Legal documents.
Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode., 1645-1646.
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company., 1645-1796, undated.
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey, with letters of Spottiswoode, his speech on the scaffold, etc., 1645-1646.
Papers, including correspondence, financial documents, plans, reports and related material, concerning the estates of Foxhall and Avoncrook.
Papers, including legal and financial documents, of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh.
Papers mostly concerning the prosecution and imprisonment of John Cameron of Fassifern.
Papers of a lawsuit between James Murray of Polton, the Earl of Nithsdale and the Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth., 1653-1682.
Papers of Alexander Mackenzie I, of Lentron, and letters of Alexander II, of Lentron, and wives., 1710-1770.
Papers of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of his clients., 1724-1736, undated.
Papers of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway, 1747-1761, undated, and of his wife and children, 1749-1760., 1747-1761, undated.
Papers of and concerning Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, Postmaster-General for Scotland, and papers concerning the Hepburns of Humbie., 1725-1763, undated.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers, 1748-1763, of and concerning Alexander Hamilton (folio 1). They relate mostly to finance, personal and official (Lord Milton was his creditor), but also to some proposed changes in postal services.
(ii) Papers, 1725-1759, undated, concerning the Hepburns of Humbie, relating chiefly to a dispute between the elder and younger lairds, in which Lord Milton was arbitrator, and the entail of the estate.
Papers of and concerning Basil Cochrane, a senior merchant of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency, and a nephew of Andrew and James Stuart., 1778-1789, undated.
Papers of and concerning Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haldane, Royal Engineers.
The manuscript consists of:
Letters, 1796-1797, 1805 to Henry Haldane concerning his applications to retire from the army (folio 1);
Haldane’s account, circa 1821, of his military career (folio 17);
Letters, 1825, concerning the award of a pension to Haldane’s children (folio 23);
Legal papers, 1798-1848, concerning Haldane’s family (folio 30);
Genealogical papers, ?1796, undated, concerning the Haldane family (folio 42).
Papers of and concerning George Seton., 1804-1867.
Papers of James Seton's son, George, who served with the private shipping firm of Forbes and Company, Bombay, and was appointed commander of the vessel 'Lowgee Family'. By 1825 he had returned to Scotland and married Isabella Bruce, niece of James Laing of Streatham (for her correspondence see MS.19222). He purchased the property of Potterhill in Perth in 1823 and died in 1842.
Papers of and concerning Herman Melville., 1845-2003.
Papers of and concerning Hugh MacLeod, 2nd of Geanies, and his younger sons, James, William and Duncan., 1745-1779.
Papers of and concerning John S Haldane.
Includes formal documents, 1879-1935, offprints, 1890-circa 1936, and articles, 1936, 1960 and undated, concerning Haldane.
Papers of and concerning Margaret Macpherson Grant.
Comprising cash books, accounts, legal documents, and correspondence, including letters concerning sugar estates in Jamaica owned by her.
Papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes, Lord Advocate, and Sir James, 2nd Baronet., 1686-1725, undated.
Sir David Dalrymple’s wife was the sister-in-law of Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton, Lady Milton's brother; Lord Milton was appointed Sir David's factor in 1721.
Papers of and concerning Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., 1742-1775.
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.
The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.
Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients., 1702-1801, undated.
Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald., 1758-1799.
Andrew Stuart's sister, Jane Stuart, married Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald, and Stuart took a keen interest in the affairs of his sister and his nephews and nieces.