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 Richardson and Company., 1792-1793.
Item
Identifier: MS.20832
Dates:
1792-1793.
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., 1793.
Item
Identifier: MS.20833
Dates:
1793.
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., 1794-1795.
Item
Identifier: MS.20834
Dates:
1794-1795.
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., 1795.
Item
Identifier: MS.20835
Dates:
1795.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1796.
Item
Identifier: MS.20836
Dates:
1796.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.20837
Dates:
1797.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.20838
Dates:
1798.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.20839
Dates:
1799.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.20840
Dates:
1800.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.20841
Dates:
1801.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1802.
Item
Identifier: MS.20842
Dates:
1802.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1803.
Item
Identifier: MS.20843
Dates:
1803.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1804.
Item
Identifier: MS.20844
Dates:
1804.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.20845
Dates:
1805.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.20846
Dates:
1806.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1807-1809.
Item
Identifier: MS.20847
Dates:
1807-1809.
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.
/
Letter books, being copies of the outgoing correspondence of the firm of John Richardson and Company.
Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1810-1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.20848
Dates:
1810-1817.
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 Russell of Braidshaw, Writer to the Signet (adrnitted 1711), started in 1700 and continued until 1712, with an almost complete gap between December 1704 and January 1707, and another between November 1707 and May 1709.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.9
Scope and Contents
The volume contains copies, drafts and summaries of his outgoing letters, and copies of legal and financial documents concerning himself and his sisters. Several letters are addressed to merchants and officials in Rotterdam (where his father had been a merchant) and in other parts of Holland.
Dates:
1700-1712.
Letter book of John William Ballantyne, with a list of correspondents , 3 July 1921-10 April 1923.
File
Identifier: Acc.13189/78
Dates:
3 July 1921-10 April 1923.
Letter-book of Lachlan Mackintosh of Raigmore., 1802-1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.6360
Scope and Contents
The letter-book, which was apparently written up by a clerk, covers the years 1802-1808, when Lachlan Mackintosh was operating an agency-house in Calcutta, at first on his own account and later in partnership with his younger brother Aeneas, John Williamson Fulton, and Robert McClintock. The letters deal with business and personal affairs.
Dates:
1802-1808.
Letter-book of Lachlan Mackintosh of Raigmore., 1824-1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.6361
Scope and Contents
The letter-book, which is in Lachlan Mackintosh's own hand, relates to the years 1824-1826. He had returned to Scotland in 1808 and taken up residence in Raigmore House, Inverness-shire. The letters in this volume reflect his life as a land-owner and his interests in local affairs, elections, law-suits, etc.
Dates:
1824-1826.
Letter-book of Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, containing copies of letters written mostly from Colombo., 1802-1804.
Item
Identifier: MS.3971
Dates:
1802-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Letter-book of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago., 1803-1804.
Item
Identifier: MS.3972
Dates:
1803-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Letter book of Lord George Beauclerk as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, being copies of letters concerning military and administrative affairs in Scotland of Beauclerk, the Viscount Barrington, the Earl of Holdernesse, the Earl Ligonier, and others.
Item
Identifier: MS.13497
Dates:
1756-1760.
Letter book of Mackenzie and Paterson, writers and bankers in Inverness, recording financial and legal affairs of the firm and its clients.
File
Identifier: MS.10325
Dates:
1819-1823.