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 Archibald Campbell Colquhoun, Lord Clerk Register.
Item
Identifier: MS.10683
Scope and Contents
The topics include the militia, suppression of riots in Glasgow, estate affairs, appointments in the Excise service and advice on points of law. The inverted pages contain opinions on legal cases.
Dates:
1812-1813.
Letter-book of Archibald Constable & Company containing copies of outgoing letters., 17 January 1814-12 August 1817.
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Identifier: MS.789
Letter-book of Archibald Constable & Company containing copies of outgoing letters., 5 September 1817-24 February 1820.
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Identifier: MS.790
Letter-book of Archibald Constable & Company containing copies of outgoing letters., 24 February 1820-31 December 1822.
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Identifier: MS.791
Letter-book of Archibald Constable & Company containing copies of outgoing letters., 2 January 1822-19 June 1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.792
Letter-book of Captain (later Major-General Sir) Thomas William Taylor, as military secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1810.
Item
Identifier: MS.11297
Dates:
1807-1810.
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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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
Letter-book of Captain (later Major-General Sir) Thomas William Taylor, military secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto, 'During the Service on the Expedition for Java'., 1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.11694
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.
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Letter-book of and military general orders in the hand of Captain Thomas William Taylor, military secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letter book of Charles Ormston.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6974
Scope and Contents
Comprising copies of over 1000 letters by him, mostly on commercial matters and also concerning Quaker affairs.
Dates:
1720-1730.
Letter-book of Charles Scott, some of the letters describing his father's stay in Naples., 1831-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.917
Dates:
1831-1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Accounts of Sir Walter Scott and other documents relating to him.
Letter-book of Charles Strachan, of Charles Strachan and Company, traders, Mobile, Alabama.
Item
Identifier: MS.119
Scope and Contents
The letter-book consists chiefly of commercial correspondence, addressed from Mobile, and illustrates the trade carried on in southern North America, and with Great Britain. In 1768 Charles Strachan succeeded to his grandfather’s estate at Kinnaber, near Montrose, and assumed his grandfather’s name of Fullarton (folios 45, 49). From 1770 his letters are addressed from Kinnaber.
Dates:
1763-1776.
Letter book of Clerk to the Widow’s Fund of the Faculty of Advocates.
Item
Identifier: F.R.383
Dates:
1830-1851.
Letter book of Colonel Thomas Graham containing his correspondence, 3 May 1796-3 May 1797, with Lord Grenville concerning the Graham's special military mission to the Austrian Army in Italy., 1796-1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.16181
Dates:
1796-1797.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Letter book of Crawford and Gammell, Greenock, merchants.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10220
Dates:
1967-1969.
Letter-book of David P Menzies., 1894-1908.
Item
Identifier: MS.9946
Scope and Contents
The earlier correspondence concerns the preparation for the press of ‘The red and white book of Menzies’ by David Menzies (Glasgow, 1894), with a number of letters to subscribers. Later correspondence is on business matters, particularly the leasing of Menzies's property in Perthshire.
Dates:
1894-1908.
Letter Book of Don and Company, Forfar., 1817.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13718/6
Letter book of Edward Ellice (died 1863)., 1817-1828.
Item
Identifier: MS.15181
Dates:
1817-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) containing copies of his letters chiefly concerning the family's trading and estate interests in Canada, America and the West Indies.
Letter book of Edward Ellice (died 1863)., 1828-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.15182
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) containing copies of his letters chiefly concerning the family's trading and estate interests in Canada, America and the West Indies.
Letter book of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) containing copies (some in his own hand) of letters and papers, 1836-1839, and copies of schedule of contracts and of statements of debts chiefly relating to his property in America., 1836-1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.15187
Scope and Contents
A few of the copy letters are of his son Edward. Most of the volume is blank.
Dates:
1836-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Miscellany chiefly of correspondence and legal papers.
Letter-book of Field-Marshal George Wade, when "Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces, Castles, Forts and Barracks in North Britain".
Item
Identifier: MS.7187
Scope and Contents
The first half of the volume contains Field-Marshal George Wade's orders to various officers concerning troop movements from his arrival in Edinburgh in June 1725 to September 1726, first in connection with the Malt Tax riots, then with movements into summer and winter quarters. This portion also includes records of two courts-martial for desertion, and of a reprimand of an absent officer. This is followed (folio 81) by thirteen letters from Wade to Henry Pelham, Secretary at War, and Lord...
Dates:
1725-1732.
Letter-book of Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate, containing some copies and a much greater number of summaries of his outgoing letters., 24 December 1830-18 March 1833.
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Identifier: MS.23220
Dates:
24 December 1830-18 March 1833.
Letter-book of Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate, containing some copies and a much greater number of summaries of his outgoing letters., 27 January 1831-9 April 1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.23221
Dates:
27 January 1831-9 April 1832.
Letter-book of Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate, containing some copies and a much greater number of summaries of his outgoing letters., 18 March 1833-22 July 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.23222
Dates:
18 March 1833-22 July 1834.
Letter-book of General Humphrey Bland., 26 November 1747-26 January 1749, 10 December 1753-26 August 1754.
Item
Identifier: MS.304
Dates:
26 November 1747-26 January 1749, 10 December 1753-26 August 1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
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Letter-books, warrant book and correspondence of the Commanders-in-Chief in Scotland.
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Letter books and warrant book of General Humphrey Bland.
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Letter books of General Humphrey Bland.
Letter-book of General Humphrey Bland., 26 August 1754-9 August 1756.
Item
Identifier: MS.305
Dates:
26 August 1754-9 August 1756.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
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Letter-books, warrant book and correspondence of the Commanders-in-Chief in Scotland.
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Letter books and warrant book of General Humphrey Bland.
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Letter books of General Humphrey Bland.
Letter book of General James St Clair concerning the War of the Austrian Succession., 1747.
Item
Identifier: MS.25698
Scope and Contents
The letters are written from Vienna and Turin where General St Clair served as special envoy. Inscribed at front 'Lord Hailes'.
Dates:
1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762).
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Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.