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 Allen Thomson., 1833-1862.
File
Identifier: MS.9237
Scope and Contents
In 1836 Allen Thomson was appointed physician to the Duke of Bedford, and his letters describe life at Woburn, with comments on contemporary politics, and a visit to France in 1838. There is also a series of letters from Sir William Aitken, the pathologist, describing his life in Scutari in 1855 (folio 123).
Dates:
1833-1862.
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee., 1584-1873, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3430-3451
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee., 1584-1852, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3450-3451
Scope and Contents
Addenda to the main series of correspondence, MSS.3430-3449. The subject-matter is similar, and includes parochial education in the Highlands, ?1704; the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Club, 1808; the Very Reverend John Lee's evidence before the Commission on Municipal Corporations in Scotland, 1834, on the Annuity Tax for the support of the Edinburgh Clergy; and reports of Presbyteries and Kirk Sessions on their records and pulpit Bibles.
Dates:
1584-1852, undated.
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee., 1584-1832.
File
Identifier: MS.3450
Dates:
1584-1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee.
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee., 1834-1852, undated.
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Identifier: MS.3451
Dates:
1834-1852, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee.
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee, including correspondence of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, together with some papers., 1726-1800.
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Identifier: MS.3431
Dates:
1726-1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee.
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Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee, together with some papers.
Correspondence of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee, together with some papers., 1637-1873, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3430-3449
Scope and Contents
The earlier material (MSS.3430-3431) consists almost entirely of correspondence of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and includes appointments of Commissioners to the Assembly from 1638 onwards; accounts of the intrusion of ministers into parishes, and similar disputes, 1702-1755; reports on the prevalence of Roman Catholicism, with lists of papists and renunciations of popery, 1703-1751; and correspondence on the supply of books especially to the Highlands, in association with...
Dates:
1637-1873, undated.
Correspondence of and concerning Alexander, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, and his son John, Master of Pitsligo.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1779-1780
Dates:
1738-1749.
Correspondence of and concerning Arthur, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1824-1878)., 1853-1877, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14464
Scope and Contents
Arthur, Marquess of Tweeddale, was known as Lord Arthur Hay until the death of his elder brother, the Earl of Gifford, in 1862. Thereafter, until he succeeded his father, the 8th Marquess, in 1876, he did not assume the courtesy earldom but was styled Viscount Walden.The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, 1833-1877, undated, being chiefly letters concerning the Crimean War, the last illness and business affairs of the Earl of Gifford and ornithology (folio...
Dates:
1853-1877, undated.
Correspondence of and concerning 'Chapman'., 1984-1988, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11319/1-33
Dates:
1984-1988, undated.
Correspondence of and concerning 'Chapman'., 1981-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10684/23-40
Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1712-1740, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17701-17703
Dates:
1712-1740, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one.
Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1712-April 1725.
File
Identifier: MS.17701
Dates:
1712-April 1725.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one.
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Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris.
Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris., May 1725-1729.
File
Identifier: MS.17702
Dates:
May 1725-1729.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one.
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Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris.
Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1730-1740, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17703
Dates:
1730-1740, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one.
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Correspondence of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield and his grand-son Francis Charteris.
Correspondence of and concerning correspondents with surnames beginning D-Ma., 1908-1963.
File
Identifier: MS.14316
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1937-1956, of and concerning George Ian Duthie, Professor of English Literature, Aberdeen University who was involved in editorial work for the ‘New Cambridge Shakespeare’ (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1926, 1936-1937, of and concerning T S Eliot, chiefly in his capacity as editor of ‘The criterion’ and as a director of Faber & Faber, publishers (folio 85);
(iii) Correspondence, 1957-1962, of Robert Gittings, poet and biographer, with Dover Wilson...
Dates:
1908-1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Correspondence of John Dover Wilson.
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Letters of, to and concerning notable individuals closely associated with Professor Dover Wilson and his work.
Correspondence of and concerning Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies., 1769-1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19298-19301
Scope and Contents
Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies, held the office of Sheriff-Depute of Ross and Cromarty from 1775 to 1833. He died in 1834.
Dates:
1769-1833.
Correspondence of and concerning Eric Linklater., 1916-1984, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10248/1-21
Correspondence of and concerning George, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753-1804) (known as Mr George Hay until he succeeded his cousin, the 6th Marquess, in 1787), and Hannah Charlotte, Marchioness of Tweeddale (died 1804)., 1778-1804, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14440
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Family, political and business correspondence, 1778-1804, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1788-1800, being chiefly acknowledgments of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale to James Hay, Writer to the Signet, and John Hay of Hopes (folio 182);
(iii) Letters, 1789-1801, chiefly of tradesmen and merchants, to James Hay, Writer to the Signet (folio 259).
Dates:
1778-1804, undated.
Correspondence of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10517
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern MacDiarmid`s election campaign in Kinross and West Perthshire in 1964.
Dates:
1961-1978.
Correspondence of and concerning James Augustus Grant's sons, James Augustus junior, and Alister Grant., 1867-1918, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17930
Scope and Contents
The contents include, letters of James Augustus Grant to his elder son James Augustus, 1885-1891, undated (folio 1); letters of James Augustus Grant junior to his parents, 1874-1891, undated (folio 89); letters to and concerning James Augustus junior and Alister Grant, and some other letters, 1889-1918, undated (folio 149); school reports and other certificates of James Augustus Grant junior, 1867-1891 (folio 203); and drafts of letters and speeches by James Augustus Grant junior, undated...
Dates:
1867-1918, undated.
Correspondence of and concerning James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1921-1943, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26063-26066
Correspondence of and concerning James Stuart, chiefly concerning his arrest of George, Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the administration of Tanjore, 1777., 1766, 1775-1793.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5387-5388
Scope and Contents
The letters are mainly copies sent by General Stuart to his brother Andrew, in order that he might defend him against charges brought before the governing body of the East India Company.
Dates:
1766, 1775-1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
Correspondence of and concerning James Stuart, chiefly concerning his arrest of George, Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the administration of Tanjore, 1777., 1766, 1775-1777.
File
Identifier: MS.5387
Dates:
1766, 1775-1777.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Correspondence of and concerning James Stuart, chiefly concerning his arrest of George, Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the administration of Tanjore, 1777.
Correspondence of and concerning James Stuart, chiefly concerning his arrest of George, Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the administration of Tanjore, 1777., 1777-1793.
File
Identifier: MS.5388
Dates:
1777-1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Correspondence of and concerning James Stuart, chiefly concerning his arrest of George, Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the administration of Tanjore, 1777.