Correspondence.
Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, chiefly concerning financial matters., 1847-1859.
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous letters, 1847-1859, concenring Henry Cockburn's statement of financial affairs November 1847;
Letters, 1848, concerning sale of house in Charlotte Square;
Correspondence, 1850 from Scottish Widows Fund and Equitable Assurance;
Tax accounts;
Papers, 1854, concerning Bonaly House.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers chiefly of or concerning Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1799-1886, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1799-1832.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1798-1832.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1835-1841.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1845-1870, 1886, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, containing contracts, enquiries and other papers., 1841-1949.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning Margaret Oliphant., 1754-1921, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning the Reverend William Wilson., 1833-1939, undated.
The papers include genealogical material collected by Ralph A Wilson (folio 41), notes for sermons (folio 78) and an early notebook of William Wilson with notes of his reading (folio 86).
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot chiefly relating to Corsica and Sardinia., 1802-1806.
Includes lists of British sympathisers in Corsica, compiled by Carlo Grimaldi, circa 1804 (folio 1), and correspondence of Hugh Elliot with the Cavaliere di Tresi and the Due de Genevois (later King Charles Felix of Sardinia), 1804 (folio 66), and with Joseph Smith, British consul at Cagliari, 1806 (folio 92).
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of James Law, Writer to the Signet., 1832-1855.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir., 1957, 1975, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville., 1786-1842.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville., 1798-1825.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1811-1813.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls of Minto., 1831-1914, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to other estates with which the Minto family was in some way involved., 1731-1886.
Miscellaneous correspondence and press cuttings., 1977-1981.
Miscellaneous correspondence, being letters of and to persons outwith the Strange and Lumisden families., 1743-1932, undated.
Notable correspondents include Thomas Wagstaffe, Anglican Chaplain to the Court of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1752 (folio 2); Professor Hugh Blair, 1791 (folio 20); Benjamin West, the painter, 1814 (folio 28); Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone to Sir James Stuyart Denham, 1823 (for another copy of this letter, see MS.683, folio 45) (folio 30); William Thompson, Baron Kelvin, 1890 (folio 40 verso); and Baron Rayleigh, 1890, 1912 (folios 40, 48).
Miscellaneous correspondence between Paul Henderson Scott and personal friends, as well as academic correspondence, and between Paul Henderson Scott and Alex Salmond, MP., 2002-2006.
Miscellaneous correspondence both to and of Paul Henderson Scott, relating to various topics., 2006-2009.
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Patrick Geddes., 1895-1953, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence of Charles Murray., 1892-1969, undated.
Much of the correspondence is addressed to Mrs Murray and concerns Charles Murray's publications and Memorial Trust. Later material concerns broadcasts and a television programme about Murray.