Estate records.
Found in 1259 Collections and/or Records:
Notes, newspaper cuttings and other papers on rural and agricultural matters., 1850-1865.
Notes of Sir John Stuart relating to Mr Ruthven’s settlement., 1792.
File includes an undated printed letter relating to Kincardine.
Notes on a dispute between Sir John Stuart and Mr Brodie, probably a tenant. , Circa 1814.
Notes on crops and estate management., 1814-1815.
Notes on oats from the field., 1862
Numbered series of Fettercairn estate letter books., 1911-1956.
Office records of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Other Estate Papers., 1664-1873.
Papers and accounts relating to the Argyllshire estates in general., 1690-1761, undated.
The papers concern the estates in general, and those parts not specified in MSS.17663-17689.
Papers and accounts relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1729-1764, undated.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Papers and accounts relating to the estate of Rosneath in Dunbartonshire., 1743-1763, undated.
Also included are papers relating to Macdougall of Dunolly and the lands of Glen Sheileach, the wadset of which was purchased by Colin Campbell, chamberlain of Rosneath.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1629-1763, undated.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1706-1761, undated.
The papers include accounts of the Duke of Argyll’s accountant and chamberlain, notes by Lord Milton, instructions for action, rentals, tacks, petitions, papers on animals and food, and papers on woods and enclosures.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1706-1747.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1748-1750.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1751-1753.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1754.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1755.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1756.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1757.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1758.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1759-1761, undated.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Kintyre., 1629-1760, undated.
Many of the papers are offers for leases of farms. There are also papers on coal-mining at Machrihanish.