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Vouchers. Sales records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents serving as evidence or proof, specifically, a receipt or statement attesting to the expenditure or receipt of money, usually accompanied by bills or other evidence of indebtedness or expenditure.

Found in 475 Collections and/or Records:

Muster rolls, pay sheets, returns of arms, accounts and vouchers of the Carse of Cowrie Yeomanry and the Prince of Wales Light Infantry volunteers, being the papers of James Hunter of Seaside and his son, Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside., 1790-1809, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19719
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.

Dates: 1790-1809, undated.

Other Estate Papers., 1664-1873.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/833-842
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: 1664-1873.

Papers, 1744-1760, undated, and miscellaneous vouchers, 1747-1751, relating to the Lordship of Campbell, including its coal-workings., 1744-1760, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17690
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates: 1744-1760, undated.

Papers and accounts relating to the Lordship of Campbell, including its coal-workings., 1744-1760, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17690-17691
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates: 1744-1760, undated.

Receipt vouchers of the 4th Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India., 1908.

 File
Identifier: MS.12711
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1908.

Receipt vouchers of the 4th Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India., 1910.

 File
Identifier: MS.12713
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1910.

Receipts and accounts for Over Craigniston Farm., 1815-1817.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/757
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: 1815-1817.

Receipts and vouchers for Fettercairn estate., 1797-1866.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/754-788
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: 1797-1866.

Small groups of financial papers and accounts relating to individual factors and cashiers of the Dundas estate; in most cases the material appears to be subsidiary or preparatory to the main estate accounts., 1750-1797.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.52
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Accounts between Robert Seton and James Dundas, younger, of Dundas: accounts and vouchers. Accounts appear to have been closed on 24 March 1750, 19 October 1754, 29 October 1755, 26 February 1757 (folio 1).(ii) Memoranda and accounts concerning the factory of Peter Flockhart, crops 1775-1777 (folio 44).(iii) Accounts concerning the factory of James Syme, 1778-1781 (folio 80).(iv) Accounts concerning...
Dates: 1750-1797.