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Receipts. Financial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written acknowledgment of the receiving or taking of goods or money delivered or paid.

Found in 939 Collections and/or Records:

Vouchers, accounts, receipts and other papers concerning the Aberlady estate., 1657-1724, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17459
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Vouchers and papers of Henry Fletcher, 1688-1724, undated (folio 1), and tacks to tenants, 1704-1712 (folio 124);(ii) Accounts and receipts concerning the debt of James Maxwell of Dirleton (later 17th Earl of Salisbury) to Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun and Sir Andrew Fletcher of Aberlady, 1657-1663 (folio 167);(iii) Accounts and receipts concerning the jointure of Mary Bruce of Kennet (widow of John Fletcher of Aberlady),...
Dates: 1657-1724, undated.

Vouchers of Henry M Davidson's account for crop 1872, and taxation receipts for 1873., 1872-1873.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.17438
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Up to 1832 accounts for Monkrig, Upper Keith, and Gilchriston follow those for Saltoun. From crop 1834 payments for labour on the estate, the home farm, the gardens, and the brick works were made by Lady Charlotte Fletcher, and the factor made only collective entries in his account; however the vouchers (but not the account books) were given to him and are placed after the numbered series of vouchers for each year (not all categories are present for every year). The vouchers after crop 1850,...
Dates: 1872-1873.

Vouchers of Henry M Davidson's account for crop 1872, and taxation receipts for 1873., 1872-1873.

 File
Identifier: MS.17438 (part 2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Up to 1832 accounts for Monkrig, Upper Keith, and Gilchriston follow those for Saltoun. From crop 1834 payments for labour on the estate, the home farm, the gardens, and the brick works were made by Lady Charlotte Fletcher, and the factor made only collective entries in his account; however the vouchers (but not the account books) were given to him and are placed after the numbered series of vouchers for each year (not all categories are present for every year). The vouchers after crop 1850,...
Dates: 1872-1873.

Wage accounts and receipts., 1755-1786.

 File
Identifier: MS.14681
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Accounts and receipts of servants' and workmen's wages, 1755-1784, including an account of servants' wages at Newhall in 1755-1756 (folio 1);

(ii) Ministers' and schoolmasters' receipts, 1764-1786 (folio 163).

Dates: 1755-1786.

Wage accounts, bills and receipts., 1726-1764.

 File
Identifier: MS.14668
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts and receipts, 1726-1764, of servants' and workmen's wages (folio 1);(ii) Accounts of John Yule, 1733-1761, and William Aytoun, 1759-1762, for farm work (folio 189);(iii) Bills of James Meek, 1736-1737, John Cochran, 1738-1739, and receipts by Robert Murdoch, 1751-1760, for maintaining the Marquess of Tweeddale's garden in Edinburgh (folio 208);(iv) Receipts, 1732-1754, by James Witherspoon, Minister of...
Dates: 1726-1764.

Wage and miscellaneous accounts., 1647-1697.

 File
Identifier: MS.14638
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Disbound account books, 1686-1696, of workmen's wages (folio 1);(ii) Various accounts, 1670-1695, undated, of servants' and workmen's wages (folio 59);(iii) Receipts and related papers by ministers and schoolmasters for payments: John Stirling, Minister of Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh, 1647-1672 (folio 96); Andrew Bannatyne, Minister of Garvald, 1652-1655 (folio 108); James Tweeddie, Minister of Foulden, 1656 (folio 120);...
Dates: 1647-1697.

Wage and miscellaneous accounts., 1670-1712, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14652
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Accounts and receipts, 1670-1712, undated, of servants’ and workmen's wages (folio 1);

(ii) Disbound account book, 1704-1705, of workmen's wages (folio 247);

(iii) Ministers' and schoolmasters’ receipts, 1705-1712 (folio 255).

Dates: 1670-1712, undated.

Warrants, military papers, letters and inventories of the Earls of Callendar and Linlithgow, and of the family of Forbes of Callendar., 1613-1859, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9639
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Warrants, etc., 1627-1689, of the Privy Council, chiefly to George, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow; and act of the Committee of Excise and Militia in Nithsdale, 1680 (folio 1);(ii) Miscellaneous military papers, 1644-1677, chiefly concerning the 3rd Earl of Linlithgow; receipts for military supplies, 1647-1688; and miscellaneous papers, 1677-1680, undated, concerning covenanters and conventicles (folio 26);(iii) Letters, 1613-1711,...
Dates: 1613-1859, undated.