Legal documents.
Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield., 1649-1733, undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, governor of Dominica and MP for Grampound, chiefly concerning his financial and legal affairs.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of Henderson of Fordel., 1760-1801.
Andrew Stuart's sister, Isabel, married Sir Robert Henderson.
The main section of the papers, 1800-1801, refers to the proposed marriage of Ann, daughter of Sir John Henderson, to Sir John Buchanan Riddell.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of Stirling of Ardoch., 1760-1801.
Andrew Stuart's wife, Margaret, was the daughter of Sir William Stirling.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of the Earls of Dundonald., 1757-1799.
Andrew Stuart's sister, Jean, married Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Herries., 1798-1820, undated.
Many of the letters relate to his bankruptcy in 1798. The papers consist chiefly of receipts, and of legal papers relating to his will.
Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.
Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist., 1783-1882, undated.
Correspondence and papers of George, Robert and Thomas Gibson, cattle and sheep breeders in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto., 1847-1939, undated.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume VI: legal and financial correspondence., 1695-1723.
Folios 1-68 relate to Islay; folios 99-222 form a chronological series, preceded and followed by miscellaneous groups.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume VIII: papers on various topics., 1680-1725.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.
Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.