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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:

Financial papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1750-1915.

 File
Identifier: MS.8092
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise the accounts of Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet, of Thomas Tod, Writer to the Signet, and of the firm of Tods, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, under its various names.

Also included is an account, 1864, of the intromissions of the executors of Catherine E I Scott-Douglas (folio 199).

Dates: 1750-1915.

Financial papers of the Dunlop family., 1653-1868.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9259-9260
Scope and Contents

The papers are chiefly of personal and family interest, but include some accounts of Glasgow University, which in particular concern arrangements for poor scholars and the running of the library.

Dates: 1653-1868.

Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1532-19th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.1-80.2.66
Scope and Contents The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1532-19th century.

Financial papers of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1602-1827, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5100-5102
Scope and Contents

Accounts of the Erskine family: household expenses, including bills from local tradesmen and from merchants in Edinburgh and London; receipts for land burdens, including ministers' stipends and schoolmasters' salaries.

Dates: 1602-1827, undated.

Financial papers of the Free Church of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.18001-19198
Scope and Contents

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1843-1900.