Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1715-1762, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14420-14429
Scope and Contents
Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to, and correspondence is of, John, Marquess of Tweeddale (1695-1762), or his wife Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale (died 1788).
Dates:
1715-1762, undated.
Correspondence of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning the regality of Dunfermline and other matters., 1715-1749, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14429
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence, 1715-1754, concerning the regality of Dunfermline (folio 1);
(ii) Miscellaneous business, estate and local affairs correspondence, 1719-1759, undated (folio 137).
Dates:
1715-1749, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Private business, estate and local affairs correspondence of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 5th Earl of Rosebery and John Gribbel, Philadelphia, on the Glenriddell Manuscripts of Robert Burns (MSS.86-87), which Mr Gribbel presented to the Scottish nation, 1913-1914., 1913-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.2980, folios 125-162
Dates:
1913-1914.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1804-1866, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14448
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists of the following:(i) Letter, 1804, of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale at Verdun (folio 1);(ii) Letters and papers, 1815-1816, concerning the mental health of John Sharp of Chippenham Park, husband of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale’s sister, Lady Hannah Charlotte (folio 5);(iii) Letters, 1835-1853, of and concerning the Marquess of Dalhousie (folio 20);(iv) Correspondence, 1839, concerning the marriage between Lady...
Dates:
1804-1866, undated.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and of his daughter Lady (Jane) Taylor., 1846-1876, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14454
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, 1850-1857, largely military, of Lord Charles Edward Hay (folio 1);(ii) Letters, chiefly undated, but circa 1850-1858, of Lady Blanche Balfour of Whittinghame to Lady (Jane) Taylor (folio 112);(iii) Letters, 1846-1876, undated, to Lady (Jane) Taylor, being chiefly letters of her cousins - Lady Victoria Susan Talbot, Viscountess Ossulston, the Marchioness of Ely, Lady (Georgina Frederica) Baillie of Dochfour,...
Dates:
1846-1876, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Military, political and general correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale chiefly concerning India., 1843-1861, undated.
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Identifier: MS.14453
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consist of letters of the following correspondents: (i) General Robert Alexander, 1843-1839 (folio 1); (ii) the 1st Viscount Hardinge, 1644-1646 (folio 60); (iii) John Fryer Thomas, Member of Council, Madras, 1846-1861, undated (folio 102).
Dates:
1843-1861, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Military, political and general correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning the tile-making enterprise, being chiefly letters of partners and lawyers and including many letters of John Richard Birnie., 1838-1840, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14463
Dates:
1838-1840, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Business, estate and agricultural correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his eldest son, the Earl of Gifford.
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Legal, financial, estate and agricultural correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale including material concerning the Peninsular War and the war in North America, 1811-1814, British domestic politics, the Marquess's Governorship of Madras, miscellaneous military affairs and the making of a breech-loading rifle., 1806-1876, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14449-14450
Dates:
1806-1876, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Military, political and general correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale with Henry M Davidson, factor., 1842-1847.
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Identifier: MS.14460
Dates:
1842-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Business, estate and agricultural correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his eldest son, the Earl of Gifford.
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Legal, financial, estate and agricultural correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale with Henry M Davidson, factor, including material concerning his resignation.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale with Henry M Davidson, factor., 1848-1857.
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Identifier: MS.14461
Dates:
1848-1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Business, estate and agricultural correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his eldest son, the Earl of Gifford.
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Legal, financial, estate and agricultural correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale with Henry M Davidson, factor, including material concerning his resignation.
Correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale with Henry M Davidson, factor, including material concerning his resignation., 1842-1857.
File
Identifier: MSS.14460-14461
Dates:
1842-1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Business, estate and agricultural correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his eldest son, the Earl of Gifford.
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Legal, financial, estate and agricultural correspondence chiefly of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Correspondence of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning India., 1851-1858, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14468
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1851-1858, of the Marquess of Dalhousie to the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale as Deputy Commissioner of Simla and Superintendent of the Hill States (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1857-1858, undated, concerning the Indian Mutiny to the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale at Simla, including many letters of Lieutenant Charles Theophilus Metcalfe McDowell, 2nd European Regiment, Other correspondents include Alexander Bagot, George Carnac Barnes,...
Dates:
1851-1858, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, his wife Candida Louise, Marchioness of Tweeddale, and his son William George Montagu, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Correspondence concerning India and Russia.
Correspondence of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland), mostly relating to the administration of the company., 1971-1990, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/289-342
Dates:
1971-1990, undated.
Correspondence of the Abercromby family., 1824-1868.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24725-24746
Dates:
1824-1868.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family, political and personal correspondence and papers of the Abercromby family, chiefly of James Abercromby (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some correspondence and papers of his wife Marianne (died 1874), and of their son Ralph, 2nd Baron and diplomatist (1803-1868), and his family.
Correspondence of the Abercromby family., 1818-1876, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13154-13180
Scope and Contents
This section contains correspondence of Mary Elizabeth, Baroness Dunfermline (died 1874), eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Minto and wife of Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline, of her only child, the Honourable Mary Catherine Elizabeth ('Mimi') Trotter of Colinton (died 1908), wife of Lieutenant-Colonel John Moubray Trotter, and of other members of the Abercromby family. Most of it is family and personal; but there is some material concerning the later part of the public career of...
Dates:
1818-1876, undated.
Correspondence of the antiquary, John Pinkerton, with papers and notes accumulated by him in connection with works which he published or projected.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1709-1721
Dates:
1776-1838, undated.
Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1789-1930, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20368-20369
Dates:
1789-1930, undated.
Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1789-1872.
File
Identifier: MS.20368
Scope and Contents
Included are extracts from letters of George Cadogan Morgan written to his wife while travelling in France in July 1789, and published with some exclusions in ‘A Welsh family from the beginning of the eighteenth century’ by C E William. Morgan was present at the storming of the Bastille, and his letters provide a dramatic eye witness account of the early days of the Revolution (folio 1). Among other writers are Luke and Sarah Ashburner resident in India 1805-1817, and George Ashburner who...
Dates:
1789-1872.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
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Correspondence of the Richards, Gardiner, and Ashburner families.
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Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives.
Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1873-1930, undated.
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Identifier: MS.20369
Scope and Contents
Much of the manuscript consists of the correspondence of Walter Ashburner, Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford, including letters from the author Horatio R F Brown, and Alfred E Housman, poet and classical scholar.
Dates:
1873-1930, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
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Correspondence of the Richards, Gardiner, and Ashburner families.
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Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives.
Correspondence of the Baroness Dunfermline., 1818-1874, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13154-13171
Dates:
1818-1874, undated.
Correspondence of the Berwickshire Liberal Association., 1885-1896.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.6767/10[89]-11[90]
Dates:
1885-1896.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Berwickshire Liberal Association, mostly concerning parliamentary elections but also including broader administrative and financial information.
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Papers of the Berwickshire Liberal Association concerning Parliamentary elections.
Correspondence of the Borthwicks of Crookston., 1784-1864, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13699/2-16
Dates:
1784-1864, undated.
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Barcaldine, chiefly on legal and financial matters.
File
Identifier: MS.9355
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence is addressed to Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Baronet, on whose death in 1842 the estate was sold to clear off the family's debts.
Dates:
1736-1841.
Correspondence of the children of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1803-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.14441
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
(i) Letters, 1803-1815, of General Lord James Hay (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1808-1847, of Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay (folio 13);
(iii) Letters, 1846-1847, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale to Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay (folio 206);
(iv) Letters, 1816-1837, concerning Lady Mary Turner Hay (folio 236);
(v) Letters, 1829-1834, of the 8th Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale and Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay to Lady (Julia Thomasina) Hobhouse (folio 258);
(vi) Letters,...
Dates:
1803-1857.
Correspondence of the Countess of Minto., 1775-1817.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11155-11156
Dates:
1775-1817.