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:
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.
Papers collected by Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster in St Ninians, in his capacity as session clerk, concerning the parish of St Ninians., 1709-1850.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9679-9684
Scope and Contents
Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster at St Ninians and session clerk from circa 1779 to 1804, was related to the Wilson family through his daughter Martha, who married Alexander Wilson, younger son of the original William Wilson.
Dates:
1709-1850.
Papers concerning Bothwell, Cranstonhill and Gorbals Free Church, and Kilberry School., 1876-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.18106
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Papers concerning Bothwell Free Church and the Juvenile Offering, 1893-1894 (folio 1), Cranstonhill Free Church, 1894-1904 (folio 45), Gorbals Free Church, 1894-1896 (folio 192), and Kilberry School, 1876-1878 (folio 227).
Dates:
1876-1904.
Papers concerning membership of the Saltire Society, including correspondence, membership lists and related material., 1947-1976, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9393/785-797
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.
Dates:
1947-1976, undated.
Papers concerning public burden and taxes; banking accounts and correspondence., 1761-1864.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15432-15435
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1761-1864.
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/9
Dates:
1703-1856.
Papers connected with the Frasers of Belladrum., 1620-1785.
File
Identifier: MS.1006, folios 1-6
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a receipt, 1620, and three letters [? circa 1667], 1708, 1785.
Dates:
1620-1785.
Papers including legal and financial documents of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.14466
Dates:
1695-1863.
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.
Record Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9684
Dates:
1709-1886, undated.
Papers of George Mackenzie, Advocate., 1686-1740.
File
Identifier: MS.1124
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1686-1740.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Papers of Graham Brown, relating to converted yacht 'Thekla', formerly 'Marion of Lorne'., 1947-1960, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/212(1)-213(11)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
Dates:
1947-1960, undated.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of various clients., 1732-1777, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1174
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1732-1777, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of various clients (not represented in MSS.1229-1489).
Papers of John Murray Belsches., 1821-1861.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/208-213
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:
1821-1861.
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.
Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19787
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Memoranda and accounts, 1768, 1800-1821 (folio 1); (ii) Poems of William Hall, poet and antiquary of the Fens, printed and manuscript, 1818, 1820, undated (folio 137); (iii) Bills and receipts connected with John Rennie's stay at Eastville near Boston while working on Fen drainage, 1817-1818 (folio 142).
Dates:
1768-1821.
Papers of John Spottiswoode, Advocate, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, 1702-1728.
Series
Identifier: MSS.658-660
Dates:
1698-1718.
Papers of Lord Harald Robert Leslie Birsay, during his term of office as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland., 1965-1966.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10240/72-75
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.
Dates:
1965-1966.
Papers of Mary Grey, afterwards wife successively of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and of Henry Duncan, Minister of Ruthwell., 1809-1812, 1842, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2975, folios 88-96
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise: a list, 1809-1812, of expenditure on charities; acknowledgements by societies of gifts, 1810-1811; a letter, 1842, of Mrs Duncan to a son or stepson; and a poem, undated.
Dates:
1809-1812, 1842, undated.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, as Lord of the Treasury and Treasurer of the Chamber., 1686-1769.
File
Identifier: MS.11040
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of Household, Secret Service, and Treasury accounts and papers, 1752-1768 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of papers on the conduct of Treasury business in the period 1686-1759, [?1761] (folio 21);
(iii) Notes on the vote of credit for 1762 (folio 37);
(iv) Miscellaneous papers concerning Treasury business, 1763-1765 (folio 50);
(v) Letters of Andrew Douglas as Deputy Treasurer of the Chamber, 1766-1767, with a receipt of Sir Gilbert Elliot to Douglas, 1769...
Dates:
1686-1769.
Papers of Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Bart. of Monymusk and Pitsligo., 1821-1866.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/73-100
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:
1821-1866.
Papers of Sir Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and of John and Robert Haliburton of Newmains, merchants (John Haliburton & Company)., 1743-1756, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1564
Scope and Contents
Contains smaller receipts, etc., chiefly connected with the business of the firm represented by the papers in MS.1563.
Dates:
1743-1756, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with those of clients and kinsmen of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and of various families and individuals, his kinsmen or perhaps clients.
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Papers of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and of members of the family of Haliburton of Newmains.
Papers of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bart. of Monymusk and Pitsligo., Circa 1780-1828.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/58-72
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:
Circa 1780-1828.
Papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1776-1812.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11177-11178
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:
1776-1812.
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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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
Papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly concerning the payment of taxes., 1792-1812.
File
Identifier: MS.11177
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Papers, chiefly receipts and forms, concerning the payment of assessed and property taxes in the parishes of St James, Westminister, and Roehampton, and in Scotland, 1792-1793, 1797-1798, 1803-1804, 1811-1812 (folio 1); (ii) Receipts for the payment of the property tax by the 1st Earl of Minto's tenants in Roxburghshire, 1810-1812 (folio 55).
Dates:
1792-1812.
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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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
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Papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
Papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar concerning railways., 1818, 1836-1865.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15482-15485
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1818, 1836-1865.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning James Sutherland.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/5
Dates:
1692-1808.