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:
Miscellaneous English bills and receipts., 1689-1698.
File
Identifier: MS.14631
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Various bills and receipts at London and Tunbridge Wells, 1689-1693 (folio 1);
(ii) Tradesmen's bills for provisions, 1693-1695, arranged as follows: bread (folio 143); pastries (folio 166); meat (folio 168); poultry (folio 184); vegetables (folio 199); wine (folio 215); ale (folio 218); coals (folio 224); cloth (folio 229);
(iii) Coachmaker's bills, 1698, to Lord David Hay of Belton (folio 230).
Dates:
1689-1698.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts and related papers of, to or concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, or Jean, Countess of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Classified accounts.
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Expenses for travel and residence in England.
Miscellaneous English financial papers., 1686-1691.
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Identifier: MS.14630
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts of expenses, 1686, of the Earl and Countess of Roxburghe (folio 1);(ii) Notes to tradesmen, April 1686 (folio 3);(iii) Freight bill, May 1686, for goods from London to Leith (folio 8);(iv) Accounts, October 1689, of furnishings and household goods to be sent to London, or bought or hired in London (folio 9);(v) 'The charge of David Halon book', 1689-1690 (folio 18).(vi) Monthly...
Dates:
1686-1691.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts and related papers of, to or concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, or Jean, Countess of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Classified accounts.
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Expenses for travel and residence in England.
Miscellaneous financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department., 1807-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11613
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letter of George Tytler, Calcutta, to the Chief Secretary to Government, 1807, concerning the former's contracts in 1786-1787 (folio 1);(ii) Memorandum by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone concerning a contractor, 1808 (folio 7);(iii) 'Comparison of the Estimated and actual Revenues and charges in India 1808-1809 and 1809-1810. Estimate for 1810-1811 and observations thereon' (folio 10);(iv) Statement of bills drawn upon the Court...
Dates:
1807-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department.
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Various financial papers concerning the Commercial Department.
Miscellaneous financial papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', consisting chiefly of bills, receipts, and papers relating to income tax returns., 1934-1976, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27166
Scope and Contents
Included are notes made by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', of fees received for broadcasts and literary work.
Dates:
1934-1976, undated.
Miscellaneous financial records., 1953-1959.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7295/31-34
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.
Dates:
1953-1959.
Miscellaneous items found loosely enclosed in the account books for Newhailes and property in Edinburgh owned by the Dalrymple family., 1708-1837.
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Identifier: MS.25832
Miscellaneous legal and personal accounts, bills and receipts of the Elliot family of Minto., 1696-1776.
File
Identifier: MS.11027
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1696-1776.
Miscellaneous letters and documents.
File
Identifier: MS.500
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Ordinance of the Committee of War of the Sheriffdom of Fife on the arming of heritors within the Presbytery of Cupar, 1644 (folio 1);(ii) Information for John Balfour, probably Portioner of Kinloch (died 1651), regarding the succession to certain lands of Christian Williamson, daughter of John Williamson and Helen Balfour, 1644 (folio 2);(iii) Breakfast bill of ‘Langshaw’ [? David Montgomery of Lainshaw], receipted by Thomas...
Dates:
1644-1760, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and other papers of the Hays of Yester., 17th century-mid 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14827
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Miscellaneous letters and other papers, 1602-1922, undated, chiefly collected for their autographs interest, and including eight letters to Hermann Schlagenweit (folio 1);(ii) Miscellaneous papers, 17th century-20th century (folio 130);(iii) Seven manuscript items, 17th century-19th century, including a fragment of a letter to the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale in 1704, a letter concerning the 1715 rebellion, and accounts and...
Dates:
17th century-mid 20th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/1
Dates:
1687-1738.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1695-1784, 1846.
File
Identifier: MS.295
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) ‘Information’ relating to a dispute between Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh and Coll Macdonell of Keppoch over the feus of Glenroy, 1695. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of William, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock, about a tenant, 1706. (Folio 2.)(iii) ‘The characters’, a poem printed as ‘A Jacobite Pasquil’ in ‘The Scottish Antiquary’, volume xii (1898), page 56, a cutting from which is attached. (Folio 4.)(iv) Letters of...
Dates:
1695-1784, 1846.
Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to affairs, chiefly Scottish and military, of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries., 1667-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.3741
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Orders and letters of Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay to Captain Robert Menzies, Younger of Weem (also known as Younger of Menzies and Fiar of Menzies), 1689-1690, relating to the Killiecrankie campaign and to Menzies's command as Lieutenant-Governor of Inverlochy and Fort William. From the Castle Menzies charter-room. They are extensively quoted in D P Menzies, "The 'red and white' book of Menzies" (Glasgow, 1894). (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter...
Dates:
1667-1745.
Miscellaneous letters, notes and receipts of the Forbes Family., 1802-1858.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/294
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:
1802-1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Forbes Family.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence of and concerning Lady Hislop., 1806-1851, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13140
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers of Lady Hislop, 1806-1851, undated; (ii) Correspondence, chiefly family, of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot 1839-1865 (folio 101); (iii) Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol, 1843-1856 (folio 168).
Dates:
1806-1851, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop.
Miscellaneous papers and drawings of William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1827-1871.
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Identifier: MS.4931
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) William Edmondstoune Aytoun's card of admission to Edinburgh University Library for 1827-1828, and a note, 1866, about the classes Aytoun attended at Edinburgh University, 1827-1833. (Folio 1.)(ii) Papers concerning Aytoun's legal career, including his apprenticeship to his father, 1829, his commission as Writer to the Signet, 1835, and his qualification as Advocate, 1840. There is also a receipt, 1834, for a donation to the Society of...
Dates:
1827-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc., 1550-1665, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17129-17130
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:
1550-1665, undated.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc., 1550-1630.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.17129
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:
1550-1630.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc., 1550-1612.
File
Identifier: MS.17129 (part 1)
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:
1550-1612.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc., 1612-1630.
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Identifier: MS.17129 (part 2)
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:
1612-1630.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc., 1631-1665, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17130
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:
1631-1665, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Innerpeffer and other lands in Angus, especially receipts for taxation, teinds, etc.
Miscellaneous papers concerning railway companies other than Aberdeen, and Arbroath and Forfar., 1839-1865.
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Identifier: MS.15485
Scope and Contents
The railway companies include: the Llanelly Railway and Dock Co., 1839-1856 (folio 1); the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company, 1861-1865 (folio 17); the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 1836-1845 (folio 21); Forfar and Dundee Railways, 1843 (folio 32); The Great Northern Railway, 1854-1864 (folio 34); the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 1852 (folio 38); the Montrose and Brechin Railway, 1837 (folio 40); the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 1843 (folio 44); the...
Dates:
1839-1865.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton., Late 17th century-19th century.
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Identifier: MS.19238
Scope and Contents
The papers include a notebook of prayers in a late 17th century hand (folio 1), genealogical notes mainly of the Laing family, 18th century (folio 9), and medical recipes of the 18th and 19th centuries (folio 13).
Dates:
Late 17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Miscellaneous papers, including charters and sasines, some concerning the Hope family., 1558-1665.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:67. Charter by Robert Stewart of Rossyth in favour of Agnes Scrymgeour spouse of Peter Bruce apparent of Erlishall and their heirs failing which the heirs of Peter Bruce of the middle third of the lands of Cragy in the barony of Rossyth to by held in fee. Baillie for sesine William Barklay. At Edinburgh, 6 August 1558. Witnesses: William Galt, David Grege and Finlay Martin.68. Instrument of sasine dated 16 June 1576 in favour of David Seitoun son of Alexander...
Dates:
1558-1665.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Miscellaneous papers of David Thomson., 1932-1996.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13259/71-78
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.
Dates:
1932-1996.
Miscellaneous papers of John Hill Burton., 1674-1880, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9445
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Statements, 1879-1880, concerning the sales of John Hill Burton's books, ‘History of Scotland’ and ‘Queen Anne’. (Folio 1.)(ii) A list of the obituary dates of various friends of Burton. (Folio 6.)(iii) 'The history of Peter Anderson', an anonymous short story in the form of an autobiography. (Folio 11.)(iv) Notes on accounts of building works, 1674-1679, carried out by Sir William Bruce. (Folio 41.)...
Dates:
1674-1880, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him.
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Miscellaneous papers of John Hill Burton.