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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 900 Collections and/or Records:

Receipt book for wages., 1882.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17449
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1882.

Receipt-book of David and James Wilson of Finzeauch, Harthill Farm, West Aberdeenshire., 1717-1778.

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Identifier: MS.164
Scope and Contents The volume book contains receipts from:(i) The factors of the Duke of Gordon for the feu-duties of the lands of Finzeauch and Mickle and Little Abercattie, lying within the parishes of Keig and Tough, 1717-1745 (page 1);(ii) The Ministers of Monymusk, 1718-1778 (pages 93-125), of Keig, 1718-1778 (page 185), and of Tough, 1727-1751 (page 277), for stipends payable out of their lands; (iii) Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk for ‘teind duty’, 1745, 1766, 1771...
Dates: 1717-1778.

Receipt book of John Rennie, containing receipts for money paid by Rennie for supplies, and as wages to his employees., 1802-1814.

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Identifier: MS.19926
Scope and Contents From the Series: Throughout his career, particularly during the 1790s, John Rennie filled many notebooks with information about the works he himself was involved with, and about others which he visited out of professional curiosity. The books are mostly narrow octavos, interleaved with blotting paper. Rennie seems to have carried them with him on his frequent travels and to have filled them in in pencil, rewriting in ink, often on top of the pencil, at some more convenient moment. Ronnie received much of his...
Dates: 1802-1814.

Receipt-book of payments made by Thomas Meade for James Scawen, executor of the estate of William Scawen, London merchant., 1775.

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Identifier: MS.12945
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates: 1775.

Receipt book of the Fleming family for money received from tenants., 1730-1734.

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Identifier: MS.20784
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates: 1730-1734.

Receipt book of the Free Church of Scotland., 1899-1900.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18107
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1899-1900.

Receipt books for wages., 1882.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17448-17449
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1882.

Receipt of James Watson, for the printing of Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees, "Dirleton's doubts and questions in the law of Scotland resolved and answered" (Edinburgh, 1715), inserted in the volume., 1714.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6559 [L.C.1261]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These are the more substantial of the letters, papers and notes found in the Lauriston Castle Collection of printed books, whether pasted or inserted loosely into volumes or as inscriptions written in books.

Dates: 1714.

Receipt vouchers of the 4th Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India., 1907-1910.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12710-12713
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1907-1910.

Receipt vouchers of the 4th Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India., 1907.

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Identifier: MS.12710
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1907.

Receipt vouchers of the 4th Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India., 1909.

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Identifier: MS.12712
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1909.

Receipted private bills of David Herd for lodging, clothes, etc., 1767-1805.

 File
Identifier: MS.1928
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 1767-1805.

Receipts., 1888-1914.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8468/122-126
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.

Dates: 1888-1914.

Receipts., 1911-1931.

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Identifier: Acc.5043/4
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The Kirkliston Reading Room was opened for the inhabitants of Kirkliston and district in 1904.

Dates: 1911-1931.

Receipts and accounts for Fettercairn Estate., 1815-1817.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/758
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1815-1817.

Receipts and accounts for Fettercairn Estate addressed to William Forbes, 7th Bart., 1815-1817.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/759
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1815-1817.

Receipts and accounts for Over Craigniston Farm., 1815-1817.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/757
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1815-1817.

Receipts and accounts of Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. , 1744-1760.

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Identifier: MS.17613
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates: 1744-1760.

Receipts and rentals of the Earls of Callendar and Linlithgow., 1619-1712, undated.

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Identifier: MS.9637
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Miscellaneous receipts, 1619-1712, undated (folio 1);(ii) Rentals of Callendar, Haining, Ballenbreich, and Muiravonside, 1633-1659, undated (folio 122), of the liferent property of the 1st Countess of Callendar, widow of the 1st Earl of Dunfermline, in Moray, Fife, and East Lothian, 1624-1659, undated (folio 169), of Grange, Fife, 1652-1654, undated (folio182), and of Meikle Denovan, circa 1660, Falkirk, 1653, Mumrills, 1683, and...
Dates: 1619-1712, undated.

Receipts and vouchers for Fettercairn estate., 1797-1866.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/754-788
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1797-1866.

Receipts and warrants for cash by members of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1730-1885.

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Identifier: MS.16833
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise receipts and warrants for cash by Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton with the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1730-1765 (folio 1), by General John Fletcher with the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1792-1800 (folio 230), and with the Bank of Scotland, 1802-1809 (folio 347), and of Andrew and Lady Charlotte Fletcher with various banks, 1828, 1847-1850 (folio 352), and cheque stubs, 1878, 1883-1885 (folio 369).

Dates: 1730-1885.

Receipts, chiefly of James Chisholme, for subscriptions, annuities and other items., 1778-1812.

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Identifier: MS.5474
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers presumably came into the possession of Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, after his marriage to James Chisholme’s daughter in 1802. Charles Chisholme was captain of the East India ship 'Gatton'; James and William Chisholme, his brothers, owned sugar plantations in Jamaica.William Chisholme became the owner of Thomas's River, North Hall, Health Crawl and Breadland Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica, as well as owning a quarter share of Trout Hall, Green River, Troys and...
Dates: 1778-1812.