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Financial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents pertaining to money matters.

Found in 1516 Collections and/or Records:

'Account of the distribution of the extraordinarys and contingencies issued out for services performed in North Britain during the late rebellion', dated ‘Pay Office, May 14th, 1717’., 1717, [?1720.]

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Identifier: MS.177
Scope and Contents An account of payments for military equipment, provisions, transport, ‘intelligence’, hospitals, etc., during the rising of 1715.Inserted at the end is "The New Year’s Gift. A Poem", [?1720], of 74 lines on the birth of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, on an elaborately ornamented sheet 18¾ inches x 15 inches (folio iii). It begins:"Tis well ! Britannia’s vows and ardent prayers At last have scaled the skies and reach’d th’ Almighty ears."and ends:...
Dates: 1717, [?1720.]

Accounts concerning Fyvie estates., 1692-1735.

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Identifier: MS.14743
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Disbound account books, 1701-1704, of the two third parts rents and duties of the lordship of Fyvie, (folio 1);

(ii) Factors' accounts, receipts and related papers, 1692-1735, for Fyvie estates (folio 23).

Dates: 1692-1735.

Accounts concerning legal work undertaken by Sharon Turner on behalf of John Murray II., ? 1814.

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Identifier: MS.41211
Scope and Contents

General accounts, ? 1814, for legal work undertaken by Sharon Turner for John Murray II, September 1812 - June 1814. Folios 1-10.

Accounts, ? 1814, for period 31 May 1812-21 January 1814, covering negotiations, and, subsequently, drawing-up of legal instruments concerning the sale of John Murray II’s house and business at 32 Fleet Street, London, to Thomas Underwood. Folios 11-14.

Dates: ? 1814.

Accounts concerning Sir John and Sir Charles Gilmour.

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Identifier: MS.5291
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Apothecary's account for 1666-1667, presented by James Borthwick to Sir John Gilmour (folio 1);

(ii) Account of the household expenditure of Sir Charles Gilmour in 1742 (folio 7);

(iii) Account of expenditure in London during the winters of 1745-1746 and 1747-1748, kept, apparently, by a Scots official at the Board of Trade (folio 56).

Dates: 1666-1667, 1742, 1745-1748.

Accounts created in the course of business between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh., 1805-1812.

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Identifier: MS.40256
Scope and Contents Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, in account with John Murray, London.?Interim accounts, 1805-1810: folios 1-55.Books on hand, 30 June 1807 (2 sets)-1808: folios 56-69. Advertising account, 1808: folios 70-73.Balance in favour of Archibald Constable and Co., March–September 1806:folios 74-75.John Murray, London, in account with Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh.?Interim accounts, 1810-1812: folio...
Dates: 1805-1812.

Accounts detailing errors and overcharges in the accounts between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh., 1805-1811.

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Identifier: MS.40255
Scope and Contents

Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh/ John Murray, London.

Errors and overcharges, 1805-1809: folios 1-20.

John Murray, London/Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh.

Errors and overcharges, 1806-1808: folios 21-23.

Other papers concerning errors.

1805-1808: folios 24-30.

Discounts, 1809-1811: folios 31-32.

Errors in the ledger, 1806-1807: folios 33-34.

Dates: 1805-1811.