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Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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 in supplement for Mr Alexander Lockhart against John, Duke of Argyll., 29 April 1736.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14923
Dates: 29 April 1736.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the Saltoun Papers. / Fletcher of Saltoun documents. / Documents concerning the Earls and Dukes of Argyll and their estates.

Letters, legal papers and plan, relating to alterations to property belonging to John Ritchie and company, Anchor Close, Edinburgh., 1854-1859.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11812/194
Dates: 1854-1859.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'. / Papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', relating to the premises of the business. / Title papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.

Letters, notebooks and manuscripts of and concerning Hugh Miller, geologist.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7516-7527
Dates: 1650-1872.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.

 File
Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates: 1791-1826
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of David Barnett, Lady Stair`s House Museum, Edinburgh, to May Merkley, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, on matters relating to Robert Burns.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12119
Scope and Contents

Includes a lock of the hair of Burns`s widow Jean Armour and a copy of the deed relating to the Glenriddell Manuscripts.

Dates: 1918-1936, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters of George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet., 1733-1774, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1429
Dates: 1733-1774, 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 Re-Robertson. / Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally. / Letters and papers of and to George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet. / Papers of George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet.

Letters of George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet., 1751-1776, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1430
Dates: 1751-1776, 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 clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally. / Letters and papers of and to George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet. / Papers of George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet.

Letters of James Wemyss of Wemyss on the illness and death of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, and the Countess, Bath, 1761-1767, with papers concerning the Sutherland Peerage case, 1764-1771., 1761-1771.

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Identifier: MS.1486
Dates: 1761-1771.
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 clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Sti-Sutherland.

Letters of John Mackenzie IV, of Belmaduthy., 1733-1744.

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Identifier: MS.1326
Dates: 1733-1744.
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 Belmaduthy, of Broomhill, and of Cleanwaters.

Letters of John Mackenzie IV, of Belmaduthy, 1735-1752, and papers, 1734-1744., 1734-1752.

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Identifier: MS.1327
Dates: 1734-1752.
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 Belmaduthy, of Broomhill, and of Cleanwaters.

Letters of Mackenzie of Ardross., 1717-1772.

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Identifier: MS.1322
Dates: 1717-1772.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Ardloch, and of Ardross.

Letters of Makdougall of Makerstoun., 1745-1777.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1386-1387
Dates: 1745-1777.
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 of Roderick Mackenzie of Ardross, 1719-1726, and papers, 1703-1711, and letters and papers of his wife, 1710-1711., 1703-1726.

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Identifier: MS.1321
Dates: 1703-1726.
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 Ardloch, and of Ardross.

Letters of the brothers and sons of John Mackenzie IV, of Belmaduthy, some writing from London, the Continent, and India, and letters and papers of Mackenzie of Broomhill, 1694-1697, and of Cleanwaters, 1703., 1694-1774.

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Identifier: MS.1328
Dates: 1694-1774.
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 the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Belmaduthy, of Broomhill, and of Cleanwaters.

Letters of the Earl of Seaforth, 1742-1767, undated, with family papers, 1638-1754, undated, and of the Mackenzies of Strathgarve, 1763-1777, of Suddie, 1690-1761, and of Tarradale, 1770-1771., 1638-1771, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1360
Dates: 1638-1771, 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 of various correspondents mostly addressed to Mary of Lorraine, Queen Consort of James V., 1473-1568, and undated.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.29.2.1-29.2.4
Scope and Contents

Unless otherwise stated the letters are in French and are addressed to Mary of Lorraine. The correspondents are mostly members of the French royal family, of the Guise-Lorraine family and of Mary`s household in France. The subjects of the letters include family news and affairs of state.

Dates: 1473-1568, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Balcarres Papers.

Letters of William Graham of Airth., 1753-1775.

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Identifier: MS.1282
Dates: 1753-1775.
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 Graham or Graeme.

Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.176
Dates: 1884-1969.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters to and papers concerning Sir Peter Laurie, Lord Mayor of London and grand-uncle of James Augustus Grant's wife, and his family., 1823-1871, undated.

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Identifier: MS.17944
Dates: 1823-1871, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.

Letters to and papers of William Elliot of Wells concerning estate and legal business., 1805-1818.

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Identifier: MS.12931
Dates: 1805-1818.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament. / Correspondence and papers relating chiefly to the estate of Wells in Roxburghshire, and other properties of the Elliot of Wells family.

Letters to James Walker, Writer to the Signet, including some unconnected papers and letters.

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Identifier: Acc.9607
Scope and Contents Contains the following:1. Assignation 1707 of William Steill in Stone of Morphie to Alexander Grant, Mill of Morphie.2. Representation 1709 of David Ross of Balnagowan, Sir Robert Monro of Foulis and other Justices of the Peace in Ross-shire following the attempted Jacobite invasion of 1708.3. Precept of horning and poynding 1711 of William Carstairs, writer, Edinburgh, against John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, advocate.4. Letter 1778 of...
Dates: 1707-1831, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Alfred Turner., 1820-1866.

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Identifier: MS.41207
Scope and Contents Letters, 1820-1866 and uncertain dates, of Alfred Turner to John Murray II and John Murray, with a few to Robert Cooke. They concern his role as attorney for the Murray firm, dealing with pirated editions or illegal copying of Murray works, but also showing the family friendship which existed. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1820: folios 1-2;1822: folios 3-10;1825: folios 11-12;1830: folios 13-14;1843-1848: folios...
Dates: 1820-1866.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Cooke, with related papers., 1870-1892.

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Identifier: MS.40270
Scope and Contents Letters, 1877-1891, of Robert Cooke to John Murray IV. Folios 1-20.Letters, 1888 and 1891, of Robert Cooke to Hallam Murray. Folios 21-33.Disassociated parts of letters of Robert Cooke to the Murrays. Folios 34-36.Related papers.Letter, 7 April 1875, of Robert Cooke to S.H. Lindley concerning the “Quarterly Review”. Folios 37-38.Proof advertisement, 1870, for the “Quarterly Review”, no. 258. Folios 39-40.Papers...
Dates: 1870-1892.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.

Letters, undated and of uncertain date, of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., ? 1816-? 1835.

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Identifier: MS.40119
Scope and Contents The letters and papers concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. The letters are arranged by suggested date.1816.Folio 1: note by ?William Blackwood on a fragment of a letter postmarked ”29 June 1816”. The note is a list of various publications.Folio 2: letter, [? September ? 1816], of William Blackwood to John Murray II.Folio 3: letter, [? 1816], of William Blackwood to John Murray II....
Dates: ? 1816-? 1835.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers of correspondents of, or associated with, William Blackwood, publishers.

List of appeal cases in the House of Lords.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.3
Dates: 1st half of 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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