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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:

Papers, chiefly correspondence, of Hugh Seton of Touch., 1775-1788.

 File
Identifier: MS.19204
Scope and Contents

The papers chiefly consist of correspondence relating to the period after the death of Hugh Seton's wife, Elizabeth Seton, 12th of Touch, when Hugh removed to London and incurred debts which were to lead to his bankruptcy and the subsequent sequestration of his estates in 1788. Also included are letters concerning his visit to Turin of 1775 (folios 1-10), and his wine trade in Boulogne under the name of Charles and Hugh Smith (folios 27-28, 71-74).

Dates: 1775-1788.

Papers chiefly of the Kininmond family., 1607-1765.

 File
Identifier: MS.13327
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of discharges, legal papers and some correspondence concerning the teinds and stipends of lands and parishes in Fife, in particular, Urquhart, Dunfermline, 1607-1765 (folio 1), Inverkeithing, 1629-1667 (folio 92), Auchterderran, 1633-1764 (folio 129), and Ballingry, 1648-1694 (folio 230).

Dates: 1607-1765.

Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents

Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.

Dates: 16th century-early 19th century.

Papers, circa 1915-1981, of Alice V Stuart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9043
Scope and Contents

Includes poems, diaries, notebooks and correspondence.

With papers, 19th to 20th century, of her family.

Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning the Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745., 1716-1762.

 File
Identifier: MS.902
Scope and Contents

Original documents and copies, including papers connected with the proceedings against the rebels at Carlisle, 1716 (folio 1-59); correspondence regarding Macpherson of Killyhuntly, 1716-1762 (folios 65-72); a Jacobite sermon preached on the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II [?circa 1746]; and other documents of a general or personal nature.

Dates: 1716-1762.

Papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Acting Secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto during his sojourn at Madras, in September 1809., 1809.

 File
Identifier: MS.11658

Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates: 1825-?1842.

Papers concerning an article, “Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations”, by Karl M Abenheimer, and the reply, “Observations in Defence of the Object Relations Theory of the Personality”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1953-1955.

 File
Identifier: MS.50227
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1953.Letter, 1953, of Karl M Abenheimer to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Abenheimer forwards a copy of his own paper, ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’ (folios 2-37, below), for Fairbairn’s comments and reply. Folio 1.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1953, of ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’, by Karl M Abenheimer. The typescript has been amended...
Dates: 1953-1955.

Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7684
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.

Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.

Dates: 1964-1967.

Papers concerning General John Fletcher's Trust., 1682-1861, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16776-16802
Scope and Contents

When General John Fletcher died in 1806, his legitimate children Andrew and Henry were infants. He had previously appointed curators for them and trustees for his affairs. In this section are the papers acquired and generated by these curators and trustees over the succeeding half-century, mostly through their clerks, John Home, Writer to the Signet and William Home, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1682-1861, undated.

Papers concerning Joseph Hislop, collected and compiled by Michael Turnbull in connection with his biography of Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10304
Scope and Contents

Includes press cuttings, concert programmes, research notes and correspondence.

Dates: 1907-1990.

Papers concerning "Lines Review".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8851
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of poems and reviews, and editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1982-1989.