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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:

Microfilm of official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station; and, copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.988
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station (MS.2326);

Copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty (MS.2345).

Dates: 1813-1815.

Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);

‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).

Dates: 1799-1800

Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant., [?1765]-1892.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘Memoranda’ by James Augustus Grant, (no publisher, undated), consisting of biographical data, with some later ink additions by Grant, [After April 1880] (MS.17925);Newspaper cuttings, 1892, on James Augustus Grant's death, funeral, etc., pasted into an album (MS.17926);Copy of 'A system of water-colour painting', 17th edition (London, 1858), by Aaron Penley, used by James Augustus Grant on his African expedition (MS.17927);...
Dates: [?1765]-1892.

Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates: 19th century-[?1913].

Microfilm of personal and family correspondence, 1850-1851, of Sir Thomas Cochrane; and, documents, 1543-19th century, relating to the Stuart family and the French royal family.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.661
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Personal and family correspondence, 1850, of Sir Thomas Cochrane (MS.2291);

Personal and family correspondence, 1851, of Sir Thomas Cochrane (MS.2292);

Documents, 1543-19th century, relating to the Stuart family and the French royal family (Dep.368/11,13, 17).

Dates: 1543-19th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 1. 19th century correspondence., 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209
Scope and Contents The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.The contents are as follows: Autographs, 16th century-19th century, of 'Literary and scientific' persons collected by William Finlay Watson. (MS.581);Album of letters and parts of letters, late 18th century-19th century, of celebrities of the late 18th century and the 19th century. (MS.741);Miscellaneous collection...
Dates: 19th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 2. Correspondence of Jane Welsh Carlyle., [?1822-?1866.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1210
Scope and Contents

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: [?1822-?1866.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 2A. Correspondence of John Stuart Blackie., 1885-1886.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1211
Scope and Contents

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: 1885-1886.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 6. 19th century correspondence., 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1215
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Album, 19th century, probably compiled by David Macdonald, printer, Edinburgh, of letters and signatures of his correspondents, mainly Edinburgh personalities of the nineteenth century (MS.7171);Letters, 19th century, formerly placed loosely amongst the pages of MS.7171: Album, probably compiled by David Macdonald, printer, Edinburgh, of letters and signatures of his correspondents. (MS.7172);Correspondence, 1865-1926, of Sir Henry Craik,...
Dates: 19th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 9. Blackwoods and general correspondence., [?1852-?1892.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1218
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1852-1878, undated, to Margaret Oliphant from John and William Blackwood. (MS.23193);

Correspondence, 1862-1892, undated, of Margaret Oliphant with various correspondents, including some of her relations. (MS.23194).

Dates: [?1852-?1892.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 10. Family correspondence., [?1870-?1893.]

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1219
Scope and Contents

he contents are as follows: Correspondence, 1870-1890, undated, of Margaret Oliphant with her sons Cyril Francis ('Tiddy') and Francis Romano ('Cecco') (MS.23195);

Letters, 1878-1888, of Margaret Oliphant to her nieces Madge, later Mrs William R F Valentine, and Janet Mary ('Denny') Oliphant (MS.23196);

Letters, 1889-1893, of Margaret Oliphant to her nieces Madge, later Mrs William R F Valentine, and Janet Mary ('Denny') Oliphant (MS.23197).

Dates: [?1870-?1893.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 17. Blackwoods correspondence, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [?1805-?1897.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1226
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Blackwood correspondence (MS.30968);

Revised manuscript of Margaret Oliphant, "Annals of a Publishing House", volume 2 (MS.30973).

Dates: [?1805-?1897.]