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,...

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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...

Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. two minute books, 1923-1949

2. sederunt book, 1932-1949

3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

James Rannie married Catherine, daughter of Baron Mure. On Rannie's death, a trust fund was set up with William Mure of Caldwell, the Baron’s son, as one of the trustees.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

James Rannie married Catherine, daughter of Baron Mure. On Rannie's death, a trust fund was set up with William Mure of Caldwell, the Baron’s son, as one of the trustees.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

James Rannie married Catherine, daughter of Baron Mure. On Rannie's death, a trust fund was set up with William Mure of Caldwell, the Baron’s son, as one of the trustees.

Scope and Contents

An index to MSS.5011-5016 is included in this volume.

Scope and Contents

The minutes contain accounts of the fitting-out, provisioning, and voyages of the company's single whaling vessel to Greenland waters, 1757 to 1762. There is considerable detail of the general financial fortunes of the company, especially with regard to insurance of the ship, the government bounty, and marketing of whaling products. There are also occasional references to other contemporary Scottish whaling companies.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...

Scope and Contents

Contains the minutes of meetings, preceded by an introduction relating the history of the club, the statutes of the club, and a roll of Knights, giving their real names and club titles. Inside the front cover is a list of Knights alive in 1841.

Scope and Contents

The volume gives only the names of Knights present, and is not kept up after 22 September 1769, except one entry under 16 January 1770.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The minutes of various dates are signed by Walter (afterwards Sir Walter) Scott.

MS.111B contains the leaves which were found loose in MS.111A.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The minutes of various dates are signed by Walter (afterwards Sir Walter) Scott.

MS.111B contains the leaves which were found loose in MS.111A.

Scope and Contents

The minutes of various dates are signed by Walter (afterwards Sir Walter) Scott.

MS.111B contains the leaves which were found loose in MS.111A.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Comprising:

1. two minute books, 1923-1949

2. sederunt book, 1932-1949

3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.

Scope and Contents

The partnership, between John Richardson and other Perth merchants (William Stewart, John Ross and John Campbell) was in being by 1766 and was dissolved in 1806.

The volume records stock, tacks of fishing, and purchases of ships.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

As Sir Walter Scott was a partner, the books also contain minutes of the meetings of his trustees and of his creditors, statements regarding the progress, printing, sales, etc., of the Waverley Novels and other works of Scott, and copies of Sir Walter’s letters connected therewith.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

As Sir Walter Scott was a partner, the books also contain minutes of the meetings of his trustees and of his creditors, statements regarding the progress, printing, sales, etc., of the Waverley Novels and other works of Scott, and copies of Sir Walter’s letters connected therewith.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

As Sir Walter Scott was a partner, the books also contain minutes of the meetings of his trustees and of his creditors, statements regarding the progress, printing, sales, etc., of the Waverley Novels and other works of Scott, and copies of Sir Walter’s letters connected therewith.