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 James Stuart., 30 September-9 October 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.8400
Scope and Contents
There is no designation on the volume.
Dates:
30 September-9 October 1783.
Letter-book of James Stuart., 25 September-10 October 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.8401
Scope and Contents
There is no designation on the volume.
Dates:
25 September-10 October 1783.
Letter-book of James Stuart., 7-13 October 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.8402
Scope and Contents
There is no designation on the volume.
Dates:
7-13 October 1783.
Letter-book of James Stuart containing copies, in Stuart's hand, of correspondence, September-October 1783, of Sir John Burgoyne and officials of the East India Company concerning Stuart., 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.8333
Letter book of John Ayling, printer, Edinburgh, containing many copy letters addressed to the firm of Brockhaus, Leipzig., 1892-1894.
Item
Identifier: MS.23609
Scope and Contents
The letter book is unindexed. All is blank after folio 186: folio 41 has been torn out.
Dates:
1892-1894.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable.
Letter-book of John Bruce, the historian., 1812-December 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.180
Dates:
1812-December 1816.
Letter-book of John Bruce, the historian., April 1816-1825.
Item
Identifier: MS.181
Dates:
April 1816-1825.
Letter book of John Davidson of Stewartfield, Writer to the Signet, containing correspondence with his clients on their estate and financial business.
Item
Identifier: MS.10787
Scope and Contents
Some of the letters, initialed H W, were written by Davidson's apprentice, Hugh Warrender.
Dates:
1774-1777.
Letter book of John Douglas, writing from Glasgow, on personal matters., 1796-1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.2740
Letter-book of John Ewing, Writer to the Signet, legal agent for the Earls of Morton, concerning the Earls` affairs in Orkney and Shetland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.9
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is mostly legal and financial in nature, dealing with the running of the estate, the tenants` accounts, and the supply of butter, beer and malt, but there are some references to contemporary events such as the South Sea Bubble and the threat of a Spanish invasion. There is a break in the correspondence from 1721 to 1730, and some of the later letters are signed R E.
Dates:
1715-1736.
Letter book of John Forbes., 1793-1794.
Item
Identifier: MS.15346
Letter book of John Forbes., 1794.
Item
Identifier: MS.15347
Letter-book of John George Mackworth Rennie of Frensham Vale., 1920-1924.
Item
Identifier: MS.19958
Letter-book of John George Mackworth Rennie of Frensham Vale., 1924-1928.
Item
Identifier: MS.19959
Letter-book of John George Mackworth Rennie of Frensham Vale., 1928-1933.
Item
Identifier: MS.19960
Letter-book of John George Mackworth Rennie of Frensham Vale., 1933-1936.
Item
Identifier: MS.19961
Letter-book of John Rennie., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.19937
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1763-1764.
Item
Identifier: MS.20801
Dates:
1763-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1764-1765.
Item
Identifier: MS.20802
Dates:
1764-1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1765.
Item
Identifier: MS.20803
Dates:
1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1766-1767.
Item
Identifier: MS.20804
Dates:
1766-1767.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1767-1768.
Item
Identifier: MS.20805
Dates:
1767-1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1768-1769.
Item
Identifier: MS.20806
Dates:
1768-1769.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.