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Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

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Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Ogilvie or Ogilvy., 1623-1759, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1418
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Contains papers of the following: Ogilvie of Airlie, 1623, 1725; Ogilvie of Baldovie, 1733-1759; Ogilvie, 6th Lord Banff, undated; Ogilvy of Clunie, 1719; Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater (and Seafield), 1704-1706, including 1st Earl of Seafield.

Dates: 1623-1759, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Rutherford., 1736-1791, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1455-1456
Dates: 1736-1791, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart., 1677-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1466-1480
Dates: 1677-1777, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart., 1689-1768, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1466
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Contains papers of the following: Stewart of Balgasky, 1691-1698, undated; Stewart of Ballechin, 1689 (a commission signed by Dundee), 1739-1755; Stewart of Barnhill, 1749-1751; Stewart of Blackhall, 1758-1765; Stewart of Blairhall, 1737-1768; Steuart of Burray, 1737-1746, with allusions to actions of the Duke of Cumberland.

Dates: 1689-1768, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart., 1696-1777.

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Identifier: MS.1470
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Contains papers of the following: Steuart of Goodtrees, Sir James, Lord Advocate, 1696-1709; Stewart of Grandtully, 1742-1778, including letters of Charles Mackglashan, factor, 1742-1777, on his own and Grandtully business, some of his letters being addressed to George Robertson of Faskally.

Dates: 1696-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart., 1686-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1480
Scope and Contents Contains papers of the following: Stewart of Urrard, 1753-1777; Various persons named Stewart, Steuart, or Stuart, 1686-1794, undated, including Professor George Stuart, 1760-1777 (folios 102-112), Gilbert Stewart, historian, 1702-1718 (folios 113-117), James Stewart, in camp at Montreal, describing conditions, 1760 (folios 171-174), John Steuart, gardener at Delvine, on his work, 1773-1776 (folios 197-253), and an Appendix of writers of single letters, some of whom are represented in...
Dates: 1686-1777, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Stewart or Steuart.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surnames Maclean-Macleod., 1715-1814, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1379-1383
Dates: 1715-1814, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, of the family of Rose of Clava., 1687-1758, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1453
Dates: 1687-1758, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from A-Baikie., 1712-1785.

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Identifier: MS.1229
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and papers of the following: Allan, 1769; Amherst, Field-Marshal Jefferey, Baron, 1766; Anderson, James, Post-master General for Scotland, 1718; Angus, tenants of Mill of Gourdie, 1753-1785. Arbuthnott: 5th Viscount Arbuthnott, 1743; of Balnamoon: James, 'Rebel Laird', 1751-1768; Thomas, merchant, 1712; Baikie, Thomas, minister, 1738-1740, chiefly about the affairs of Moncrieff of Rapness.

Dates: 1712-1785.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Bay-Bin., 1691-1761.

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Identifier: MS.1236
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Contains papers of the following: Bayne of Tulloch, 1691-1733; Beton, Kenneth, minister in Trotternish, 1733-1739, papers chiefly referring to Macleods; Binning of Pilmuir, 1746-1761.

Dates: 1691-1761.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Bla-Bro., 1691-1777.

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Identifier: MS.1240
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Contains papers of the following: Blair of Glasclune, 1710-1725; Boerhaave, Hermann, a letter of medical advice, 1735; Boswell of Auchinleck, 1705-1768; Bourchier, Charles, Governor of Madras, 1776-1777; Brodie of Brodie, 1691; Broun of Colston, 1696-1774; Brown of Dolphinton, 1708-1737; another Brown, 1745-1747.

Dates: 1691-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Bru-Cal., 1691-1813, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1244
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Contains papers of the following: Bruce of Kinnaird, James, correspondence, 1762-1775, undated, concerning and the Caron Company; Burgess, 1763; Burnesyde, 1691; Cadogan, Colonel Henry, in the Peninsula, 1810-1813; Calder, Sir Hugh, 1706; Robert, 1699.

Dates: 1691-1813, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Car-Che., 1755-1774.

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Identifier: MS.1249
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Contains papers of the following: Carstares, Principal William, 1706; Cathcart, 9th Baron, 1774; Chalmers, various, 1757-1776; Cheap of Sauchie, with correspondence regarding the Carron Company, 1755-1776; other Cheaps, connected with Cheaps of Sauchie, 1746-1764.

Dates: 1755-1774.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Cle-Crai., 1706-1768, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1252
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Contains papers of the following: Clerk: of Penicuik, Sir John, 1723-1749; another, 1761; Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald, 1759-1764, undated; Cockburn, 1750-1751; Colme, John, poet, 1714; Colquhoun of Luss, 1706-1707; Colquhoun-Grant, 1764-1768; Congalton, 1763-176; Covingtree, 1735-1741; Craigie of Lahill and Dunbarnie, Professor John, 1712-1720, 1750-1753.

Dates: 1706-1768, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Cro-Cum., 1734-1778.

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Identifier: MS.1256
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Contains papers of the following: Crokat, 1734; Cumming: of Altyre, 1749-1767; Colonel Sir John, 1761- 1778, with remarks on Indian affairs.

Dates: 1734-1778.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Cun-Dal., 1457, 1649-1774, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1257
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Contains papers of the following: Cuningham, Robertus de, 1457; Cuninghame of Caprington, 1748-1774; Montgomery-Cuninghame, 1761-1767, undated; Cuthbert: of Drakies, 1649-1710, undated; Alexander, 1772; Daling, Alexander, Minister, 1763; Dallas of Cantray, 1740-1747; Dalrymple of Hailes, 1710-1776, including some letters about the Sutherland Peerage case, 1762-1767; Dalzell, 6th Earl of Carnwarth, 1721.

Dates: 1457, 1649-1774, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Dem-Dou., 1683-1774, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1260
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Contains papers of the following: Dempster of Pitliver, 1698-1702; Denune, 1683-1717, undated; Dingwall, John, on Dingwall politics, 1740; Dongworth, Richard, on the distribution of the Book of Common Prayer in Scotland, 1712; Douglas: of Cavers, 1760-1774; of Glenbervie, 1764; 4th Earl of Selkirk, 1754.

Dates: 1683-1774, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Dru-Duf., 1704-1772.

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Identifier: MS.1261
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Contains papers of the following: Drummond, of Megginch, 1713-1767; Viscount Strathallan, 1712, 1814-1821 (largely on parliamentary affairs); Duff: of Bonhard, 1770-1772; of Drummuir, 1704-1714; of Braco and Dipple, and Earl Fife, 1705, 1738-1760.

Dates: 1704-1772.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Dun-Ell., 1683-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1262
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Contains papers of the following: Dunbar of Bennetsfield, 1683-1720, undated; Dundas of Arniston, 1699-1777; Edgar, James, 1718. Elliot: of Minto, 1747-1776, undated; another Elliot, 1739-1748.

Dates: 1683-1777, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Elp-Esd., 1704-1778, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1263
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Contains papers of the following: Elphinston, 5th Lord Balmerino, 1723; Erskine or Areskine: Baronet of Alva, 1740-1763, undated; of Dun, 1767; Countess of Kellie, 1705; Earl of Mar and Lord Grange, 1704-1726; of Tinwald, 1761-1778; Esdaile, 1724.

Dates: 1704-1778, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Fe-Forbes., 1712-1774, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1273
Scope and Contents Contains papers of the following: Fergusson of Kilkerran, 1766-1771 (on the Sutherland Peerage case); Ferguson of Pitfour, 1764-1774, undated; Dr Adam Ferguson, 1774 (referring to Lord Chesterfield, ‘Ossian’ Macpherson, etc., with verses “To Miss Grace Campbell on seeing her fiction on Shalgay’s Cave”); James Ferguson, astronomer, 1754-1774; Finlay, 1712; Fletcher: Andrew, Lord Milton, 1747-1753; Andrew, of Saltoun, 1768; Forbes: Lord Forbes, 1762-1763; of Craigievar, 1765; of New,...
Dates: 1712-1774, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from For-Fot., 1694-1775, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1274
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Contains the papers of the following: Fordyce, Reverend, Francis, 1726-1742; Forrest, John, tutor, partly on the studies of George Mackenzie, Advocate, 1694-1715; Forrester of Dunoven, 1761; Fothringham: of Powrie and connections, 1709-1775, undated (including Eugene, involved in the affair of the ‘Adelaar’; see MSS. 1490-1492); other Fotheringhams, 1729-1751.

Dates: 1694-1775, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Fre-Gar., 1742-1778.

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Identifier: MS.1278
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers of the following: Frederick, Sir Charles, Knight of the Bath, 1766-1767; Garden, Lord Gardenstone, 1761-1778; Garioch, George, Aberdeen, 1742-1768.

Dates: 1742-1778.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Gray-Gu., 1693-1818, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1286
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Contains papers of the following: Gray, Lord (succeeded 1738), 1765-1776; Greenfield, Mrs Grizel 1761-1773; Grey, 2nd Earl, 1818; Grierson of Lag, Sir Robert, 1693; Grove, Reverend Samuel, 1741-1765, undated; Guthrie, James, 1766.

Dates: 1693-1818, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Hag-Hal., 1695-1790.

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Identifier: MS.1287
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Contains papers of the following: Hagart, John, Notary Public, 1695-1698; Haldane of Lanrick, 1728-1741; Halkett of Pitfirrane, 1705-1775; Halket or Haggart, Minister of Caputh, 1718; Hall of Dunglass, 1767-1768; Halliday, 1790; Halyburton, 1700-1704.

Dates: 1695-1790.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.

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