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:
Papers and correspondence of the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9872/1-178
Scope and Contents
Containing the correspondence, accounts and papers of three Caithness families, the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower. The papers span the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The bulk of the papers relate to the Ulbster estates in Caithness, under the Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Williamson's and Captain David Henderson's respective factorships. There are letters relating to The Caithness Fencible Regiment and the Caithness Highlander...
Dates:
circa 1678-circa 1907.
Papers and correspondence relating to general military and regimental matters., 1941-1945.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/169
Papers and correspondence relating to Lochgelly and Melgund estates., 1620-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.13299
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Accounts, correspondence and memoranda relating to gardens at Lochgelly and Melgund, 1726-1742 (folio 1);(ii) Inventories of deed, 1620-1793 (folio 31);(iii) Account of the family of Kinninmound of that Ilk, compiled by Andrew Chalmer, writer in Edinburgh, circa 1740. Another copy of this appears in Walter MacFarlane's genealogical collections, Adv.MS.35.4.8(ii), page 487 (volume 2, page 531 of the Scottish History Society edition,...
Dates:
1620-1858.
Papers and correspondence relating to Robert Davidson of Aberdeen, pioneer of electric traction, with miscellaneous printed bills and leaflets relating to his work., 1841-1843, 1850.
File
Identifier: MS.19989, folios 200-242
Dates:
1841-1843, 1850.
Papers and correspondence relating to the New Orleans expedition, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station., 1814-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2330
Scope and Contents
With material relating to Fort Bowyer (folio 120) and a proposed scale of allowances (folio 171a) for payments to the Native American peoples to aid in operations against the United States.
Dates:
1814-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Papers and diplomatic correspondence concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1846-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.12220
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) A Foreign Office memorandum, March 1847, on the Russian-Dutch loan, 5 pages;
(ii) Extract from a report, 1850, of the United States Secretary of War on an exploration of Minnesota Territory by Brevet Captain Pope, 5 pages;
(iii)-(iv) Papers relating to Portuguese affairs 1846-1847, 12 pages ; 11 pages;
(v)—Memorandum by Consul Stoddart on British policy towards Egypt, 1847, 35 pages;
(vi)-(xiii) Diplomatic correspondence and papers on Anglo-Spanish relations...
Dates:
1846-1848.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Papers and letters of and concerning Helen B Cruickshank., 1934-1975.
File
Identifier: MS.26713
Dates:
1934-1975.
Papers and letters of George Bruce.
File
Identifier: Acc.12185
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of Elizabeth Cumming concerning a proposed work on her husband, James Cumming.
Dates:
1994-1998.
Papers and memorabilia of George Campbell Hay and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10047
Dates:
1885-1950.
Papers and notebooks of David Thomson, relating to published works., 1920s, 1953-1987.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13259/1-23
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s, 1953-1987.
Papers and notebooks of Tom Pow relating to 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1992)., 1990-1992.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/45-51
Dates:
1990-1992.
Papers and photographic plates collected by James Bell Salmond for the 1st and 2nd editions of his ‘Wade in Scotland’; with correspondence and press cuttings concerning the book.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7188-7190
Dates:
4th quarter of 17th century-1942.
Papers and photographs concerning the Angus and Wilson families.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12366
Dates:
1849-1970.
Papers and photographs of Lord James Douglas Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13652
Scope and Contents
Further papers and photographs of Lord James Douglas Hamilton.
Dates:
1967-2015.
Papers and photographs of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st viscount Haldane, and of the Haldane family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13595
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs, 1858-1937 and undated, relating to Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), politician, lawyer and philosopher, and to the Haldane of Cloan family.
Dates:
1858-1937
Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry., 1786-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16247-16259
Dates:
1786-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14870(i)
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14870(ii)
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers belonging to the wider Johnston family and were retained by James Johnston., 19th century, 1920, 1942-1945, 1955-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/570-624
Dates:
Majority of material found in 19th century, 1920, 1942-1945, 1955-1986.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court, and various household inventories., [Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14552
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts and correspondence, 1729-1910, undated, chiefly concerning building at Yester House (folio 1);(ii) Registered bond of servitude, 1732, by William Smellie, mason, to the City of Edinburgh (folio 151);(iii) Tack, 1740, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and John Home, coach-maker, concerning the former’s coach-house in St. Mary Street (folio 135);(iv) Letter, 1797, of Robert Somerville concerning the...
Dates:
[Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories., 17th century-1910, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14551-14553
Dates:
17th century-1910, undated.
Papers, chiefly correspondence, administrative records and legal documents, of and concerning the Darien Company., 1695-1707.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.83.7.4-83.7.6
Papers, chiefly correspondence, administrative records and legal documents, of and concerning the Darien Company., 1695-1699.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.83.7.4
Dates:
1695-1699.
Papers, chiefly correspondence, administrative records and legal documents, of and concerning the Darien Company., 1699-1703.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.83.7.5
Dates:
1699-1703.
Papers, chiefly correspondence, administrative records and legal documents, of and concerning the Darien Company., 1704-1707.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.83.7.6
Dates:
1704-1707.