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:
Maxwell of Monreith papers, comprising family and estate correspondence, financial papers, and bound estate papers; with early charters of Maxwells and of Blair of Adamton. Includes general and literary correspondence, and some literary manuscripts, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7043/1—Adamton/18
Scope and Contents
This archive constitutes the bulk of the surviving family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith. It gives a clear picture of Maxwell family life, and the running of the Monreith estate from the early 18th century to 1920, with some later estate material. Some of the papers go back to the early 17th century, but the formal estate books begin in 1779, and from then on increase steadily in number and comprehensiveness until from 1893 to 1920 there is scarcely a detail of estate...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [1296]-1947, undated.
Membership records of the Highland Society of London, including membership lists and correspondence., 1899-1982.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10615/18-29
Dates:
1899-1982.
'Memoir of Andrew Lumisden.', 1746-[circa 1836], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14264
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, [circa 1836], of Sir Thomas A L Strange to his son, Lumisden, giving biographical details of his uncle, Andrew Lumisden. (Folio 1.)(ii) Genealogical material, 1836, undated, relating to the Strange family. (Folios 32.)(iii) Pedigree, 1798, of Andrew Lumisden in his own hand, following a letter, 1814, of J Lumisden, Bengal. (Folio 36.)(iv) Printed pamphlet, ‘Votes of the House of Commons 1746’ (London,...
Dates:
1746-[circa 1836], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
Memoir of Victor Amyot, with correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with Victor and Alexandre Amyot and others., 1794-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11217
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Victor Amyot, ‘Exposé de ma conduite pendant la Revolution’, dated Portoferraio, 15 April 1794 (folio l). Amyot had been commissaire de la marine at Brest, whence he arrived at Paris in April 1792. The memoir gives an account of his experiences in Paris, his journey to Provence, and his flight from Toulon on its capture by Republican forces. Amyot was subsequently employed by the 1st Earl in Corsica, and he then went to London on the evacuation of the island...
Dates:
1794-1807.
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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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto concerning Toulon and Corsica.
'Memoir respecting the office of Auditor of Excise in Scotland', by John Philp Wood, 1827., 1797-1827, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3106
Scope and Contents
Inserted at the end are: memorial of John Philp Wood, 1806 (page 177); copy of report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to H M Treasury on the office of Auditor of Excise, 1812 (page 179); account of the establishment of the Auditor's office in 1797, by Wood, 1821 (page 185); account of sums recovered and saved for the Revenue by Wood, undated (page 187); history of the office, by Wood, with copies of correspondence relating to previous auditors, undated (page 195); copy of patent...
Dates:
1797-1827, undated.
Memoranda and correspondence relating to the management, organisation and staffing of the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation., 1945-1983.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/3-4
Memoranda, copies of correspondence and reports on military and administrative topics., [?1808-?1830.]
File
Identifier: MS.13847B
Memoranda, correspondence, and reviews concerning ‘Wade in Scotland’ by James Bell Salmond., 1933-1942.
File
Identifier: MS.7190
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Memoranda of agreement between James Bell Salmond and his publishers, Grant and Murray Limited, Edinburgh, concerning ‘Wade in Scotland’ (1934), and ‘The old stalker and other verses’ (1937) (folio 1);(ii) Correspondence, 1933-1942, concerning ‘Wade in Scotland’, including requests for access to material and for permission to quote copyright material, letters of congratulation, and criticism of some details (folio 8);(iii)...
Dates:
1933-1942.
Memoranda on relations with Spain and the Spanish Netherlands, with copies of correspondence and orders., 1604-1660, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.149
Scope and Contents
Bound with printed copies of the Spanish treaties of 1604 and 1630 (London, 1605, 1630). Included are copies of the correspondence and orders of Don John of Austria, as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, relating to English (Royalist) shipping, etc., 1656-1659, undated, (passim), and of secret articles in treaties, 1604, 1656 (pages 94, 57-63) in English, Spanish and French. According to a pencilled note in a modern hand, the notes are of one of the Earls of Bristol, but some at least...
Dates:
1604-1660, undated.
Memoranda to and correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto., [circa 1811.], 1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11705-11706
Dates:
[circa 1811.], 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 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.
Memorandum and Articles of Association and correspondence relating to amendment to Articles of Association of Melven’s Bookshops., 1973-1986.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/105
Scope and Contents
Contains 5 items.
Dates:
1973-1986.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller.
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Associated business of James Thin, bookseller, with publishers, bookshops and others.
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Associated business of James Thin, bookseller, with Melven's Bookshop and Melven Press.
Memorandum-book of Sir Daniel Dun., 1607-1617.
Item
Identifier: MS.202
Scope and Contents
Contains copies of correspondence, complaints, petitions, treaties, and remits from the Privy Council of England, principally in connection with merchants, shipping, and trade; all relating to business which came before Sir Daniel Dun as a Judge of the Court of Admiralty and a Master of Requests.
Dates:
1607-1617.
Memorandum on the occupation of Sudan by Great Britain and Egypt, 1898-1900, with a memorandum on the mutiny in Omdurman and related letters, 1945, of General Sir (Francis) Reginald Wingate, 1st Bart., 1945.
File
Identifier: Acc.1669/29
“Memorial, containing a plan for the naval defence of the British possessions in the East Indies by ships of India construction, to be built out of the revenues and supported by the commerce of Asia", by J Prinsep [?John Prinsep, Indian merchant], 1796., 1771, 1789-1796.
Item
Identifier: MS.1067
Scope and Contents
With copies of correspondence, 1771, 1789-1796.
Dates:
1771, 1789-1796.
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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Papers relating to India and the East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
'Memorial' of Margaret Constable, written by one of her brothers or sisters, consisting of an account of her last days and death, with copies of related family correspondence.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23235-23236
Dates:
1838, 1878, 1901-[1902.]
'Memorials of his time' by Henry Cockburn (Edinburgh, 1856)
Item
Identifier: MS.823
Scope and Contents
Bound in at the end is original correspondence of the publishers, A & C Black, regarding the publication, 1856.
Dates:
1856.
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10069/1-114
Dates:
1731-1908.
Microfilm and photographic slide copies of the correspondence, papers and drawings of James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4490/1-12
Dates:
1757-1854, undated.
Microfilm, chiefly of correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.513-515
Dates:
1843-1900.
Microfilm of 'Admiralty Enclosures' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, including correspondence regarding the Malay Archipelago., 1844-1845.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.984
Microfilm of 'Admiralty Enclosures' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, including correspondence regarding the Malay Archipelago, Hong Kong, and the attack on the stockade of a chief in New Zealand, 1845-1846., 1845-1847.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.985
Microfilm of Cadell Collection of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell, and others.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1134-1137
Dates:
[1796-1831.]
Microfilm of Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm., 1796-1821.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1134
Microfilm of Cadell Collection, volume II: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell., 1822-1824.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1135