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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:

Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.23237-23617
Dates: 1859-1860, 1875-1955.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press., 1907-1936.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23572-23607
Scope and Contents

The first series begins with three books of H Armour and Company, a printing firm taken over by the Edinburgh Press. Most of the series end in June 1936 when it amalgamated with T and A Constable.

Dates: 1907-1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.

Letter books of Duncan MacKinnon., 1871-1887.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6168/1-6
Dates: 1871-1887.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and letter books of Duncan MacKinnon.

Letter-books, warrant book and correspondence of the Commanders-in-Chief in Scotland., 1747-1753.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.304-309
Scope and Contents Copies of letters addressed mainly to regimental officers in Scotland, to the Secretaries of State, and to the Lord Justice Clerk and other officials in Scotland. They are concerned with the administration of the Highlands after the ’Forty-five, and the subjects dealt with include movements of troops, desertions, courts- martial, enforcement of the Disarming Act and of the laws against Non-Jurors and the wearing of the Highland Dress, suppression of thieves, reported movements and capture of...
Dates: 1747-1753.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.

Letter of Adam Ferguson to William Eden., 1779.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 73-74
Scope and Contents

Concerns the American Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1779.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Adam Ferguson.

Letter of Adam Smith to William Petty., 1767.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 137-138
Scope and Contents

Concerns preparations for James Cook`s first voyage.

Published in `The Correspondence of Adam Smith`.

Dates: 1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Alexander Carlyle to unnamed correspondent., 1788.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folio 55
Scope and Contents

Concerns ecclesiastical appointments.

A small engraving of Alexander Carlyle is included.

Dates: 1788.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Alexander Geddes to unnamed correspondent., 1787.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 75-76
Scope and Contents

Concerns Geddes`s attempts to collect manuscripts in the East and biblical scholarship.

Dates: 1787.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Alexander Runciman to unnamed correspondent., 1781.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 133-134
Scope and Contents

Concerns Runciman`s current ill-health.

Dates: 1781.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Allan Cunningham to Benjamin Sayle.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13921
Dates: 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Allan Ramsay to Basil Feilding., 1763.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folio 126
Scope and Contents

Concerns Ramsay`s political insights into current affairs.

Dates: 1763.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Andrew Stuart to George Chalmers., c. 1798.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 165-166
Scope and Contents

Concerns Stuart`s genealogical history of the Stuarts.

Dates: c. 1798.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Anne Grant.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13616
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Anne Grant to John Henning. Henning has added a footnote commenting on the contents.

Dates: 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Colonel Charles Stewart.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14102
Dates: 1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of David Hume to Reverend Robert Traill.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13962
Content Description

concerns Traill's recent published sermon attacking Hume for his observations on the Scottish clergy.

Dates: 1755.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of David Hume to unnamed correspondent., 1767.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 92-93
Scope and Contents

Concerns Hume`s preparations for his return to Scotland.

Dates: 1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of David Hume.

Letter of Dugald Stewart to Joseph Marie Degérando., 1816.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 163-164
Scope and Contents

Concerns an American friend.

Dates: 1816.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of, to, and concerning, Dugald Stewart.

Letter of Dugald Stewart to unnamed correspondent., 1805.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 161-162
Scope and Contents

Concerns the potential election of the recipient to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1805.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of, to, and concerning, Dugald Stewart.

Letter of Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Gray to Sir Benjamin Hawes.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14380
Scope and Contents

In the letter, Gray recommends the suppliers of a 'Mask', recently delivered for the antiquities collection at Bolsover Castle.

Dates: 3 April 1848.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Francis Drake.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14105
Dates: 1804.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Gavin Hamilton to William Strahan., 1762.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 77-78
Scope and Contents

Concerns Hamilton`s abandonment of bookselling and his continued interest in paper making.

Dates: 1762.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of George Hill to Thomas Cadell., 1795.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 81-83
Scope and Contents

Concerns a list of 12 people that Hill would like to send copies of his sermons to before they are officially published.

Hill`s obituary from `The Gentleman`s Magazine` (1820) has been copied out in hand and included.

Dates: 1795.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letter of Henry Mackenzie to Henry Davidson., 1824.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 104-105
Scope and Contents

Concerns the kindness shown by Davidson when Mackenzie`s son James was in Hamburg.

Dates: 1824.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of, and to, Henry Mackenzie.

Letter of Henry Mackenzie to Thomas Cadell., 1792.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 94-95
Scope and Contents

Concerns the publications of James Hutton.

Dates: 1792.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of, and to, Henry Mackenzie.

Letter of Henry Mackenzie to Thomas Cadell and William Davies., 1816.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 100-101
Scope and Contents

Concerns Mackenzie declining to write on Daniel Defoe as a result of ill-health.

Dates: 1816.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of, and to, Henry Mackenzie.

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