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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 of Alexander Christie, Provost of Montrose, and other material relating to the affairs of the town, with discussions of Christie's religious and political views, copied by Christie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3701-3703
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1781, 1789-1793.

Correspondence of Alexander Grant and various members of the family., 1848-1860, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17901
Scope and Contents

Letters of Alexander Grant to his father, the Reverend James Grant 1849-1853 (folio 1); to James Augustus Grant, 1848-1860, undated (folio 46); of James Augustus to Alexander, 1848-1860 (folio 131); of Alexander to Margaret and her husband, the Reverend Peter Mackenzie 1850-1858 (folio 162); and of Margaret and her husband to Alexander.

Dates: 1848-1860, undated.

Correspondence of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk., 1760-1805, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23761-23765
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is of Alexander Carlyle with his wife (MSS.23761-23762), his more frequent correspondents (MS.23763) and his wider circle of friends and acquaintances (MSS.23764-23765).

Dates: 1760-1805, undated.

Correspondence of Alexander Kynynmound Elliot, comprising his letters from India to members of his family., 1772-1778.

 File
Identifier: MS.11020
Scope and Contents

There are also several letters of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India, and of John Stewart, Secretary to the Bengal Goverment; with correspondence, 1778, being chiefly letters of George Bogle, concerning Alexander Kynynmound Elliot's illness and death; and a sketch of the memorial erected to him in Calcutta.

Dates: 1772-1778.

Correspondence of Alexander Low Bruce, master brewer, with some personal and financial papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning Bruce's directorships of the African Lakes Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company, and to Liberal Unionist organisations and activities in Scotland.

The papers, originally contained in a mahogany filing cabinet with alphabetically labelled drawers, is mostly, but not exclusively, Bruce’s personal, rather than his business correspondence, mainly from 1885-1893 and largely concerned with his political and African interests.

Dates: 1858-1893, undated.

Correspondence, of Alexander Sprot (died 1854), consisting largely of letters to his father Mark Sprot of Garnkirk., 1841-1853, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10309
Scope and Contents

The letters are chiefly on business matters and concern the running of the estate and the family's interests in the Garnkirk and Bridesholm coal companies.

Dates: 1841-1853, undated.

Correspondence of Alexander W C O Murray., 1895-1920, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8801-8804
Scope and Contents

The greater part of the correspondence, which is almost entirely political, covers the period of House of Lords reform, when he was Chief Liberal Whip, and the years leading up to it. The correspondence of his political career consists chiefly of incoming letters. That of his life after his resignation (in 1912) consists chiefly of carbon copies of outgoing letters. Notes and reports compiled by him or his correspondents are placed in their chronological location.

Dates: 1895-1920, undated.

Correspondence of Alexander W C O Murray., 1916-1920, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8804
Scope and Contents

A small miscellany of printed items (chiefly press-cuttings) found amongst his brother's papers and a few letters to his widow have been placed at the end (folios 249-296 and 305-308 respectively).

Dates: 1916-1920, undated.

Correspondence of Alexander Walker during his retirement., 1812-1825.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13720-13728
Scope and Contents After his return to Scotland in 1812 Alexander Walker continued his interest in Indian affairs. His former colleagues kept him in touch with events in the Bombay Presidency, particularly in Kutch, and Walker himself communicated with the Directors of the East India Company on Indian matters within his direct experience. His own literary activities, although little was ever published, brought him into contact with linguists and historians of British India, notably with James Mill. However the...
Dates: 1812-1825.

Correspondence of Alfred J Smith with Lord Cameron of Balhousie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11689
Scope and Contents

Includes press cuttings and photographs.

Dates: 1977-1985