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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 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 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.