Reports.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing presentations of facts or the record of some proceeding, investigation, or event.
Found in 928 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of annual reports to the King of the Commissioners and Trustees for improving fisheries and manufactures in Scotland., 1727-1744.
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Identifier: MS.14517
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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:
1727-1744.
Copies of correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1782-1783.
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Identifier: MS.8410
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Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Index and List of the Packet Dated Negapatam, 23rd October, 1783', being the same index as in MS.8408 (folio 1);(ii) 'Copies of Letters from Mr. Cochrane to Lord Macartney, 9 February-8 August, 1783' (folio 13);(iii) 'Mr Cochrane to The Government at Madras from the 8th Septʳ. to 25th D[o]., 1783' (folio 58);(iv) 'Mr Cochrane to...
Dates:
1782-1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Copies of correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Elliot relating to British Naval operations in the Mediterranean., 1803-1804.
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Identifier: MS.13049
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The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of correspondence between Lord Nelson and Sir John Acton, 1803-1804 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of letters of Hugh Elliot to Lord Nelson, 1803 (folio 15);
(iii) Papers concerning John Badge, merchant in Naples, and John Park, master of the ‘Columba , arrested on a charge of barratry, 1803 (folio 91);
(iv) Papers connected with the capture of the French privateer ‘Tigre’, 1803 (folio 129);
(v) Papers relating to an alleged attack (in search of naval...
Dates:
1803-1804.
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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
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Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
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Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1813.
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Identifier: MS.11625(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Richard Waite Cox and Henry St George Tucker, Commissioners, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Cox and Tucker to the 1st Earl, 1808, with papers concerning the Etawah settlement (folio 5);(iii) Final report of the Commissioners, 1808 (folio 20);(iv) Minutes of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (folio 100) and John Lumsden (folio 120), Members of Council, 1808, concerning the final report of...
Dates:
1808-1813.
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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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1810.
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Identifier: MS.11625(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Richard Waite Cox and Henry St George Tucker, Commissioners, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Cox and Tucker to the 1st Earl, 1808, with papers concerning the Etawah settlement (folio 5);(iii) Final report of the Commissioners, 1808 (folio 20);(iv) Minutes of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (folio 100) and John Lumsden (folio 120), Members of Council, 1808, concerning the final report of...
Dates:
1808-1810.
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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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
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Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1810.
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Identifier: MS.11625(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Richard Waite Cox and Henry St George Tucker, Commissioners, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Cox and Tucker to the 1st Earl, 1808, with papers concerning the Etawah settlement (folio 5);(iii) Final report of the Commissioners, 1808 (folio 20);(iv) Minutes of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (folio 100) and John Lumsden (folio 120), Members of Council, 1808, concerning the final report of...
Dates:
1810.
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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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
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Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of letters, notes and other papers of Stephen Hislop., 1837-1862, undated.
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Identifier: MS.8958
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies by Stephen Hislop of his letters to the conveners (Robert Gordon, James Buchanan, William K Tweedie) of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, with some other letters on financial matters, 1845-1852, 1857, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Copies in a later hand of Hislop's letters, 1846, 1850-1851, 1862, undated, to his colleague Robert Hunter (folio 84);
(iii) Notes, 1844-1845, 1851-1852, by Hislop on expenses (folio 131);
(iv) Various...
Dates:
1837-1862, undated.
Copies of official correspondence, with some original reports concerning India., [?Circa 1820]-1824.
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Identifier: MS.13740
Scope and Contents
The reports include:(i) The cultivation of coffee, 1824 (folio 3);(ii) The Baroda revenue system, undated, but post 1821 (folio 21);(iii) Memorandum, 7 August 1820, on the revision of the judicial code of the Bombay presidency, 7 August 1820 (folio 32);(iv) Regulations, undated, but circa 1820, concerning the duties of a collector, revenue regulations concerning village representatives, and queries concerning land values, with a glossary of...
Dates:
[?Circa 1820]-1824.
Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11625-11626
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:
1808-1813.
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.
Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1810-1811, 1813.
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Identifier: MS.11626
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Reports and assessments, 1810-1811, concerning the revenue settlements of Kampur (folio 1), Gorakpur (folio 49), Allahabad (folio 116), Bundelkhand (folio 190) and Farruckhabad (folio 234); (ii) Excerpt from a general letter to the Court of Directors, 19 June 1813 (folio 268).
Dates:
1810-1811, 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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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of published articles, letters, reports, and speeches about or by John Kirk and relatives., 1856-1972.
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Identifier: Acc.9942/63
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Includes extracts from the Royal Geographical Society 'Proceedings and Journals', and the 'Report by Sir John Kirk on the Disturbances at Brass' (1896).
Dates:
1856-1972.
Copies of reports, May 1826, on the husbandry of Gujarat, sent to Alexander Walker on St Helena., 1826.
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Identifier: MS.13774
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From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
Copies of reports of William Egerton, Accountant-General, addressed to the Secretary to Government and the 1st Earl of Minto., 1809-1813.
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Identifier: MS.11608
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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:
1809-1813.
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.
‘Copies of some official Papers concerning the proceedings at Madras’: a volume of printed material prepared by James Stuart., 1783.
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Identifier: MS.8449
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From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
1783.
Copies of the published (1st to 22nd) ‘Report on the public accounts’ (Edinburgh, 1844-1865) and "Statement showing the ordinary collections and seat-rents, ministers' supplements, etc." (Edinburgh, 1846-1865) of the Free Church of Scotland., [1844, or before-1846, or before.]
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Identifier: MS.18257
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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:
[1844, or before-1846, or before.]
Copy of a detailed report, 1 August 1808, from Kaira, probably by Alexander Walker, concerning the Broach Revenue Commission and the systems of land tenure in that area., 1808.
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Identifier: MS.13694
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From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1808.
Copy of dispatch from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the 1st Earl of Minto, 24 March 1811, with enclosed papers., 1811.
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Identifier: MS.11683
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Enclosed is a copy of Robert Townsend Farquhar's report to the Earl of Liverpool concerning Mauritius and Bourbon, including tables relating to the revenue and government expenses of those islands (folio 1), and copy of Farquhar's minute, 4 January 1811, concerning Captain Philip Beaver, Royal Navy, and the expedition to Madagascar, with copies of correspondence with Beaver (folio 66).
Dates:
1811.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions.
Copy of the 'Proceedings of the Commissioners under the Warrant for opening the chest deposited in the Crown Room of the Castle of Edinburgh, supposed to contain the Regalia of Scotland, October 28th, 1817'., 1818.
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Identifier: MS.3166
Scope and Contents
The copy comprises the Commissioners' report, 21 February 1818, and records of the appointment of Commissioners for the Care of the Regalia, and of a Deputy Keeper, later in the year.
Dates:
1818.
Copy, written probably in a mid eighteenth-century hand, of two documents of Major-General (later Field-Marshal) George Wade., 1724-1725.
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Identifier: MS.7118
Scope and Contents
The two documents are: the 'Report &ca relating to the Highlands 1724' submitted to George I (folio 1), and the 'Scheme delivered to the King in April 1725' (folio 21). George Wade.
Dates:
1724-1725.
Correspondence, 1803-1810, 1817, and reports, estimates, and other papers, 1794-1810 of John Rennie concerning canal and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1794-1817.
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Identifier: MS.19781
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1794-1817.
Correspondence, 1818-1820, reports, plans, and other papers, 1813-1818, 1821, of John Rennie concerning Dunleary harbour., 1815-1821.
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Identifier: MS.19792
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From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1815-1821.
Correspondence, 1858-1898, and papers, 1748-1914, relating to game and horses., 1748-1914.
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Identifier: MS.13328
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:
1748-1914.
Correspondence and associated papers of J S Haldane chiefly concerning his scientific work., 1911-1913.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20511 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Almost all the letters are addressed to J S Haldane. A few written by Haldane to other members of the family are included at their chronological places.
Dates:
1911-1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
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Correspondence and associated papers of J S Haldane.
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Correspondence and associated papers of J S Haldane chiefly concerning his physiological and other scientific work.
Correspondence and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle., 1885-1890, undated.
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Identifier: MS.1736
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Dates:
1885-1890, undated.
Correspondence and other papers concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy., 1932-1953.
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Identifier: MS.20761 (Part 2)
Scope and Contents
Included is the pamphlet “Kirkcaldy’s oldest house: a pleas for its preservation” by G M Lendrum.
Dates:
1932-1953.