Correspondence.
Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:
General correspondence chiefly of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1742-1786, undated.
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).
General correspondence, circa 1790-1843, undated, of Thomas Graham and letters and papers, 1766, undated, of his mother, Lady Christian Graham, née Hope., 1766, [circa 1790]-1843, undated.
General correspondence concerning Gibraltar and mercantile affairs., 1725-1772.
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.
General correspondence consisting of drafts and copies of Alexander Carlyle's letters and replies., 1747, 1765-1803, undated.
Several of the letters are written on the backs of old incoming letters.
General correspondence consisting of letters to Alexander Carlyle., 1750-1805, undated.
General correspondence: Da-Dea., Early 19th century-[before 1881.]
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1851-1878, undated, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1851-1882, undated.
On folios 264-272 is an 'Inventory of titles, books and documents of the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate', 1882.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1882, undated.
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.