Letter books.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books of blank or lined paper on which letters to be sent have been written; also manuscript copies of letters, originally on loose sheets, bound together, usually in chronological order. Not to be confused with letterpress copybooks where the copies are created through a mechanical process.
Found in 1557 Collections and/or Records:
Letter book of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda., 1829-1834.
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Identifier: MS.9729
Letter book of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda., 1843-June 1845.
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Identifier: MS.9730
Letter book of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda., June 1845-June 1846.
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Identifier: MS.9731
Letter book of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda., July 1846-1851.
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Identifier: MS.9732
Letter-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, April 1809-October 1810, containing correspondence with Viscount (later 1st Duke of) Wellington., 1809-1810.
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Identifier: MS.9932
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the support given to the army by the squadron, such as arming of batteries on the Tagus and bridging the river, transporting troops, and arrangements to be made in the event of the army evacuating Portugal. The later letters also mention skirmishes with the enemy.
Dates:
1809-1810.
Letter-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, May 1809-June 1811, containing correspondence with British ministers in Spain and Portugal, chiefly Baron Stuart de Rothesay., 1809-1811.
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Identifier: MS.9933
Scope and Contents
Many of the subjects discussed are similar to those in MS.9932: Letter-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley containing correspondence with Viscount (later 1st Duke of) Wellington, but they also include co-operation with the Portuguese authorities, protection of trade, and the sale of Danish ships in Oporto. There are numerous complaints against the Commissary-General's department, and against American captains encouraging British seamen to desert.
Dates:
1809-1811.
Letter-book of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their correspondents in Britain and Europe., 1777-1778.
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Identifier: MS.8795
Letter-book of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their overseas, chiefly West Indian, suppliers., 1776-1778.
Item
Identifier: MS.8793
Dates:
1776-1778.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter-books, sales-books and ledgers of and concerning Alexander Houston and Company, merchants, bankers, and shipowners in Glasgow.
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Letter-books of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their overseas, chiefly West Indian, suppliers.
Letter-book of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their overseas, chiefly West Indian, suppliers., 1778-1781.
Item
Identifier: MS.8794
Dates:
1778-1781.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter-books, sales-books and ledgers of and concerning Alexander Houston and Company, merchants, bankers, and shipowners in Glasgow.
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Letter-books of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their overseas, chiefly West Indian, suppliers.
Letter-book of Alexander Shairp, merchant, Edinburgh, a member of the family of Shairp of Houston, containing copies of outgoing letters., 1712-1719.
Item
Identifier: MS.1884
Scope and Contents
The letters refer to trade with Rotterdam, Bordeaux, and other places.
Dates:
1712-1719.
Letter-book of and military general orders in the hand of Captain Thomas William Taylor, military secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11694-11695
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, containing largely letters to James Gray, gardener at Saltoun, with instructions and comments on his work, and also some to his father and others on political and other subjects., 1755-1757.
Item
Identifier: MS.16754
Dates:
1755-1757.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing largely letters to the Earl of Ilay., 1727-1732.
Item
Identifier: MS.16750
Dates:
1727-1732.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Letter-books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing largely letters to the Earl of Ilay.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with a list of the regalities in Scotland., 1746, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.16753
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) List of the regalities in Scotland, undated, (presumably 1746) (folio 1);
(ii) Letter-book, 1746, of Lord Milton, in a clerk's hand (folio 1 verso).
Dates:
1746, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with accounts and financial calculations., 1734-1741.
File
Identifier: MS.16751
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter-book of Lord Milton, 1735, 1738, 1741 (folio 2);
(ii) Accounts and financial calculations by Lord Milton, 1734-1739, (folio 1, folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
1734-1741.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with legal notes, and annotated pages of 'Compendium Institutionum Caes. Iustiniani' by Johannes Friderici Böckelmann., 1720-1721, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.16748
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter book of Lord Milton, 1720-1721 (folio 1);
(ii) Pages 47-112 (wanting 79-80, 89-90, 105-106) of an octavo edition of Johannes F Böckelmann, 'Compendium Institutionum Caes. Iustiniani', covering lib. I, tit. XVIII to lib. II, tit. XVIII, interleaved, with annotations by Lord Milton (folio 20);
(iii) Legal notes by Lord Milton, apparently for his legal dictionary (MSS.17815-17819) (folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
1720-1721, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with lists, memoranda, and accounts., 1743-1764.
Item
Identifier: MS.16752
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter-book of Lord Milton, 1743-1744, 1760 (folio 1);
(ii) Lists by Lord Milton of his account-books and of the contents of cabinets, and indexes, circa 1760 (folio 25 and lower pastedown);
(iii) Memoranda and accounts of Lord Milton, 1758, 1763-1764 (folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
1743-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter book of Andrew Gray, site engineer employed by D and T Stevenson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8657
Dates:
1873-1876, 1889-1893.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden., 1759-1761.
Item
Identifier: MS.14260
Dates:
1759-1761.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
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Letter books of Andrew Lumisden containing copies, in his own hand, of his outgoing letters.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden., 1767
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Identifier: MS.14261
Dates:
1767
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
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Letter books of Andrew Lumisden containing copies, in his own hand, of his outgoing letters.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden., 1769-1770.
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Identifier: MS.14262
Dates:
1769-1770.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
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Letter books of Andrew Lumisden containing copies, in his own hand, of his outgoing letters.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8774
Scope and Contents
Containing letters to Sir Robert Strange and other on Jacobite matters.
Dates:
1762.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden, Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart in exile in Rome.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11328
Dates:
1751-1755.