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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:

Letters of Nina, Countess of Minto to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot., 1869-1877.

 File
Identifier: MS.19481
Dates: 1869-1877.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot. / Family correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot. / Letters of Nina, Countess of Minto to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.

Letters of Norah, Lady Mears, née Geddes, to her father Sir Patrick Geddes, but also to her mother and brothers, 1915-1931, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13852/2
Dates: 1915-1931, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Norah, Lady Mears, née Geddes

Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor to Lyndall Birch.

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Identifier: Acc.13664
Scope and Contents

20 letters and postcards of Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor 1958-1960, 1977, 1982, 1988 and 2003, with 2 letters of Joan Leigh Fermor, 1976 and 1988.

Dates: 1958-1960, 1976-1977, 1982, 1988 and 2003.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of Peter MacKinnon, Duncan's brother., 1873-1879.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6168/9-10
Dates: 1873-1879.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and letter books of Duncan MacKinnon.

Letters of Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan (née Thomson), Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, to family members and others., 1954, and after.

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Identifier: Acc.11628/22b
Dates: 1954, and after.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir. / Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, and the Buchan family.

Letters of Richard Gough, the antiquary, to George Paton., 1771-1804, and undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.5.6(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

A few other items are included; for details of these and notes on misplaced letters see `Index to the correspondence of George Paton`.

Dates: 1771-1804, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of George Paton, the antiquary.

Letters of Richard Gough, the antiquary, to George Paton., 1771-1781, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.5.6(i)
Dates: 1771-1781, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of George Paton, the antiquary. / Letters of Richard Gough, the antiquary, to George Paton.

Letters of Richard Gough, the antiquary, to George Paton., 1782-1804, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.5.6(ii)
Dates: 1782-1804, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of George Paton, the antiquary. / Letters of Richard Gough, the antiquary, to George Paton.

Letters of Richard Scudamore to Sir Philip Hoby, the diplomatist., 1549-1550, 1555.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.14
Scope and Contents

Scudamore, a younger son of John Scudamore of Holme Lacy, was Hoby`s servant and agent for his financial affairs during his absence abroad from 1548 to 1550, as ambassador to the Emperor Charles V. In addition to writing about Hoby`s affairs, Scudamore gives brief accounts of events in England. These include the imprisionment of the Duke of Somerset, the Bishop of London, and others; Kett`s rebellion and the rising in the West country; the execution of Joan Bocher; and events at court.

Dates: 1549-1550, 1555.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of the Hoby family, said to have belonged to Archibald Constable, the publisher.

Letters of Robert Burns., 1787-c. 1793.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 37-52
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Scott, Robert Graham of Fintry, John Gillespie, Frances Dunlop, John Somerville, and Patrick Miller of Dalswinton.

Dates: 1787-c. 1793.
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 Sir David Dalrymple (1772-1791, and undated), Thomas Percy (1768-1779), and Joseph Ritson (1792-1795) to George Paton., 1768-1795, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.5.8(i)
Dates: 1768-1795, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of George Paton, the antiquary. / Letters of various persons to George Paton, arranged chronologically under each correspondent.

Letters of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik., 1739-1742.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 56-61
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Stukeley and George Clerk of Penicuik.

Dates: 1739-1742.
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 Sir Patrick Geddes and his family

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13930/1-3
Dates: 1899-1932.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of Sir Patrick Geddes and his family

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13965
Dates: 1917-1931, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of Sir Walter Scott., 1817-1824.

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Identifier: Acc.11407/2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, 1817-1827, of Sir Walter Scott, John Wilson Croker, Jessie Huxley (née Scott) and his sister-in-law Mrs Thomas Scott (Elizabeth McCulloch). Of the nine letters, seven are to Elizabeth mainly about affairs in Canada, and on Walter’s visit to Ireland.

Transcriptions of the letters have been tipped in.

Dates: 1817-1824.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Scott Huxley papers. / Correspondence of Sir Walter Scott and of Elizabeth Scott.

Letters of Sir William MacKinnon Bart., to Duncan MacKinnon., 1873-1880.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6168/7-8
Dates: 1873-1880.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and letter books of Duncan MacKinnon.

Letters of the conveners of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, together with some other administrative letters and papers., 1892-1895.

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Identifier: MS.21352
Dates: 1892-1895.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Surviving incoming correspondence of the Colonial, Continental and Jewish Mission Committees of the Free Church of Scotland. / Incoming correspondence of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland. / Letters of the conveners of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, together with some other administrative letters and papers.

Letters of the conveners of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, together with some other administrative letters and papers., 1896-1900.

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Identifier: MS.21353
Dates: 1896-1900.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Surviving incoming correspondence of the Colonial, Continental and Jewish Mission Committees of the Free Church of Scotland. / Incoming correspondence of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland. / Letters of the conveners of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, together with some other administrative letters and papers.

Letters of the Countess of Minto to her husband, the 3rd Earl of Minto, 1844-1865.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12238-12239
Dates: 1844-1865.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto. / Family and general correspondence of the 3rd Earl of Minto. / Family correspondence of the 3rd Earl of Minto.

Letters of the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1778-1813.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11108-11110
Dates: 1778-1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Family and general correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, his wife Harriet, sister of the Countess of Minto, and their family with the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto.

Letters of the members of the family of Richard Thornton to James Stewart., 1863-1874, 1894

 File
Identifier: Acc.13862/1
Scope and Contents

Letters of the siblings and mother of Richard Thornton to James Stewart, discussing the treatment and reputation of Thornton during and after his involvement on David Livingstone's Zambezi expedition.

Dates: 1863-1874, 1894
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of James Stewart, missionary and principal of Lovedale College, South Africa, and his wife, Mina, along with research notes by Sheila Brock. / Papers of James Stewart.

Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay and Madras to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee., 1836-1847.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.7532(i)-(ii)
Dates: 1836-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in India and of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town to the Conveners of the East India Mission Committee.

Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay and of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee., 1827-1839.

 File
Identifier: MS.7531
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1827-1839, of the pioneer missionaries in Bombay (folio 1). Letters, 1836-1839, of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town (folio 290).

Dates: 1827-1839.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in India and of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town to the Conveners of the East India Mission Committee.

Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay (continued) and Madras to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee., 1836-1847.

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Identifier: MS.7532(ii)
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1842-1847, of the pioneer missionaries in Bombay (folio 260). Letters, 1836-1842, of the pioneer missionaries in Madras (folio 301).

Dates: 1836-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in India and of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town to the Conveners of the East India Mission Committee. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay and Madras to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee.

Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee., 1839-1842.

 File
Identifier: MS.7532(i)
Dates: 1839-1842.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in India and of the Scottish Chaplain in Cape Town to the Conveners of the East India Mission Committee. / Letters of the pioneer missionaries of the Church of Scotland in Bombay and Madras to the conveners of the East India Mission Committee.

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