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:
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.2314
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:
1805-1808.
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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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
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Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.2315
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:
1809.
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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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
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Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers, mostly of the Regent, James Douglas, Earl of Morton, to David Borthwick of Lochill, Lord Advocate., 1574-1604.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9a
Scope and Contents
All the documents concern legal actions, and most contain the Regent`s instructions in each case. Unless otherwise stated, the papers are addressed to David Borthwick by the Regent.Writ to the Lord Advocates, David Borthwick and Robert Crichton of Elliock, to call a summons of error at the instance of Mungo Johnston of Locharby, against Laurence Simpson and others, Dalkeith, 24 March 1573/1574 (folio 1).Instructions to the Lord Advocates to summons certain unnamed...
Dates:
1574-1604.
Letters and papers on various subjects., 1575-1824, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3135
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Discharge of Andro Hart, printer, to Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, 1592 (folio 1);(ii) Discharge of Robert Brysone, printer and bookseller, and Evan Tyler, printer, to Mr George Halyburton for liturgies delivered to the Chapel Royal, Edinburgh, 1637 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of the Earl of Mar to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate of Scotland, demanding an immediate report on the presence of a French ship near Inverkeithing, 1714...
Dates:
1575-1824, undated.
Letters, minutes and other papers of the Abbotsford Club., 1714-1857, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1867
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...
Dates:
1714-1857, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cushman to Cutts., 1861-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40306
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Cushman, Herbert Ernest.Letters, 1893, of Herbert Ernest Cushman to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-6.Cust, Edward.Letters, 1861-1869, 1872-1873 and 1875, of Sir Edward Cust to John Murray III. Folios 7-105c.Folio 21. Orders, 1861, from Horse Guards regarding the contents of an upcoming examination for officers....
Dates:
1861-1926.
Letters to Messrs William Wilson and Sons, tartan manufacturers at Bannockburn, with a few notes of the firm's replies., 1798-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.9803
Scope and Contents
The letters are chiefly orders from merchants and army contractors.
Dates:
1798-1839.
Memoranda on relations with Spain and the Spanish Netherlands, with copies of correspondence and orders., 1604-1660, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.149
Scope and Contents
Bound with printed copies of the Spanish treaties of 1604 and 1630 (London, 1605, 1630). Included are copies of the correspondence and orders of Don John of Austria, as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, relating to English (Royalist) shipping, etc., 1656-1659, undated, (passim), and of secret articles in treaties, 1604, 1656 (pages 94, 57-63) in English, Spanish and French. According to a pencilled note in a modern hand, the notes are of one of the Earls of Bristol, but some at least...
Dates:
1604-1660, undated.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076-1077
Dates:
1808-1813.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray., 1808-1811
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Instructions to officers in the quartermaster-general’s department, with specimens of forms and returns, compiled by George Murray apparently in 1811 (Adv.MS.46.5.2);Copies of letters and orders, October 1808-November 1809 (Adv.MS.46.5.3);Copies of letters and orders, September 1808-February 1810 (Adv.MS.46.5.4);Copies of letters and orders, February 1810-May 1914 (Adv.MS.46.5.5);‘Registre de la campagne d’Espagne’,...
Dates:
1808-1811
Microfilm of orders established by Charles I for the regulation of the office of "His Majesty’s Great Wardrob".
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.964
Dates:
1630.
Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.361
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
“Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting (Adv.MS.15.2.17);Notes, 1592-1606, of Sir James Balfour on the order of court dignitaries on ceremonial occasions. (Adv.MS.15.2.18);Collection of sermons, 1660, by Presbyterian preachers (Adv.MS.15.2.20);Commonplace...
Dates:
1592-1660.
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.
Miscellaneous letters and documents., 1585-1901.
File
Identifier: MS.150
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Lord Justice Clerk Bellenden to James VI, relating his interview with Queen Elizabeth, London, 1 March, 1584/1585. See 'Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, 1584-1585', pages 560, 564, 565. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of Francis Stewart, titular Earl of Bothwell, to Colonel William Urie, relating to an attack upon a sentinel, Dumfries, 1670. (Folio 3.)(iii) ‘Mr. Gidean Guthry his aco.ͭͭ of letters’,...
Dates:
1585-1901.
Notebook containing garrison orders at Scone in January 1716 by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767), and ‘Journal of the War in Scotland in 1745’ by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792)., 1716, 1745.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.3
Notebook kept by the 6th Marquess of Lothian, chiefly concerning the service in Ireland of the Midlothian Fencible Cavalry Regiment, of which he was Colonel., 1797-1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.5750
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains copies of correspondence, orders, etc., a report of the Regiment's movements in the 1798 rebellion, and, inter alia, a treatise, 1801, on the etymology of military words (folio 68 verso), two stories (folios 103 verso, 136 verso), and notes on military theory.
Dates:
1797-1799.
Notebook of General Sir George Murray containing copies of general orders, 23 April-24 July 1808, on the expedition to the Baltic., 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.14
Scope and Contents
The copying was interrupted in mid-sentence (folio 22) and not resumed.
Dates:
1808.
Notebook of General Sir George Murray containing copies of general orders from the adjutant-general`s office on the expedition to Copenhagen., 1807.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.13
Scope and Contents
The orders for the period 19 June-8 July start at folio 171 and end at folio 160; those for 22 July-9 August start at folio 4 and end at folio 49 verso; those for 9 August-30 September start at folio 157 verso and end at folio 50.
Dates:
1807.
Notebook of General Sir George Murray containing his copy of the general orders issued by General Sir Ralph Abercromby, 18 March-12 June 1796, commanding the expedition against the French in the West Indies., 1796.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.3
Scope and Contents
The volume, which has blotting paper interleaves, appears to have been the first of a series: the next, containing orders for 12 June 1796-2 May 1797, is MS.21111.
Dates:
1796.
Notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.
Item
Identifier: MS.5725
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains: copies of James Steuart’s appointment to the office of Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, 1737 (folio 1); list of perquisites of the office (folio 3); order for drawing up inventories (folio 4 verso); copy of inventories, 1685, 1714, of the furniture in different departments of Holyroodhouse, such as the Wardrobe, Council Chamber, Exchequer, Session House, etc., (folio 8); and a history of the office, including copies of documents relating to it (folio 28 verso). Most of...
Dates:
1685-1769.
Notes, orders and related material of Chilton Lind Addison-Smith, 2nd in Command, in connection with a raid on enemy trenches by the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Forresters, British Expeditionary Force, France.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6029
Dates:
May 1917.
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.
Order addressed to the officers of the sheriffdom of Peebles for the apprehension of Andrew Glenquhoune [Glenholm] of Wrae, in consequence of letters patent of William Wawane, Canon of Aberdeen., 1510.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10716
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1510.
'Order Book, Newfoundland', containing orders for house-hold articles, clothing, and other items, from the time when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1829-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.2498
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:
1829-1832.
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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Personal, household, and ship account books.