Documents.
Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:
'Observations on the Restored Government of Shah Shooja by Sir Alexander Burnes dated Cabool, February 4, 1840'., 1840.
Official letters of Hugh Elliot to the Foreign Office concerning principally the flight of the Sicilian Court from Naples to Palermo, and the French campaigns in Calabria., May 1805-1806.
With accounts and a plan (folio 259) of the battle of Maida.
Official papers, undated, covering the period of Sir Robert Liston's embassy in Madrid., [1783-1788.]
Papers, 1655-1680, concerning Scottish religious affairs including 'Answers to a paper from some of our bretren dissenters', 19 November 1655, 'Answers to querees proposed by our brethren upon our overtures of the 1st June', 1655, and a copy of the Sanquhar Declaration., 1655-1680.
Papers, 1774, concerning vote creation in the county of Perth and general correspondence and papers, 1784-1802, 1806, on Perthshire electoral politics., 1774-1806.
Papers and accounts, 1703-1758, undated, relating to the estate of Duddingston, Midlothian, and inventory of papers found in the 2nd Duke of Argyll's lodgings in Edinburgh, 1744, with some of the papers., 1703-1758, undated.
Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill and the bleachfield., 1712-1756, undated.
Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill, chiefly its establishment and its lease to Joseph Christy (folio 1) and the bleachfield, 1722-1756 (see also the papers of the British Linen Company, MSS.17594-17600) (folio 126).
Papers and copies of correspondence concerning the Royal Navy., 1791-1829, undated.
Includes the following:
(i) Papers on various subjects, 1791-1829, undated, including administration, the Transport Board, the post of Checquer Clerk to the Greenwich Chest, inventions, and personnel (recruiting, impressment, pay, health, prizes);
(ii) 'Correspondence relating to the state of the Navy' between the Admiralty and the Navy Board, 1815-1818 (copies).
Papers and correspondence chiefly concerning civil litigation involving the estate, and family trusts., 1719-1855.
Papers and correspondence concerning roads, building specifications and copies of acts., 1790-1820.
Papers and correspondence concerning the Royal Navy., 1793-1841, undated.
Includes the following:
(i) Papers concerning docks and harbours (including some commercial), shipbuilding and materials, and States, 1793-1827, 1838, 1841, undated;
(ii) Letters of Patrick Holland, 1804-1810, chiefly about the manning of the Navy and the press-gang.
Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1826-1878, undated.
Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, the son of Hugh Elliot, Diplomatist, spent his entire career either in or attached to the Colonial Office. In the 1830's he was in Canada for some years and his memoranda and correspondence for the period are of great interest. He was also involved in the organisation of the penal colonies, in emigration, and in the running of the Colonial Office itself.
Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet., 1844-1875, undated.
Papers and correspondence relating to India., 1778-1828, undated.
Papers and correspondence relating to Lochgelly and Melgund estates., 1620-1858.
Papers and diplomatic correspondence concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1846-1848.
Papers and notes of John Pinkerton relating to Scottish history and other subjects., 1342-1796, undated.
Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry., 1786-1815.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., [Circa 1905-?1917], undated.
Also included are a letter to and a letter of Richard B Haldane, 1922, undated (folio 1).
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., 1919-1928, undated.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., [Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
The manuscript also includes: (i) Press cuttings, 1904-1914, relating to Richard B Haldane’s public career (folio 109); (ii) Telegrams of condolence, 1928, to Haldane’s sister on his death (folio 123); (iii) Press cuttings, 1928, from German newspapers reporting Haldane’s death (folio 254) (iv) Letters, 1928, to Haldane’s sister concerning him (folio 263); (v) Other papers, ?1936, undated, concerning Haldane (folio 272).
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane on a variety of philosophical and other topics; several are incomplete., [Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Papers, chiefly statements, concerning accounts with a number of banks., 1789-1857.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning the Border district., 1326-1828, undated.
The papers consist of copies of charters and other documents, relating to families (Haig, Scott of Raeburn, Scott of Buccleuch, Haliburton, Dalgleish, etc.) and lands of the district.