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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:

Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1811-1815, and undated.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.6.5-46.6.6
Scope and Contents

The papers, many of which are undated, consist of notes, memoranda and reports on various aspects of life and of military affairs (including some sketch-maps) in Canada.

Dates: 1811-1815, and undated.

Correspondence and papers relating to membership of Janet Adam Smith and involvement in the Alpine Club., 1957-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/133
Scope and Contents

Containing:

Notes on articles and obituaries written by Janet Adam Smith about climbers - Christine Bicknell, and husband and wife team - Alison Chadwick and Janusz Onysckiewicz.

Minutes of meetings, rules and regulations of the Club and Library.

Club exhibition catalogues.

Dates: 1957-1999.

Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin., 1832-1835.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12017-12047
Scope and Contents Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates: 1832-1835.

Correspondence and papers relating to the establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation and its relations with the Committee of London Clearing Banks., 1934-1965.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-2
Scope and Contents

Containing copies of correspondence from the files of the Bank of England, Barclays Bank, and the Westminister Bank, along with original material of John Blythe Kinross, and William Piercy, Lord Piercy, the first chairman of ICFC. The correspondence documents the early efforts to fill the ‘Macmillan gap’, the subsequent birth of ICFC, the suspicion with which it was viewed by the CLCB, its early years, and its final success.

Dates: 1934-1965.

Correspondence and papers relating to the Inglis property of Verehills, Lanarkshire., 1822-1837.

 File
Identifier: MS.15498
Scope and Contents

John Inglis had mortgaged this property to Patrick Chalmers (died 1826), and it became the subject of a protracted legal dispute occasioned by Inglis’ personal insolvency and the subsequent bankruptcy of his mercantile house.

Dates: 1822-1837.

Correspondence and papers relating to the military career and interests of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1867-1905.

 File
Identifier: MS.12532
Scope and Contents Contents include notes, etc., for the 4th Earl of Minto's maiden speech in the House of Lords on re-employment for soldiers, 1893 (folio 88); details of autumn troop manoeuvres at Aldershot, 1893 (folio 102); the manuscript of his criticism of Sir William H. Russell, 'The Great War with Russia' (London, 1895), and Archibald Forbes, 'Memories and studies of war and peace' (London, 1895), published in 'The Edinburgh Review', volume 183, 1896, pages 129-142 (folio 155); and correspondence...
Dates: 1867-1905.