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 1065 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous legal papers, elegies and poems., 1596-17th century.
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Identifier: MS.2935
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports of Justiciary Court trials, 1596-1639 - some not in Robert Pitcairn's ‘Criminal Trials’ (Bannatyne Club, 1833) (folio 5); notes of decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 'by my cussine' Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall and by Thomas Veitch, Advocate, 1619-circa 1650 (folio 37); elegies on ministers, seventeenth century (folio 63); and poems, chiefly Royalist and Jacobite (folio 74).
Dates:
1596-17th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1808, undated.
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Identifier: MS.11724
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Excerpt of a letter, 15 December 1807, concerning the breaching of forts (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Richard Jeffreys, Chaplain, Fort William, 1808, with enclosed papers concerning the Military Officers' Widows' Fund (folio 5);
(iii) Memorandum by Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, circa 1808, concerning the teak forests of Malabar (folio 15). See also MS.11721, folio 158.
(iv) Two letters of John Scott at Rangoon, 1807-1808, concerning timber...
Dates:
1807-1808, 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 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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
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Identifier: F.R.339e/17
Scope and Contents
The papers include the following.(i) Election, 1758, of Mr Adam Wallace as Keeper, and arrangement as to Mr Wallace Goodall as Keeper, 1765.(ii) Resignation of Mr Wallace as Keeper.(iii) Extrait de Catalogue de la Bibliotheque du Roi Paris, 22 May 1765.(iv) Application, 1770-1772, to the Town Council for more accommodation.(v) Report, 1771, of the curators on Mr Alexander Brown's salary.(vi) Letter, dated 11 September...
Dates:
1765-1780.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1695-1784, 1846.
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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 of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
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Identifier: F.R.339e/19
Scope and Contents
The papers include the following.(i) List, 1781, of books offered by Principal Robertson, University of Edinburgh, at cost price, with signature of Principal Robertson.(ii) Report, 1781, on the state of the papers of James Anderson, editor of 'Diplomata Scotiae'.(iii) Autograph letter, 1783, of Henry Dundas enclosing a catalogue of books which might be purchased.(iv) List, 1783, of Spanish books belonging to the late Principal Watson, St...
Dates:
1781-1797.
Miscellaneous memoranda and intelligence reports, 1803-1806, chiefly concerning French military movements in Calabria, but also including lists of the strength of the Neapolitan army and navy, 1806., 1803-1806.
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Identifier: MS.13051
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes material relating to the defence of Capri and Gaeta, and to the differences of opinion that arose concerning British withdrawal from the Italian mainland in 1806.
Dates:
1803-1806.
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.
Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and notes mainly on the Scottish and Gaelic languages., 1962-1969.
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Identifier: Acc.13542/560
Scope and Contents
File includes reports from the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club.
Dates:
1962-1969.
Miscellaneous notes, diagrams, and other papers of and, relating to Sir Patrick Geddes., 1912-1924, undated.
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Identifier: MS.19998
Scope and Contents
Included is material on botany, sociology, the Edinburgh Masque of Learning, 1912 (folio 42), and the Scots and Indian Colleges, Montpellier, undated (folio 64).
Dates:
1912-1924, undated.
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 and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1813, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11722-11723
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence and papers include material concerning Bencoolen, Goa, Iran, Sind, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Tahiti, various surveys, and literary and scientific subjects.
Dates:
1807-1813, 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 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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
Miscellaneous papers and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1813, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11722
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers, 1807, relating to the surveys of Mysore (folio 1);
(ii) Thomas Marshall, Bombay Medical Service, 'Memoir of a Route from Mandavee in Kutch to Hyderabad in Sind', 1808 (folio 11);
(iii) Papers from Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, 1808, on his survey of the district of Dinajpur (folio 31);
(iv) Letters of Major William Lambton, 1809-1811, concerning his survey of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts (folio 47);
(v) Letters of Mounstuart...
Dates:
1807-1813, 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 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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
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 Sir Charles's educational career, at Edinburgh Academy, Park Hall School, Salford, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge., 1847-1861.
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Identifier: MS.25638
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Printed papers relating to Edinburgh Academy, 1847-1848 (folio 1); (ii) Exercise book and miscellaneous notes, Park Hall School, Salford, 1850-1852 (folio 36); (iii) Circular letters, monthly reports, drawings, notes, printed examination papers and results, Harrow School, 1853-1858 (folio 84); (iv) Printed lists of Prizemen and examination results at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1860-1861 (folio 184).
Dates:
1847-1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Newhailes.
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Papers concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple's educational career at Edinburgh Academy, Park Hall School, Salford, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Sir Walter Scott's partnership with John and James Ballantyne., 1807-[circa 1834].
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Identifier: MS.864
Scope and Contents
The contents include: letters of John and James Ballantyne to Sir Walter Scott; statement of the accounts of James Ballantyne & Company 1809 (folio 7); a bond of that firm to Scott, 1809 (folio 21); statements of the concerns of John Ballantyne & Company 1810 (folio 23), of their stock, with the advances made by Scott and James Ballantyne, 1809-1810 (folio 25), and of their balance, 1811 (folio 31); Scott's missive letter to James Ballantyne and the latter's acceptance of its terms,...
Dates:
1807-[circa 1834].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Papers of Sir Walter Scott relating to the partnership with the Ballantynes.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1808.
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Identifier: MS.11713
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of papers concerning Goa, 1799-1808 (folio 1), the riotous behaviour of mariners from the East India ship 'Neptune' at Canton, 1807 (folio 44), the British attack on Buenos Aires, 1807 (folio 48), and the attack on the Fort of Comona, 1807 (folio 69).
Dates:
1799-1808.
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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1809, undated.
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Identifier: MS.11721
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Memoranda by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Member of Council, Bengal, undated, concerning the revenue of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces (folio 1). See also MSS.11625-11626.
(ii) Copy of a memorandum by Sir Harford Jones (later Brydges), 7 January 1807, concerning diplomatic relations with Iran, with related papers (folio 20);
(iii) Memorandum by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, 3 March 1808, concerning Sind (folio 44);
(iv) Memorandum by Edmonstone, 10 March 1808,...
Dates:
1806-1809, 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 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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Memoir and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745., 1745-1747.
File
Identifier: MS.17525
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1745-1746, concerning shipping during the Rising (folio 1);
(ii) Permits to ships and bonds by their masters or owners, 1745-1746 (folio 48);
(iii) Passes and certificates, 1745-1747 (folio 53);
(iv) Reports of prisoners held by the City Guard in Edinburgh, February-September 1746 (folio 139);
(v) Papers concerning the Edinburgh Volunteer Regiment, 1746 (folio 172).
Dates:
1745-1747.
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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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Miscellaneous papers, containing press cuttings and reports, relating to Scotland position in Europe., 1991.
File
Identifier: Acc.13505/68
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Paul Henderson Scott was born and educated in Edinburgh, attending Edinburgh’s Royal High School and then moving on to study at Edinburgh University. It was at university that he first became involved with the Saltire Society. Shortly after this Scott was called up to serve in World War Two. He began his training as an army officer driving a lorry. However, through contact with diplomats from the foreign office he decided to take the examination and soon became a diplomat. A long diplomatic...
Dates:
1991.
Miscellaneous papers, correspondence, and reports of the Cairngorms Working Party., 1991-1994.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/845
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers relate to Magnusson's time working for Scottish Natural Heritage. The organisation was formed in 1992 following the amalgamation of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland. Magnusson served as the Chairman of the organisation from 1992 until 1999. The papers contain minutes from SNH meetings, papers from working groups, such as those relating to the designation of the Cairngorms as a European Heritage Area and a series of papers...
Dates:
1991-1994.
Miscellaneous papers from Sir Thomas Cochrane's time as Governor of Newfoundland, including material concerning domestic affairs in Government House, meteorological reports, addresses of public bodies, petitions, correspondence, and dinner-lists., 1824-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.2353
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Miscellaneous papers, largely associated with Sir Walter Scott., 1607-1839, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1582-1584
Miscellaneous papers, largely associated with Sir Walter Scott., 1607, 1647, 1707, 1725-1735, 1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1582
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports on witch-trials in Germany, 1647; copies of letters of James Thomson, 1725-1735 (published in the Aldine Edition of Thomson's 'Poems', London, 1830); Robert Gourlay, ‘Plans for the Improvement of Edinburgh,’ 1829 (printed), with relevant letters, 1829; ‘The Suicide’, a poem; and ‘Nathalia Sherimenitef’, an account of Natal’ya Borisovna Sheremeteva, afterwards Princess Dolgorukova.
Dates:
1607, 1647, 1707, 1725-1735, 1829, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning the Free Church of Scotland., 1847-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19195-19198
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:
1847-1927, undated.