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 Subject
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:

Financial papers concerning William Nassau Elliot as Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany., 1761-1764.

 File
Identifier: MS.12888
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Treasury letters, 1764, relating to demands by the House of Commons to see papers concerning the supply of goods to the army in Germany (folio 1); (ii) Commissariat statements, 1761-1762 (folio 7); (iii) Commissariat statements and reports to Sir James Cockburn and the Prince of Brunswick (folio 27); (iv) Miscellaneous commissariat papers, 1762 (folio 41); (v) Miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1761-1762 (folio 50).

Dates: 1761-1764.

“Francia cioè Scritture diverse a quella attenenti raccolte nel presente libro con alter d’Inghilterre”.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.19
Scope and Contents

A volume containing a large collection of historical pieces concerning England, Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, James I, Elizabeth, etc.

Dates: 17th century.

Genealogical material copied in 1849., 1666-1824, undated.

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Identifier: MS.15927
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) “A genealogical account of the MacRa's , as written originally by Mr John MacRa … who died in the year of our Lord 1704, transcribed and continued by Farquhar MacRa of Inverinate in the year 1786”, taken from the transcript by Sir John MacRa of Ardintoul. See ‘History of the Clan Macrae’ by Alexander Macrae , page 12. (Folio 1.) (ii) Incomplete history of the Campbells of Craignish copied in another hand and inserted. (Folio 37.) (iii) Extracts from a history...
Dates: 1666-1824, undated.

Genealogical papers concerning the Earls Marischal and the Keiths of Ravelston., [Circa 1748]-1802, undated.

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Identifier: MS.21188
Scope and Contents The papers include copies of ‘History of Keith Marischal of Scotland’ by Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar (folio 7); ‘History of the family of Keith Marischal’ by Bishop Robert Keith (folio 45), and an essay and letters of Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar concerning Bishop Keith's ‘History’ (folios 2, 52-60).Appended to the inside of the front and back covers of the volume are an English Translation, 1802, of the German inscription on Marshal Keith's Tomb in...
Dates: [Circa 1748]-1802, undated.

General correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir Henry Elliot., 1822-1904.

 File
Identifier: MS.13088
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) General correspondence, 1836-1904, including family letters and diplomatic material not included with the bound series. Correspondents include Colonel the Honourable Frederick Arthur Wellesley, General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, and the 4th Earl of Minto (folio 1);

(ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1822-1838, undated (folio 180).

Dates: 1822-1904.