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Inventories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Detailed lists of things in one's view or possession, as of all goods and materials on hand, or detailed lists of all items in a given category. For documentation of examination conducted to achieve a comprehensive view, use ""surveys"". .

Found in 496 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1803, between John Murray II and Archibald Constable, publisher: and, correspondence, 1804-1805, between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers., 1803-1805.

 File
Identifier: MS.40238
Scope and Contents The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically. 1803. Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable. Folios 1-14.1804. Letter, 19 October 1804, of Alexander Gibson Hunter to John Murray II. Folios 15-16. Fragment of a letter, 29 December 1804, of A. Constable and Co. to John...
Dates: 1803-1805.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Elizabeth Oliver., 1905-1946, undated.

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Identifier: MS.24681
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Elizabeth Oliver, 1920-1945, undated, with a telegram to her husband Major Edward Oliver, 1905 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers including verses, accounts, inventories, invitations, menu cards, and newspaper cuttings, chiefly concerning India, 1918-1946, undated (folio 21); (iii) Newspaper cuttings, 1912-1946, undated (folio 137).

Dates: 1905-1946, undated.

Correspondence and papers concerning Alexander Carlyle., 1806-1850.

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Identifier: MS.23927
Scope and Contents

The contents consist of correspondence of Carlyle Bell, Writer to the Signet (folio 1), some later correspondence (folio 32) and papers (folio 38) relating to Alexander Carlyle's books and papers.

Dates: 1806-1850.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library chiefly concerning donations.

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Identifier: F.R.339e/26
Scope and Contents The papers include the following.(i) Letter dated, 5th November 1851, concerning the Hutton manuscript.(ii) Letter dated, 1855, of Alexander Duff concerning the Decisions of Bengal Courts.(iii) Letter dated, 22nd January 1856, concerning the presentation of Prince Albert's 'The Natural History of Deeside'.(iv) Letter dated, 16th December 1846, of Thomas M'Crie concerning the presentaion of Baillie's sermons, 1637-1639, and a Wodrow...
Dates: 1851-1891.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning donations and purchases.

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Identifier: F.R.339e/49
Scope and Contents

Includes the inventory of John Campbell of Islay collection.

Dates: 1828-1861.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Fleming of Cumbernauld and Biggar, Lords Fleming, and Earls of Wigtown.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20770-20800
Scope and Contents The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates: 1440-1960.

Correspondence and papers of the Lamonts of that Ilk.

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Identifier: MS.7194
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) A list, circa 1642, of the cannon belonging to the Marquess of Argyll (folio 2);(ii) Business correspondence and papers, circa 1653-1669, of Sir James Lamont and Archibald Lamont of Stilaig, his brother, including some draft petitions of Sir James to the English commissioners in Scotland, claiming restitution for injuries inflicted on himself and his family by the Marquess of Argyll (folio 4);(iii) Business correspondence...
Dates: 1640-1893.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., January-June 1806.

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Identifier: MS.40239
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.

1806.

January: folios 1-20;

February: folios 21-35;

March: folios 36-65;

April: folios 66-91;

May: folios 92-119;

June: folios 120-138.

Dates: January-June 1806.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., July-December 1806.

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Identifier: MS.40240
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.

1806.

July: folios 1-14;

August: folios 15-23;

September: folios 24-37;

October: folios 38-54;

November: folios 55-102;

December: folios 103-137;

undated, ?1806: folios 138-139.

Dates: July-December 1806.

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., January-April 1807.

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Identifier: MS.40241
Scope and Contents The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically. 1807.January: folios 1-30;February: folios 31-50;March: folios 51-80;April: folios 81-95.Notes. Folios 91-92. Letter, 21 April 1807, of Edward Mangin to Archibald Constable concerning the...
Dates: January-April 1807.