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:
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1625-1800.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2961-2970
Scope and Contents
The earlier papers, to about 1660, treat of the affairs of Inverness (of which Duncan and John Forbes, 1st and 2nd of Culloden, were Provosts, and which both represented in Parliament) and Inverness-shire, especially complaints against the Earl of Moray's manner of executing his commission against Clan Chattan, 1626-1629, the losses entailed by the wars, and such burdens as garrisoning. They also deal with the private affairs of the family, chiefly trade (in wine, salmon, etc.) with France,...
Dates:
1625-1800.
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1625-1660.
File
Identifier: MS.2961
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1661-1674.
File
Identifier: MS.2962
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1675-1700.
File
Identifier: MS.2963
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1701-1714.
File
Identifier: MS.2964
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1715-1717.
File
Identifier: MS.2965
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1718-1725.
File
Identifier: MS.2966
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1726-1734.
File
Identifier: MS.2967
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1735-1744.
File
Identifier: MS.2968
Correspondence and papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden., 1745-1800.
File
Identifier: MS.2969
Correspondence and papers of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3186-3198
Dates:
1631-1908, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the family of Trotter of Dreghorn, and some of their forebears., 1708-1958, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20262-20263
Scope and Contents
The largest part of the contents is correspondence, 1841-1897, (chiefly letters addressed to him) of Coutts Trotter of Dreghorn (including several from his mother) (MS.20262, folios 119-250 passim; MS.20263, folios 1-148 passim).
Dates:
1708-1958, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the family of Trotter of Dreghorn, and some of their forebears., 1708-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.20262
Scope and Contents
As well as correspondence of Coutts Trotter the contents include extracts copied from ‘Synopsis apocalyptica’ by George Mackenzie, Earl of Cromartie, pages 14-54 (folios 2-8), and a collection of letters, 1735-1767, between Mrs Jean Trotter of Kettleshiel and her son John (folios 9-34).
Dates:
1708-1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Louisa Kathleen Haldane concerning her parents, Coutts and Harriet A Trotter of Dreghorn, and their ancestors.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Trotter of Dreghorn, and some of their forebears.
Correspondence and papers of the family of Trotter of Dreghorn, and some of their forebears., 1849-1958, undated
File
Identifier: MS.20263
Scope and Contents
As well as correspondence of Coutts Trotter the contents include letters, 1918-1942, of Alexander P Trotter chiefly with officials of the Provincial Library, Victoria, British Columba (folios 152-207).
The chronological sequence is followed by a miscellany of undated papers (folio 214).
Dates:
1849-1958, undated
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Louisa Kathleen Haldane concerning her parents, Coutts and Harriet A Trotter of Dreghorn, and their ancestors.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Trotter of Dreghorn, and some of their forebears.
Correspondence and papers of the Founders` Guild for an Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11106
Dates:
1946-1950.
Correspondence and papers of the Governors of Catherine McCaig`s Trust.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11417
Dates:
1957-1991.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1834-1932, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13181-13186
Scope and Contents
This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates:
1834-1932, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19420-19571
Scope and Contents
Arthur Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto and his papers form a valuable supplement to the Minto collection. Included here are papers of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Emma, Lady Hislop, the grandmother of Arthur Elliot. Particularly well represented is Elliot's mother, Nina, Countess of Minto, her papers being especially rich in her correspondence and literary manuscripts. As an active Member of Parliament over a period of...
Dates:
1828-1956, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot (1822- 1901), 4th son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, barrister and Private Secretary to Lord John Russell., [Circa 1700]-1900.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13089-13103
Scope and Contents
Much of the material concerns George Francis Stewart Elliot's antiquarian and genealogical interests, and his book, ‘The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto’ (Edinburgh, 1897).
Dates:
[Circa 1700]-1900.
Correspondence and papers of the Hume family, chiefly of Alexander and William, musicians and songwriters.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11764
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts of two songs to settings by Alexander Hume.
Dates:
1852-1913 and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Lamonts of that Ilk.
File
Identifier: MS.7194
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A list, circa 1642, of the cannon belonging to the Marquess of Argyll (folio 2);(ii) Business correspondence and papers, circa 1653-1669, of Sir James Lamont and Archibald Lamont of Stilaig, his brother, including some draft petitions of Sir James to the English commissioners in Scotland, claiming restitution for injuries inflicted on himself and his family by the Marquess of Argyll (folio 4);(iii) Business correspondence...
Dates:
1640-1893.
Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.1101-1530
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early19th century.
Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1595-1876, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7002-7101
Dates:
1595-1876, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7001-7120
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century correspondence. The chief correspondents are the members of the family most active in public life, and their letters are on the whole more concerned with public than with personal affairs, though there is some discussion of family matters in the seventeenth-century letters. The most important and extensive correspondence is that of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, which dates from 1660 to 1697, and covers most of his...
Dates:
1550-1876, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Maxtone Graham family., 1756-[circa 1945.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16040-16044
Dates:
1756-[circa 1945.]
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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Family and general correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with some papers of their heirs in the unentailed estate, the Maxtone Graham, formerly Maxtone, of Cultoquhey family.