Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) MS.E 111. Accounts of General Henry Fletcher as colonel of the 35th Regiment with his agents Gray and Ogilvie (later Ross and Ogilvie), 1775-1794 and 1794-1798;
(ii) MS.B 83. Labourers' wages, 1750-1765;
(iii) MS.C 203. Cottars' book, 1780-1802, detailing rents and repairs;
(iv) MS.C 204. List of letters received by Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, November 1755-April 1764, with (inverted) a list of prints;
(v) MS.K 17. Notebook of General Henry Fletcher, 1779-1784, mostly on estate matters; similar to MS.17893;
(vi) MS.109.1. Account-book of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, 1755-1760;
(vii) MS.109.2. Saltoun crop-book, 1768-1770;
(viii) MS.109.3. Estate notebook, 1768-1774;
(ix) MS.109.5. Receipts to General Henry Fletcher and other notes on estate matters, 1779-1783;
(x) MS.109.6. Account-book of Ann Griffith, servant apparently in London, 1764-1770.
Dates
- Creation: 1750-1802.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Reels
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1972.
Existence and Location of Originals
The original notebooks are now in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk