Documents.
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:
Law cases of Lord President Duncan Forbes of Culloden.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.48.1.21
Dates:
18th century.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Legal correspondence and papers of John Graeme of Eskbank, Writer to the Signet, and of Robert Graham, concerning matters other than Balgowan and Lynedoch business., 1792-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.16267
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters and papers, 1792-1795, concerning an exchange of entail act for Patrick Murray Threipland (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning David Maclaurin (folio 150).
Dates:
1792-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and correspondence chiefly concerning civil litigation involving the estate, and family trusts.
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Papers concerning the litigation between Robert Graham and the Lynedoch trustees and the subsequent appeal to the House of Lords.
Legal, financial and other papers concerning James Augustus Grant., 1827-1913, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17933
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers concerning James Augustus Grant's service in India, 1853-1884, undated, supplementary to MS.17908, folios 50-108, including a list of property lost during the Mutiny and general statements of his service (folio 1);
(ii) Papers concerning Africa, undated, supplementary to MS.17922, including a list of the contents of John Hanning Speke's cases at Zanzibar and a copy of an agreement between Alexander Low Bruce and James Augustus Grant junior concerning...
Dates:
1827-1913, undated.
Legal papers of, and miscellaneous papers concerning, the Elliot and Ouseley families., 1856-1903.
File
Identifier: MS.21213
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Legal papers, 1856-1889, of the Elliot and Ouseley families (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1903, concerning the Elliot and Ouseley families (folio 41).
Dates:
1856-1903.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot and Ouseley families, being chiefly of Sir Charles and Lady Clara Elliot, their son and daughter-in- law, Frederick Eden and Marcia Cordelia Elliot, and Marcia's brother, John Ouseley.
Letter book containing copies of outgoing letters of General Wentworth, many in reply to those in MS.25704., 1747.
Item
Identifier: MS.25705
Scope and Contents
The letter book contains some military orders and papers.
Dates:
1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762).
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Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.
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Bound volumes of correspondence and papers of General Thomas Wentworth relating to the War of the Austrian Succession.
Letters, 1762-1788, undated, chiefly drafts and copies, and miscellaneous papers, 1722-1788, undated, including a fragment of the diary kept by Mickle on his visit to Portugal in 1779-1780, of William Mickle., 1722-1788, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15936
Dates:
1722-1788, undated.
Letters, 1773-1778, of Hugh Home Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, to George Rose, with three later letters, 1790, 1792, and 1793.
File
Identifier: MS.3523
Scope and Contents
The letters deal very largely with domestic affairs and miscellaneous problems of estate management at Hemel Hempstead; but there are also extensive comments on the politics of the day, particularly on the course of the American War.
At the end of the volume are four documents relating to the Earl of Marchmont's affairs but unconnected with the correspondence.
Dates:
1773-1793.
Letters, 1788-1794, with some enclosures, of Thomas Graham, later Baron Lynedoch, to David Smythe, Lord Methven, Senator of the College of Justice, chiefly on personal and local affairs and Perthshire county politics; with an architectural drawing and notes, 1773.
File
Identifier: MS.16422
Dates:
1773, 1788-1794.
Letters, 1880, 1906-1908, undated, to Ghetal, Lady Burdon-Sanderson and notes and other papers, 1860, undated, concerning her father and his family., 1860-1908, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20033
Letters, accounts, newspaper cuttings, and other papers concerning the Western Bank of Scotland compiled by J S Fleming, liquidator of the bank., 1850-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.13
Letters, accounts, newspaper cuttings, and other papers concerning the Western Bank of Scotland compiled by J S Fleming, liquidator of the bank., 1850-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.14
Letters, accounts, newspaper cuttings, and other papers concerning the Western Bank of Scotland compiled by J S Fleming, liquidator of the bank.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.13-21.1.14
Dates:
1850-1860.
Letters and documents concerning Sir Walter Scott's 'The works of Jonathan Swift’., 1808-1817.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.881-882
Dates:
1808-1817.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Materials for works written or edited by Sir Walter Scott.
Letters and documents of the Privy Council of Scotland, addressed chiefly to the Honourable James Douglas, Colonel of Her Majesty’s Regiment of Guards (afterwards Lieutenant-General), concerning the suppression of the Covenanters in the south-west of Scotland., 1682-1688.
File
Identifier: MS.214
Dates:
1682-1688.
Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1041-1079
Scope and Contents
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Dates:
1759-1861, undated.
Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
Series
Identifier: MSS.351-354
Dates:
1773-1849.
Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.640-642
Dates:
1782-1850, undated.
Letters and documents relating chiefly to appointments to the first charge of the Canongate Parish Church, Edinburgh, and to the National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh., 1808-1824, 1828-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.352
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters and documents, 1808-1824, relating chiefly to appointments to the first charge of the Canongate Parish Church, Edinburgh. The correspondents include: Reverend Dr Andrew Grant, Moderator of the General Assembly, on the proposed Teind Bill, 1808, and on the Canongate, 1810; Sir John Sinclair, Baronet 1808; The Earl of Wemyss, 1808; Magistrates, Elders, and Incorporated Trades of the Canongate, 1808, 1810-1811, 1824; Reverend Dr Thomas...
Dates:
1808-1824, 1828-1848.
Letters and documents, with enclosures, August-November 1745, sent to Field-Marshal Wade, as Commander-in-Chief., 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.302
Scope and Contents
The writers include statesmen, officials, etc.
Dates:
1745.
Letters and enclosure of William Petrie, Member of Council, Madras Army. , August-September 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11660
Dates:
August-September 1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Letters and papers of and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government., 1806-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.11648
Scope and Contents
The letters and enclosures are from Lord William Cavendish Bentick, 1806-1807 (folio 1) and Sir George Hilaro Barlow, 1807-1814 (folio 26).
Dates:
1806-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers relating to the Mysore command.
Letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers relating to the Mysore command., 1807-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11648-11649
Dates:
1807-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.