Estate papers of the Cameron family., 1742-1863, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9174/13-15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates:
1742-1863, undated.
Executry papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Agnes., 1776-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11173
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1776-1806.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
Financial and legal papers of and concerning William Stirling, architect, Dunblane., 1805-1840.
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Identifier: MS.10903
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Accounts and memorial in the case raised by the executors of William Stirling against William Graham of Airth (succeeded 1836) in respect of the non-payment of Stirling's bills for his additions to Airth Castle, 1805-1810, 1839-1840 (folio 1);
Cash-book and receipts of William Stirling for his work at Airth and Strowan, 1805-March 1809 (folio 42).
Dates:
1805-1840.
Financial papers and accounts concerning William Campbell of Stobs., 1722-1765, undated.
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Identifier: MS.17698 (part 1)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
At the end are included two notebooks, the second of which is entitled 'Royal Bank Book with Mr William Campbell of Stobs 1749' but also includes inter alia accounts with tenants.
Dates:
1722-1765, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning William Campbell of Stobs; his lands of Stobs and his wife's of Harvieston were mortgaged to Lord Milton.
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Financial papers and accounts concerning William Campbell of Stobs.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.1966
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.
Dates:
1628-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate.
Lectures and papers, 1911, 1928, undated, of Sir Frank Mears., 1911-1928, undated.
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Identifier: MS.10629
Scope and Contents
The lectures are generally concerned with sociological topics and are chiefly in typescript. There are also some notes on architecture (folios 2, 94), and a letter from Frank Mears to Patrick Geddes, 1920, enclosing a memorial of Alasdair Geddes (folio 143).
Dates:
1911-1928, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932).
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes.
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Miscellaneous notes by Patrick Geddes and others, chiefly for lectures.
Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline., 1567-1730, undated.
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Identifier: MS.14770
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Localities, stipends and gifts of pension, 1567-1698, undated (folio 1);(ii) Precentorship and church affairs of Dunfermline, 1640-1730 (folio 48);(iii) Teinds, 1675-1701, of Pittencrieff disponed by the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline to Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff (folio 97);(iv) Teinds, 1693, of Cluny and Lugton (folio 118);(v) Answers and memorials, 1738-1742, in relation to a reddendo claimed to be...
Dates:
1567-1730, undated.
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 concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline, and various Fife estate papers.
Legal papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1786-1800.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.5.4
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Process of Margaret Forbes, Queensferry, and Isobel Forbes, as heirs of John Forbes, Quartermaster of the East Indiaman ‘Stormont’, against Andrew Burt in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and against the tutors and curators of James Dundas of Dundas in the Court of Session, 1786-1797 (folio 1).(ii) Process of Dundas trustees against George Ponton in Overton, 1788-1790 (folio 118).(iii) Process of Dundas...
Dates:
1786-1800.
Legal papers of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh., 1594, 1672-1834, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 1(1-8)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1594, 1672-1834, undated.
Letters and cards of Janet Adam Smith to David Alan Robertson on family matters, the Alpine Club and mountaineering, 1936-1980. Containing a copy of the Memorial Service and Address for Michael Roberts, 22 January 1949, also containing Hillary’s ascent of Everest, 1953, and 2 black and white mounted photographs in sleeve., 1936-1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/123
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Dates:
1936-1999.
Letters and papers chiefly relating to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland., 1779-1848, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.354A
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters and papers (manuscript and printed) relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, 1791-1796, 1801-1812, 1847, undated. The subjects include considerations on the best mode of encouraging the White Herring Fishing, 1791; British Society for Fisheries and the road from Dingwall to Ullapool, 1792; memorial of the Adventurers in the British White Herring Fisheries, 1794; reports, etc., of the Highland Society of Scotland on the proposed British White Fishery Bill [?1801];...
Dates:
1779-1848, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Letters and papers relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland, with a few maps and plans of prisons.
Letters and papers concerning Scottish affairs., 1810-1830.
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Identifier: MS.13
Scope and Contents
The contents include:Letters, etc., 1813, on the proposed Bill for the Better Preservation of Game in Scotland; Lettters, etc., 1815, on the Bill for Trial by Jury in Civil Causes; Report, 1819, by the Barons of the Exchequer of Scotland to the parliamentary commissioners appointed to inquire into the Courts of Justice in Scotland;Memorial, 1826, of the Judges of the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland to the Treasury regarding their...
Dates:
1810-1830.
Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1776-1780.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8413-8419
Scope and Contents
The papers include memorials concerning the cases of both Sir George Pigot and James Stuart.
Dates:
1776-1780.
Letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., [Circa 1808]-1811.
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Identifier: MS.11714
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Draft by the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the British occupation of Goa, circa 1808 (folio 1); (ii) Copy of a letter of Robert Nelson, Navy Office, 1809, concerning hemp (folio 7); (iii) Papers, 1809, concerning a memorial of the merchants of Calcutta relating to convoy protection (folio 9); (iv) Letters, 1810-1811, concerning naval prizes in the Far East (folio 44).
Dates:
[Circa 1808]-1811.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letters and papers relating to the Corn Laws and the state of harvest, and letters of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Baronet., 1786-1826, undated.
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Identifier: MS.641
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters and papers relating to the Corn Laws and state of the harvest, 1786-1826. The correspondents and subjects dealt with include price of wheat at Windsor market from 1595 to 1782, and of barley and meal at Edinburgh and Glasgow from 1720 to 1789 (folio 9); fiars’ prices of meal and grain in Scotland from 1756 to 1776 (folios 15-18); abstract of letters from the Corn Inspectors in England and from the Sheriffs in Scotland respecting the...
Dates:
1786-1826, undated.
Letters of condolence on death of Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan (née Thomson), Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, containing obituary and memorial service., 1978.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/49
Dates:
1978.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, and the Buchan family.
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Letters of condolence on death of Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan (née Thomson), Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie.
Letters of Scottish officials concerning Scottish affairs., 1808-1816.
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Identifier: MS.9
Scope and Contents
The contents include:Copy of a letter of Henry Dundas to Lord Chancellor Eldon on the subject of Dr Duigenan being made a Privy Councillor in Ireland, 1808; Copies of correspondence between the Earl of Lauderdale and Lord Chancellor Eldon on the Roxburghe Peerage case, 1809; Four autograph letters of Henry Dundas and other correspondence relating to the appointment of a successor to Lord Blair as President of the Court of Session, 1811;Memorial...
Dates:
1808-1816.