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Orders. Records (documents).

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: An authoritative command or direction: a verbal or written request for something to be made, supplied or served. Source: Concise Oxford English dictionary. 11th ed. Oxford 2004.

Found in 526 Collections and/or Records:

Business papers, 1838, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Gl-K., 1838.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6991-6993
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1838.

Business papers, 1838, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with La-Lu., 1838.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6994-6996
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1838.

Business papers, 1838, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with M-W., 1838.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6997-6998
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1838.

Business papers, 1839-1841, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers., 1839-1841.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6999-7000
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1839-1841.

Business papers, 1839-1841, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: 1839-1840, all correspondents; 1841, correspondents from towns beginning with A-C., 1839-1841.

 File
Identifier: MS.6999
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1839-1841.

Business papers, 1841, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with D-W., 1841.

 File
Identifier: MS.7000
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1841.

Business papers of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.6660-7000
Scope and Contents

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1778-1841.

Carmichael and Gordon papers.

 File
Identifier: MS.109
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) 'The nativite of bairnis' of William, 7th Lord Forbes, and his wife Elizabeth Keith, being the names and dates of birth of their sixteen children (folio 1);(ii) Orders issued by Colonel Robert Montgomerie protecting Robert Gordon of Straloch and exempting him from any 'monthly maintenance' in accordance with the decision of the Estates of Parliament, 1649 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Robert Gordon of Straloch to the Marquess of...
Dates: 1649-1779, undated.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Collection of the various orders of the day, regulations and other papers issued mostly by General Sir George Murray as chief of staff of the armies of occupation., 1816-1818.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.7.20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1816-1818.

Collections of papers of General Sir George Murray concerning campaigns in wars against France., 1793-1806.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.1
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Orders and papers concerning service in the 3rd Foot Guards in the Netherlands, 1793-1795 (folio 1).(ii) Orders and copies of memoranda concerning service in the quartermaster-general`s department in Egypt, 1801-1802 (folio 16).(iii) Statistical returns and memoranda concerning the various islands of the West Indies where he served as adjutant-general, 1802-1803 (folio 43).(iv) Letters and reports...
Dates: 1793-1806.

Copies, 17th century, of documents relating to heraldry.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.18
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) A treatise on heraldry in 28 chapters, with particular reference to the Court of the Lord Lyon, 1661 (page 1). The last chapter is a copy of the proclamation, 1447, of Arthur, Constable of France and later Duke of Brittany. See Adv.MSS.31.5.2, folio 1, and 31.3.20, folio 1.(ii) `Kinges of armes and heraulds in Ingland 1628` (pages 75, 79). This has been numbered Cap.29 in continuation of (i). The work has been printed,...
Dates: 1385-1661.

Copies of correspondence and papers concerning a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.1
Scope and Contents

Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.

Dates: 1778-1780.

Copies of general orders, official correspondence etc. of Alexander Walker, concerning the course and the handling of the Vellore Mutiny in 1806, and a partial draft thereof., [1806, or after.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13844-13845
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: [1806, or after.]