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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:

Assorted business papers and correspondence., 1754-1982, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12235/31-58
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates: 1754-1982, undated.

Berwickshire receipts., 1733-1784.

 File
Identifier: MS.14717
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 1733-1784.

Berwickshire receipts., 1785-1801, 1839.

 File
Identifier: MS.14718
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 1785-1801, 1839.

Berwickshire receipts, being chiefly ministers', schoolmasters' and tax collectors' receipts in the parishes of Lauder, Channelkirk and Legerwood., 1733-1839.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14717-14718
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 1733-1839.

Bills and receipts of Jean Elliot, great aunt of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1787, 1790-1791, 1797-1804.

 File
Identifier: MS.11172
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: 1787, 1790-1791, 1797-1804.

Bills for various goods and provisions from merchants and tradesmen in Edinburgh, Leith and East Lothian., 1785-1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.14690
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Bills, 1785-1786, for various goods for Lady Hannah Hay [Marchioness of Tweeddale] at Edinburgh (folio 1);(ii) Bills for various goods from John Croumbie, Haddington, 1788-1799 (folio 13); Robert Paterson, Gifford, 1788-1800, including the gardener's and fowler's orders (folio 20); Midlemas Hay and Co., Dunbar, 1795 (folio 61); James Simpson, Haddington, 1797 (folio 63);(iii) Bills for provisions from Edinburgh shopkeepers,...
Dates: 1785-1801.

Bills, with some receipts and related papers, from Scottish merchants and tradesmen., 1670-1713, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14650
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Bills of Edinburgh tailors: Alexander Home, 1673-1687 (folio 1); various tailors, shirtmakers, sempstresses, etc., 1670-1697, undated (folio 27);(ii) Bills of Edinburgh and Haddington shoemakers, 1670-1687 (folio 58), with bills for Lady Anne Hay, 1681-1688 (folio 89), William and Lady Jean Hay, 1685-1686 (folio 93);(iii) Bills of Edinburgh tradesmen: James Brome, hatter, 1671-1678 (folio 95); William Ferrier, beltmaker,...
Dates: 1670-1713, undated.

Bills, with some receipts and related papers, from Scottish merchants and tradesmen, chiefly in Edinburgh and East Lothian., 1717-1764.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14662-14666
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 1717-1764.

Bonds, receipts, and other papers relating to encumbrances on the estate of Kinnimonth., 1511-1746.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13276-13279
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1511-1746.

Bonds, receipts, and other papers relating to encumbrances on the estate of Kinnimonth., 1511-1696.

 File
Identifier: MS.13276
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1511-1696.

Bonds, receipts, and other papers relating to encumbrances on the estate of Kinnimonth., 1697-1733.

 File
Identifier: MS.13277
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1697-1733.

Bonds, receipts, and other papers relating to encumbrances on the estate of Kinnimonth., 1734-1741.

 File
Identifier: MS.13278
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1734-1741.

Bonds, receipts, and other papers relating to encumbrances on the estate of Kinnimonth., 1742-1746.

 File
Identifier: MS.13279
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1742-1746.

Book of receipts by Jean Fletcher, widow of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of Exchequer, 1779-1782, and by Margaret Perry, housekeeper to Lady Milton, 1779-1782, to General Henry Fletcher, with some other notes., 1779-1782.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17066
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: 1779-1782.

Bounty receipts for militia service., [1776-1900.]

 File
Identifier: MS.13369
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: [1776-1900.]

Box, containing various papers, containing bills, receipts, and ephemera., 1920-1962, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/210(1-5)
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) ephemera (mostly printed) – invitations, Christmas and visiting cards, etc

(2) hotel and restaurant bills and receipts 1922-58

(3) bills and receipts for mountaineering equipment 1932-7

(4) booksellers’ and photographers’ bills and receipts 1920-58

(5) various bills and receipts 1929-62

Dates: 1920-1962, undated.

Business papers, 1778-1791, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers., 1778-1791.

 File
Identifier: MS.6660
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: 1778-1791.

Business papers, 1792, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers., 1792.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6661-6663
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: 1792.