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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:

General correspondence chiefly of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1742-1786, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14435
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence, 1742-1786, undated, including political material and correspondence of Major William and Lady Catharine Hay (folio 1);

(ii) Correspondence, 1755-1770, concerning Board of Police business - largely patronage (folio 148);

(iii) Correspondence, 1774-1787, concerning Scottish peerage elections, being chiefly letters soliciting votes (folio 181).

Dates: 1742-1786, undated.

General correspondence concerning Gibraltar and mercantile affairs., 1725-1772.

 File
Identifier: MS.15405
Scope and Contents

Mercantile matters predominate, and trade out of Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon and Malaga is especially to be noted.

Correspondents include William, Samuel and John Chalmers, John Coutts, John Gordon, James Guthrie, James Hay, Thomas Irvine, Alexander Thomson and John Urquhart of Cromarty.

Dates: 1725-1772.

General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1882, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1966-1967
Scope and Contents

The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.

Dates: 1628-1882, undated.