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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates: 1775-1791.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1781-1786, 1793, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.11198
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Penitentiary Act, 1781-1786, 1793, undated (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning experiments on the growing of tobacco in Scotland and the duty on home-grown tobacco, 1781-1785 (folio 86).

Dates: 1781-1786, 1793, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873), of Abbotsford.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3667-3695
Scope and Contents The papers cover the main interests of James Robert Hope-Scott's life, including the foundation of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, his Fellowship at Merton, his travels in Europe, and various religious, ecclesiastical, and legal matters.Among the correspondents are Gladstone, Manning, and Pusey. The letters of these men and of other correspondents are extensively quoted by R Ornsby in his ‘Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott’, 1884. Ornsby also...
Dates: 1824-1873, undated.

Correspondence, membership lists and other papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1884-1961.

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Identifier: MS.21663
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1886, 1896, 1906, 1927, 1943-1944, 1947-1950, 1961. Much of this relates to the demise of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society in 1950, and to its absorption by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians. The correspondence of 1961 with Miss M P Linton of the National Library of Scotland includes a catalogue of the 18th century collections held by the Harmonists. (Folio 1.)(ii) Membership lists, 1884, 1932, and historical...
Dates: 1884-1961.