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:
Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1-67
Scope and Contents
Contains also some copies of replies or of draft replies.
Dates:
1760-1838.
Letters and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Countess of Minto., February-December 1804.
File
Identifier: MS.11057
Dates:
February-December 1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Letters and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Countess of Minto.
Letters and enclosures of the Honourable Charles Andrew Bruce, Governor of Penang, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1810, and correspondence of the 1st Earl with William Edwards Phillips, Acting Governor of Penang, with related papers, 1811., 1810-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11687
Dates:
1810-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
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Copies of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto', and letters, enclosures, and correspondence with the Governor and Acting Governor of Penang.
Letters and legal documents of the Napier family of Merchiston.
File
Identifier: Acc.14371
Content Description
A collection of 55 documents bound into a large volume, ca. 1900, where they are mostly mounted onto the pages. Items 1-29 are legal documents; 30-40 concern early 17th-century family matters; 41-50 concern domestic Scottish affairs during the reign of Charles I, and 51-55 relate to events in the reign of Charles II.
A list of the documents is kept with the volume.
Dates:
1465-1689.
Letters and literary manuscripts of Andrew Lang.
File
Identifier: Acc.12906
Scope and Contents
Letters to publishers, collaborators and others on various topics including Homer, Chansons de Gate, research for his, and Alice Shield`s, "The King over the water", spiritualism and projected articles. Manuscript of "Ballade of neglected merit" (annotated by Edmund Gosse), and a summary of the Greek legend of Helle.
Dates:
circa 1903-1907.
Letters and newsletters of Club 86., 1987-1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.10691/18
Letters and papers, chiefly copies, received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition., 1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11623
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of correspondence relating to the British occupation of Amboina (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of correspondence concerning the loss of the brig ‘Emily’ at Bali in 1807 (folio 72);
(iii) Copies of dispatches and enclosures from Major-General Henry Warde, commander of the troops on Mauritius and Bourbon, and Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius (folio 86);
(iv) Copies of papers concerning the cargoes of the East India ships ‘Ceylon’ and ‘Wyndham’,...
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition.
Letters and papers chiefly on the administration and reform of the Scottish law-courts., 1785-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.12
Scope and Contents
The contents include:Papers, 1785-1786, concerning reform of the Court of Session;Memorandum, 1786, on the office of Lord Chancellor of Scotland; Proposed duties on law proceedings in order to increase judges` salaries, 1792; Proposed bill, [?1802], for trying contested elections;Observations, 1803, upon appeal business in Scotland, by Ilay Campbell, Lord President; Copy of a letter signed by Ilay Campbell, Charles Hope,...
Dates:
1785-1809.
Letters and papers chiefly relating to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland., 1779-1848, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.354A
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters and papers (manuscript and printed) relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, 1791-1796, 1801-1812, 1847, undated. The subjects include considerations on the best mode of encouraging the White Herring Fishing, 1791; British Society for Fisheries and the road from Dingwall to Ullapool, 1792; memorial of the Adventurers in the British White Herring Fisheries, 1794; reports, etc., of the Highland Society of Scotland on the proposed British White Fishery Bill [?1801];...
Dates:
1779-1848, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Letters and papers relating chiefly to the Herring Fisheries in Scotland, and to police and prisons in Scotland, with a few maps and plans of prisons.
Letters and papers concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java., 1810-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.11708
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Miscellaneous military correspondence and papers, 1810-1812 (folio 1);
(ii) 'Itinerary to serve as an accompaniment to the map of Java, showing the Post-stages, Forts, Towns and Military Stations, with their several distances as extracted from a late Tour of the Deputy Quarter Master General...', 1 October 1812 (folio 47);
(iii) Letters and enclosures of Hugh Hope, civil commissioner of the eastern districts of Java, 1813-1814 (folio 57);
(iv) Letters and...
Dates:
1810-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
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Letters and papers concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java, and papers relating to the sultanate of Bantam.
Letters and papers concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java, and papers relating to the sultanate of Bantam., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17708-11709
Dates:
1808-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Letters and papers concerning the mission at Arouca, Trinidad., 1844-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.8020
Scope and Contents
The Arouca Mission was founded by the Reverend George Brodie on behalf of the United Associate Presbytery of Selkirk. This mission was transferred to the United Presbyterian Church in 1848.
Dates:
1844-1848.
Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1776-1780.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8413-8419
Scope and Contents
The papers include memorials concerning the cases of both Sir George Pigot and James Stuart.
Dates:
1776-1780.
Letters and papers mostly addressed to Sir Edward Hoby, the diplomatist and controversialist., 1550-1638.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.15
Scope and Contents
In 1594, Hoby was granted letters patent to buy and provide wool for sale in England. Most of the correspondence is dated 1602 and concerns the issue of licences to deal in wool, and the fees to be paid. There are also a few papers concerning the hiring of boats to transport coal in the Midlands, 1636.
Dates:
1550-1638.
Letters and papers of, and concerning, General Sir George Murray.
File
Identifier: MS.21192
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1810-1817, of, to, and concerning, General Sir George Murray, including two letters from Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington; with a notebook in Sir George's hand, chiefly concerning the Peninsular War (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and legal papers, 1824-1825, concerning Erskine v Murray (folio 29); (iii) Letter, 1845, of Sir George Murray probably to General Paul Anderson (folio 70).
Dates:
1810-1845.
Letters and papers of Campbell family of Glenorchy and of General George Monck
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Identifier: Acc.13502
Scope and Contents
Eleven documents concerning mostly the Campbell family of Glenorchy. Including two documents, dated 1612, from Archibald Campbell earl of Argyll, issuing permission to deal with the Clan Gregor; four letters, 1662-1679, of John Campbell of Glenorchy to members of his family, and miscellaneous papers, including a petition to (undated) and a letter of (1655) George Monck, duke of Albemarle.
Dates:
1612-1679
Letters and papers of Mary Mackenzie, daughter of John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1736-1776.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1211-1212
Letters and papers of Sir John Hope, 11th Bart., of Craighall and Pinkie.
File
Identifier: Acc.13030
Scope and Contents
Letters largely addressed to Auguste Duvau and E´douard Mounier; with letters from Hugh Hope and other members of the Hope family to European contacts; with an agricultural journal, 1825-1827 and a typescript transcription of another 1807 journal.
Dates:
1801-1844.
Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with those of clients and kinsmen of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1549-1634
Dates:
1614-1912.
Letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1812-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11336
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of the 1st Earl of Minto's 'Minute on quitting the Government of India and the minutes of the members of Council in reply', 2 October 1813 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of, and correspondence concerning, addresses to the 1st Earl on leaving India from the British inhabitants of Calcutta, Murshidabad and Berhampur, the natives of Rangpur, the Dutch inhabitants of Batavia, and the native and European inhabitants of Malacca, 1813 (folio 10);
(iii) Letters to the...
Dates:
1812-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letters and papers of the Brown family, Linkwood, with some of the family of William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3258-3276
Dates:
1769-1883, undated.
Letters and papers of Thomas Stamford Raffles and the 1st Earl of Minto., 1811-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11699-11700
Dates:
1811-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Letters and papers of, to or concerning the Reverend William Stevenson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9200
Dates:
1858-1916.
Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
Series
Identifier: MSS.622-632
Scope and Contents
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
1804-1857.