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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Earl of Buckinghamshire, President of the Board of Control (appointed in 1812)., 1809-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11304
Dates: 1809-1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly letters and enclosures from, with some copies of letters to various correspondents. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Earl of Buckinghamshire, and with Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.

Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various correspondents., 1807-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11317
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are as follows. (i) Rear-Admiral Pellew, Rear-Admiral Drury, Rear-Admiral Sir Albermarle Bertie and others, 1807-1810 (folio 1); (ii) Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, commander of the East Indies Squadron, 1811-1813 (folio 110).

Dates: 1807-1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly letters and enclosures from, with some copies of letters to various correspondents. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with Rear-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury, and various other correspondents.

Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various correspondents., 1811-1812.

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Identifier: MS.11318
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are as follows. (i) Commodore William Robert Broughton, naval commander in the Java expedition, June-October 1811 (folio 1); (ii) Rear-Admiral the Honourable Robert Stopford, who superseded Broughton in the command of the Java force, 1811-1812 (folio 40).

Dates: 1811-1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly letters and enclosures from, with some copies of letters to various correspondents. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various correspondents.

Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various correspondents., 1807-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11319
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are as follows. (i) John Fullarton Elphinstone and John William Roberts, of the Select Committee of Supercargoes, Canton, 1808-1812 (folio 1); (ii) Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius, 1807-1813 (folio 48); (iii) William Moorcroft, Superintendent of the East India Company's horse stud at Poona, 1809-1812 (folio 114).

Dates: 1807-1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly letters and enclosures from, with some copies of letters to various correspondents. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various correspondents.

Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with William Petrie, successively Member of Council, Madras, and Governor of Penang., 1807-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11311
Dates: 1807-1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly letters and enclosures from, with some copies of letters to various correspondents. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with John Lumsden and Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and with William Petrie.

Correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1582-late 19th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18
Dates: 1582-late 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

Correspondence of the Glasgow booksellers John Smith and Son, with the letters chiefly being to John Smith the younger.

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Identifier: MS.20349
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, 1818-1844, undated, between J G Lockhart and John Smith the younger, concerning Blackwood's Magazine, a legal case and other matters (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous letters, 1798-1844, undated, to the firm and to the younger Smith, with other material concerning Glasgow personalities (folio 25).

Dates: 1798-1844, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence (original and copies) and papers concerning the Episcopal Church in Scotland, and especially various theological and organisational disputes affecting it., 1699-1750, undated.

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Identifier: MS.20765, folios 1-58
Scope and Contents

Two of the letters are addressed to Thomas Ruddiman, and presumably the whole collection was in his possession.

Dates: 1699-1750, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellaneous presentations.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

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Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane., 1907-1964, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.20534-20640
Dates: 1907-1964, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates: 1907-1964, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries., 1798-1820.

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Identifier: MSS.15353-15367
Dates: 1798-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.

Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.

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Identifier: MSS.15353-15368
Dates: 1703-1939, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1725-1743.

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Identifier: MS.17560
Dates: 1725-1743.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1744-1748.

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Identifier: MS.17561
Dates: 1744-1748.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1749-1752.

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Identifier: MS.17562
Dates: 1749-1752.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1753-1755.

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Identifier: MS.17563
Dates: 1753-1755.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1756-1761.

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Identifier: MS.17564
Dates: 1756-1761.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1762-1765.

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Identifier: MS.17565
Dates: 1762-1765.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers, undated, concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., [1725-1765.]

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Identifier: MS.17566
Dates: [1725-1765.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs. / Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727. / Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.

Correspondence, press cuttings and other papers concerning (and including some letters and papers of) James Scott Skinner, with some autograph music by him.

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Identifier: MS.22021
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence and papers, 1883, [?1914-?1921], undated, of W Hean Findlay and George Short concerning (and including some letters and papers of) J Scott Skinner (folio 1);

(ii) Autograph music, 1914, undated, by Skinner (folio 154);

(iii) Press cuttings, 1917, 1923-1926, concerning Skinner, most of which are from the People's Friend, February-May 1923, containing an autobiographical account of Skinner (folio 168).

Dates: 1883-1926, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence principally to, and of, Patrick Chalmers of Auld bar, with related papers., 1823-1850, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.19585-19586
Dates: 1823-1850, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the development of the highways and turnpike roads in the County of Angus, in which Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1854) played an important part. / Papers, chiefly correspondence, relating to the building, financing, maintenance and repair of the turnpike roads of Angus.

Correspondence principally to, and of, Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar relating to the Edinburgh, Dundee & Northern Railway and to the Aberdeen Railway Company., 1841-1844.

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Identifier: MS.19589
Scope and Contents

With printed prospectus (folio 1) and report (folio 8) concerning the Edinburgh, Dundee and Northern Railway and other papers relating thereto, 1841-1844.

Dates: 1841-1844.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the development of the highways and turnpike roads in the County of Angus, in which Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1854) played an important part.

'Correspondence Relating to Persia and Affghanistan' [sic], part 4, 'Negociation [sic] with Dost Mahomed Khan. 1837-8', and 'No.6 - Part 2', correspondence, January 1839, of Sir Alexander Burnes., 1837-1839.

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Identifier: MS.12158
Dates: 1837-1839.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet. / Printed correspondence and papers chiefly relating to Persia and Afghanistan.

Correspondence, undated, of Mary E Haldane., [?1833-?1925.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20011-20013
Dates: [?1833-?1925.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson. / Correspondence and papers of Mary E Haldane, consisting chiefly of letters written to her by members of her family, chiefly her sisters and brother, and of her husband's family, and by friends. / Correspondence of Mary E Haldane.

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