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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 family of James Augustus Grant., 1843-1861, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17901-17904
Scope and Contents James Augustus Grant was the youngest son of the Reverend James Grant (1790-1853), minister of Nairn, and his wife Christina (died 1877). His brothers Alexander (1820-1860) and George (1825-1855) were respectively an officer in the Madras Army and a merchant in Calcutta and Rangoon. His sister Margaret (1823-1913) married in 1845 the Reverend Peter Mackenzie (1818-1913), minister of Urquhart (Dingwall). All corresponded regularly, giving a vivid picture of family doings and of life in India...
Dates: 1843-1861, undated.

Correspondence of the family of James Augustus Grant., 1765-1891, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17929
Scope and Contents

The contents include: letters to Alexander Grant, minister of Cawdor, 1765-1821 (folio 1); letters of George Grant, merchant in Liverpool, to his brother James, minister of Nairn, and others, 1827-1860 (folio 15); of Mrs Christina Grant, 1857-1869 (folio 73); of James Augustus Grant, his brothers, sister, and brother-in-law, 1846-1891 (folio 77a); and of James Augustus Grant and his wife, 1867-1877 (folio 37).

Dates: 1765-1891, undated.

Correspondence of the family of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8508/1-57
Scope and Contents

Papers, 19th-20th century, relating to the family of the 7th and 8th Dukes of Argyll especially the circle of Joan Glassel, second wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and her children and grandchildren.

Dates: 1778-1942.

Correspondence of the family of Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath., 1699-1918, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27501-27527
Scope and Contents

Correspondence before the early 19th century has survived only sporadically, most commonly in connection with legal and estate matters. For Sir Norman Lockhart, 3rd Baronet, and his widow and sons there is a reasonable quantity of business correspondence, and for the latter also family correspondence.

Dates: 1699-1918, undated.

Correspondence of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie., 1631-1833, 1908, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3186-3189
Scope and Contents The correspondence gives a picture of the habitual life and activities of Jacobite families in Scotland and in exile. In addition to the affairs of the family of Balhaldie, it deals with those of the Camerons of Lochiel, the Earls of Perth, the Sempills, various unidentified Drummonds, and, later, the Oliphants of Gask.The earlier letters relate chiefly to family business and local affairs in the neighbourhood of Dunblane. Several unsigned letters of Allan Cameron, son of Sir...
Dates: 1631-1833, 1908, undated.