Correspondence.
Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd. and associated companies and other organisations., 1776-1981.
Correspondence and papers of J S Haldane., ?1883-1916.
Correspondence and papers of J S Haldane., 1917-1930.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume I: family correspondence., 1709-1723.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume II: family and business correspondence., 1699-1724.
Many of the letters concern the factorage of estates in Islay, which was carried out for Anderson by his son Patrick and his son-in-law John Allan.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume III: business correspondence., 1703-1724.
The principal contents are: correspondence with Alexander Craw of Haughhead, 1711-1722 (folio 1); correspondence with John Grierson, Anderson`s clerk, 1703-1719 (folio 118); letters of John Sturt, engraver, 1708-1723, (folio 193); and correspondence with James Taylor, bookseller, 1720-1724 (folio 213).
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume IV: correspondence concerning Anderson`s historical research., 1698-1728.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume V: business correspondence., 1682-1724.
From folio 144 to the end the main subject is business in Islay.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume VI: legal and financial correspondence., 1695-1723.
Folios 1-68 relate to Islay; folios 99-222 form a chronological series, preceded and followed by miscellaneous groups.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume VII: correspondence concerning the Post., 1712-1725.
Anderson was Postmaster-General for Scotland, 1715-1717, and most of the papers come from this time. They include his letters of appointment and dismissal, correspondence with local postmasters, and notes of expenses of various postal matters.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.
Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde (1863-1944), Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session (1920-1935), concerning his work for the National Library of Scotland.
The papers relate entirely to Lord Clyde's work for the National Library of Scotland as a member of its Board of Trustees and latterly (1936-1944) Chairman of the Board, and as a trustee on the gift of Sir Alexander Grant for the benefit of the Library's new building (finally completed in 1956).
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, on the business of Sir Alexander Grant's Trust, chiefly with the Trust's lawyer, Sir John Prosser, Writer to the Signet., 1928-1939.
The other bodies chiefly concerned in the correspondence are: H M Office of Works; the Inland Revenue; and the Treasury.
Correspondence and papers of James Connell and Sons.
Includes:
420 letters, 1897-1934, of Sir David Y Cameron to James Connell and Sons, concerning his etchings and paintings
letters, 1912-1941, to James Connell from correspondents including Sir Muirhead Bone, Jacob Epstein and Sir Alfred Munnings
three volumes of press cuttings, 1890-1952, concerning James Connell and Sons
associated document and photographs.
Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.
Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Correspondence and papers of James Maidment concerning the peerage of Ruthven., 1618-1863.
The volume contains: charters, 1618, 1663 and 1671 (folio 59 verso); printed documents, 1722-1731 (folio 63); correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1839-1863 (folios 1-59, 76-81).
Correspondence and papers of James Maidment concerning the peerage of Valentia., 1841-1845.
Correspondence and papers of James Maidment concerning the peerages of Banff and Findlater., 1758, 1816-1865.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence and papers, 1816-1865 (folio 1);
(ii) A printed 'Information', 1758 (folio 28).
Correspondence and papers of James Michael Grieve, the only child of Christopher and Valda Grieve., 1934-1988, undated.
James Michael Grieve was educated at Kilquhanity House in Kirkcudbrightshire, he became a journalist.