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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 of the family of Erskine of Alva., 17th century-19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5070-5088
Scope and Contents The seventeenth-century correspondence is chiefly that of Marie Stewart, Dowager Countess of Mar, and of her son, the Honourable Sir Charles Erskine of Cambuskenneth. The letters cover Sir Charles' activities as a Commissioner to the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and also as Governor of Dumbarton Castle during the Civil Wars.The eighteenth-century correspondence, the period most fully covered by the papers, centres first around Sir John, 3rd Baronet of Alva, and his...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.