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Legal documents.

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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"".

Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:

Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Seaforth, and of places beginning St-Ta., 1692-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1356-1360
Dates: 1692-1777, 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 the surname Mackenzie.

Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Seaforth, from the sons of the 2nd Earl to the 5th Earl, inclusive., 1692-1748, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1356
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The letters of the 4th Earl, down to 1700, are written from Edinburgh Castle where he was a prisoner.

Dates: 1692-1748, 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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Seaforth, and of places beginning St-Ta.

Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Torridon., 1684-1762, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1361-1365
Dates: 1684-1762, 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 the surname Mackenzie.

Letters and papers of the Morays of Abercairney, 1711-1770, and of James Morice, tutor to the sons of John Mackenzie, Advocate, at St Andrews, 1707-1735, undated, describing life, work, and sports at the University., 1707-1770, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1400
Dates: 1707-1770, 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 the Robertsons of Straloch, 1699-1713, and of Strowan, 1666-1733, undated, several of the letters being written to Robertson of Faskally., 1666-1733, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1451
Dates: 1666-1733, 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 Re-Robertson.

Letters and papers of the sons of Alexander Mackenzie I, of Lentron, and of John Mackenzie III, of Lentron., 1743-1778.

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Identifier: MS.1350
Dates: 1743-1778.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Lentron.

Letters and papers of the Urquhart family of Burdsyards, in Morayshire, together with some legal documents, chiefly from the parish of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.

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Identifier: MS.9241
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1698-1830, undated. Most of the letters are to Captain Robert Urquhart (died 1741) and his wife, Mary, on personal and legal matters. Among the correspondents are several members of the Forbes family of Culloden, who were related to Mary Urquhart. There are also some letters to Robert's two elder sons, and to his grandson, Colonel Duncan Urquhart, and a few miscellaneous letters, including one, 1830, of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder to the...
Dates: 1697-1830.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters and papers of the wives of James Stewart, 8th Earl of Moray., 1738-1769, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1473
Dates: 1738-1769, 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 or concerning Francis Stewart, 7th Earl of Moray, and of James Stewart, 8th Earl of Moray.

Letters and papers of Thomas Bissett, factor to the Duke of Atholl, writing chiefly about the Duke's estates., 1750-1778.

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Identifier: MSS.1238-1239
Dates: 1750-1778.
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 Thomas Bissett, factor to the Duke of Atholl, writing chiefly about the Duke's estates., 1750-1771.

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Identifier: MS.1238
Dates: 1750-1771.
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 Thomas Bissett, factor to the Duke of Atholl, writing chiefly about the Duke's estates.

Letters and papers of Thomas Bissett, factor to the Duke of Atholl, writing chiefly about the Duke's estates., 1772-1778.

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Identifier: MS.1239
Dates: 1772-1778.
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 Thomas Bissett, factor to the Duke of Atholl, writing chiefly about the Duke's estates.

Letters and papers of, to and concerning Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1711-1742, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1128-1130
Dates: 1711-1742, 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 the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1686-1772, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1118-1127
Dates: 1686-1772, 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 the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1651-1752, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1101-1117
Dates: 1651-1752, 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 the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1723-1797, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1131-1208
Dates: 1723-1797, 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 the Mackenzies of Delvine.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies., 1680-1778, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.1366-1375
Dates: 1680-1778, 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 the surname Mackenzie.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies from Alexander-Colin., 1683-1778.

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Identifier: MS.1366
Dates: 1683-1778.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies from Colin-Henry ('Man of feeling')., 1702-1768, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1369
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Includes a copy of a letter from Paris, 1748, about the apprehension of Prince Charles Stuart on his way to the Opera (folio 37).

Dates: 1702-1768, 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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies from James-Joshua., 1683-1774, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1372
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies from Kenneth-Murdoch., 1693-1777.

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Identifier: MS.1373
Dates: 1693-1777.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of various Mackenzies from Peter-William., 1680-1775.

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Identifier: MS.1374
Dates: 1680-1775.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself 'William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern', law genealogist, relating to the family of Innes of Stow.

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Identifier: MS.535
Scope and Contents

Included are: papers relating to the claim of George Innes and Gilbert Innes of Stow as creditors of Archibald Chessells, wright, Edinburgh, 1767-1804 (folio 2); papers of Gilbert Innes and Jane Innes in connection with the trust of David Littlejohn, Jamaica, and legal papers of Jane Innes of Stow, 1811-1834 (folio 30); papers relating to certain claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow, 1851-1857 (folio 85).

Dates: 1759-1857.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters and papers of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, his family, and of other Sutherlands., 1734-1775.

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Identifier: MS.1487
Scope and Contents

Included are papers and accounts of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, his sister, and his daughter, 1734-1771, letters about the 16th Earls's troop, and the 17th Earl's battalion, 1746-1766, and letters about the 17th Earl's estates, 1748-1768; Letters and papers of other Sutherlands, 1707-1775.

Dates: 1734-1775.
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 Sti-Sutherland.

Letters and papers relating to church and school affairs in the Parish of Roxburgh.

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Identifier: MS.3126
Scope and Contents The papers, for the most part, deal with matters affecting the Presbytery of Kelso and include:Papers relating to a charge of drunkenness brought against John Byres, schoolmaster of Roxburgh, 1819 (folio 1); Papers relating to charges of misconduct brought against William Laidlaw, schoolmaster of Roxburgh, 1838 (folio 26);Papers relating to the admission of William Lee as Minister of Roxburgh, 1843 (folio 40), and his transfer to Glasgow University, 1875 (folio...
Dates: 1819-1906, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters and papers relating to the affairs of Kenneth Mackenzie of Seaforth, styled Lord Fortrose., 1736-1756.

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Identifier: MS.1359
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of the town authorities of Fortrose concerning the affairs of the town.

Dates: 1736-1756.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Seaforth, and of places beginning St-Ta.

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