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:
Miscellaneous formal documents, a legal notebook, and personal correspondence., 1800-1877.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7513-7515
Miscellaneous genealogical material, chiefly in the hands of Andrew Stuart and James Stuart., [Late 18th century.]
File
Identifier: MS.8305
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A memorandum of observations on a draft of part of ‘Genealogical History’ by Andrew Stuart (folio 1); (ii) Extracts from Scottish and French printed books (including ‘Historia Majoris Britanniae’ by John Major (Paris, 1521), ‘Collections’ by James Dalrymple (Edinburgh, 1705), ‘Dictionnaire Historique’ by Louis Moréri (Lyon, 1674), and ‘Chroniques’ by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (Paris, 1470) (folio 61);(iii) Extracts from...
Dates:
[Late 18th century.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart.
Miscellaneous Grey family papers and miscellaneous Farquhar family correspondence., 1834-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13186
Scope and Contents
The miscellaneous Grey family papers, 1846-1890, undated, include accounts of the deaths of the Duchess of St Albans in 1871 and Caroline Eliza Grey in 1890 (folio 1);
The miscellaneous Farquhar family correspondence, 1834-1878, undated, includes correspondence of and concerning Trevor Graham Farquhar in the Punjab, 1844-1846 (folio 113).
Dates:
1834-1890, undated.
Miscellaneous incoming correspondence of the Free Church of Scotland., 1892-1898.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21394-21397
Miscellaneous Indian correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1900-1913.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12787-12789
Dates:
1900-1913.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
Miscellaneous Indian correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1905-1913.
File
Identifier: MS.12787
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence connected with the offer and acceptance of the viceroyalty, 1905 (folio 1); (ii) Letters of and to Arthur Bigge, Baron Stamfordham, 1906-1913 (folio 165); (iii) Letters of and to William St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, 1906-1909, 1913 (folio 261).
Dates:
1905-1913.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
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Miscellaneous Indian correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous Jacobite papers., 1655-1800, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14266-14268
Dates:
1655-1800, 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.
Miscellaneous Jacobite papers., 1722-1800, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14268
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1800, of and relating to Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, in connection with the payment of a life annuity to him by George III. The letters include two of the banker Thomas Coutts, which were published in ‘Catalogue of Jacobite relics’ by A P Trotter. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Declaration of James the 3d ... to all his subjects ... to serve as a foundation for a lasting peace in Europe’, 1722. (Folio 15.)(iii) Account by...
Dates:
1722-1800, 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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Miscellaneous Jacobite papers.
Miscellaneous legal correspondence of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1761-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.15454
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1761-1779, of George Moir, Aberdeen (including factorial and estate matters) (folios 1);
(ii) Letters, 1776-1813, of Patrick Orr (folio 80);
(iii) Letters, 1809-1829, of James Farquhar Gordon, Edinburgh (folio 90);
(iv) Letters, 1811-1817, of William Hutchison, Forfar (folio 140);
(v) Letters, 1825-1853, of James Speid, and a few of Charles Will, partners in the firm of Speid & Will, Brechin (folio 152);
(vi) Miscellaneous legal correspondence,...
Dates:
1761-1853.
Miscellaneous legal papers and correspondence of Andrew Stuart concerning the various lawsuits of the Douglas Cause., 1718-1778.
File
Identifier: MS.8266
Dates:
1718-1778.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
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Legal papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Douglas Cause.
Miscellaneous letters., 1782-1838.
File
Identifier: MS.16
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Two letters of James Boswell on politics, 1782, [?1790] (folio 1);(ii) Ten letters of Edmund Burke, mainly on Indian affairs and the trial of Warren Hastings, 1783-1791, with the copy of a reply of Henry Dundas, 1787 (folio 5);(iii) Letter of Edward Burke’s son, Richard Burke, with a memorial on the Irish Roman Catholics, 1792 (folio 33);(iv) Correspondence between Henry Dundas and Lord North, 1771, 1781 (folio...
Dates:
1782-1838.
'Miscellaneous letters and documents', including many letters of the nobility, and official documents of the Restoration period., 1600, 1627-1832, 1881, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2956
Scope and Contents
The contents include: a song, 'Come all brave boys of the cappen trade', scribbled on the back of a draft deed of the seventeenth century (folio 52 verso); a manuscript copy of a pamphlet, ‘An Account of the Engagement on the Sheriff-Moor’, printed by Robert Freebairn (Perth, 1715), reproduced by Robert Patten in his ‘History of the late Rebellion’ (London, 1717), page 203, but not otherwise known (folio 25); a letter, 1746, of Lord Kames regarding David Hume's difficulties with the...
Dates:
1600, 1627-1832, 1881, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bannatyne Club, chiefly relating to club publications., 1820-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9356
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1835, between Robert Pitcairn, Thomas Thomson and David Laing, on the publication by Pitcairn of ‘Memorials of transactions in Scotland’ by Richard Bannatyne. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript drafts, with minor corrections, of parts of ‘Davidis Buchanani de scriptoribus Scotis’. The manuscript folios 24-38 equal the printed pages 17-28, and folios 40-66 equal pages 31-39. (Folios 24.)(iii) 'Articles agt. Mr...
Dates:
1820-1837, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Oliphants of Gask, including notes on Oliphant genealogy, correspondence on fishing rights in the Earn, and passports., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.1
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Spottiswoode family., 1565, 1610-1851, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2933
Scope and Contents
The contents include: material relating to the Church of Scotland, seventeenth century, and to the Episcopal Church, 1735-1744; correspondence of Father Richard Hay, 1716-1728; letters relating to the Rising of 1745; letters addressed to John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793), chiefly by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, the antiquary, regarding the former's projected work on Scottish monasteries, 1785-1789; and correspondence of Lieutenant-Colonel George Spottiswoode on the history of...
Dates:
1565, 1610-1851, undated.
Miscellaneous loose papers of the Knights Companions of the Most Sovereign and Social Order of the Cape and of C.F.D., 1768-1841, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2044
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise: treasurers' accounts, 1776-1808, 1841, undated (folio 3); and rules, lists, minutes of meetings, correspondence, etc., 1768-1826, undated (folio 1, 25).
Dates:
1768-1841, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscript items of Eric Linklater., 1944-1977, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10282/42-53
Dates:
1944-1977, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir. File 1., 1913-1989.
File
Identifier: Acc.13634/53
Scope and Contents
Box named `E.M miscellaneous documents relating to him` by Peter Butter. Contains list of contents of box; Edinburgh International Film Festival programme; ‘The View from Eden: A recital in two acts arranged from the writings of Edwin and Willa Muir’ by Henry Donald, 1976; publicity and press release relating to Channel 4 productions ‘The Vision of EDWIN MUIR’ and ‘Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES’, 1989; Edinburgh International Film Festival brochure; ‘A Gallery of Scots: A series of...
Dates:
1913-1989.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir, William Blake, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
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Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir. File 2., 1963-1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.13634/54
Scope and Contents
Box named ‘E.M miscellaneous documents relating to him’ by Peter Butter. Contains a photocopy of ‘Edwin Muir: A personal appreciation’ by Wilfred Taylor; press cuttings concerning Mui, 1987; extract concerning Muir from ‘Irina’s Garden’ by Stephen Spender; a photocopy of ‘Downhill All the Way’ by Leonard Woolf; a copy of ‘Edwin Muir’ from ‘Littérature de notre temps : Écrivains anglais et irlandais : Recuuil I’ by Georgette Dhume, 1973; a copy of ‘A Study of Edwin Muir’s ‘The...
Dates:
1963-1987.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir, William Blake, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
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Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.891-915
Scope and Contents
Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
Miscellaneous papers., 1760-1868, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15176-15180
Dates:
1760-1868, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Miscellaneous papers, 1793-1835, of Strowan estate, and correspondence, 1809-1835, relating to Perthshire roads., 1793-1835.
File
Identifier: MS.10916
Scope and Contents
The estate papers begin on folio 1, the correspondence on folio 48).
Dates:
1793-1835.