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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:

Papers of Robert MacIntyre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12509

Papers of Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4378
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. letter, 1833, of Sir John Sinclair, on shell marle as manure2. rental, 1782, of the estate of Wattin, Caithness3. printed price list and two invoices, 1849, of Peter Lawson and Son4. list, 19th century, of seeds5. copy (in the hand of the donor) of letter, 1821, of William Stewart, on a new road in Caithness6. printed programme, 1887, of the Royal Naval Review at Spithead7. note book, late 17th...
Dates: late 17th century to 19th century.

Papers of Scottish PEN Centre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11849/1-80
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning international congresses held in Edinburgh in 1950 and 1997. Also containing some earlier material relating to congresses and membership.

Dates: 1981-1996.

Papers of Seton Gordon relating to a visit to Iceland., 1938.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5640/27
Scope and Contents

Six printed maps and a pamphlet. A weather chart. Manuscript itinerary and notes. Bills and accounts. Eighteen letters.

Dates: 1938.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, as Lord of the Admiralty and Treasurer of the Navy., 1759-1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.11037
Scope and Contents

(i) Papers concerning the payment of marines, 1759-1760 (folio 1); (ii) Papers concerning a bill for securing timber for the navy, [1772] (folio 25); (iii) Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot concerning his financial accounts as Treasurer of the Navy, 1769-1772, 1776-1781, 1801, including letters of Andrew Douglas, Paymaster and Accountatnt of the Navy (folio 45).

Dates: 1759-1801.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, as Lord of the Treasury and Treasurer of the Chamber., 1686-1769.

 File
Identifier: MS.11040
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of Household, Secret Service, and Treasury accounts and papers, 1752-1768 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of papers on the conduct of Treasury business in the period 1686-1759, [?1761] (folio 21); (iii) Notes on the vote of credit for 1762 (folio 37); (iv) Miscellaneous papers concerning Treasury business, 1763-1765 (folio 50); (v) Letters of Andrew Douglas as Deputy Treasurer of the Chamber, 1766-1767, with a receipt of Sir Gilbert Elliot to Douglas, 1769...
Dates: 1686-1769.

Papers of Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1611-1722, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6486-6488
Scope and Contents

Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, was the son of Sir William Murray, Baronet, of Dunerne (created 1630), and Lady Margaret Alexander, daughter of William, 1st Earl of Stirling. Janet, Sir Patrick Murray’s daughter and heiress, married Sir Charles Halkett, Baronet, of Pitfirrane (created 1671). Sir Patrick was a successful financier who obtained a number of estates and consequently had various landed designations.

Dates: 1611-1722, undated.

Papers of Sir Walter Scott concerning his official appointments., 1821-1825 and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.15(xii), folios 40-57
Scope and Contents Memorial on salaries, undated, to Sir Robert Peel, signed by Scott and the other Principal Clerks of Session; letter, 1821, on the salaries of the officers in the Sheriff Court of Selkirk (including Scott); return, 1822, of his official income; papers, 1822-1823, concerning his appointment as interim Sheriff Depute of Linlithgow; and,letter, 1825, certifying that William Scott, younger of Raeburn, has been acting as Sheriff Substitute of...
Dates: 1821-1825 and undated.

Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.2.11-81.2.38
Scope and Contents

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1852-1900.

Papers of the 5th and 6th Marquesses of Tweeddale concerning legal, financial and public affairs ., 1745-1787.

 File
Identifier: MS.14525
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Legal papers, 1764-1769, of the 5th Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);

(ii) Legal and financial papers, 1762-1787, of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale and Major William Hay (folio 37);

(iii) Papers, 1771-1782, concerning Scottish peerage elections (folio 144);

(iv) Papers, 1745-1784, concerning East Lothian county affairs - chiefly the poor and the repair of highways (folio 161).

Dates: 1745-1787.

Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.25276-25758
Scope and Contents The outstanding feature of the archive is the correspondence of Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes (1726-1792) relating to his intellectual pursuits and legal career. But the archive also contains material concerning early eighteenth century Scotland and British politics in the correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Baronets of Hailes; the very rich personal correspondence and journals of Lord Hailes' daughter and heiress, Christian Dalrymple (died 1838); correspondence and papers of...
Dates: 17th century-early 20th century.