Letter books.
Found in 1557 Collections and/or Records:
Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press., 1907-1936.
The first series begins with three books of H Armour and Company, a printing firm taken over by the Edinburgh Press. Most of the series end in June 1936 when it amalgamated with T and A Constable.
Letter books of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda.
Letter-books of Alexander Houston and Company containing copies of letters sent to their overseas, chiefly West Indian, suppliers., 1776-1781.
Letter-books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing largely letters to the Earl of Ilay., 1726-1732.
Letter books of Andrew Lumisden containing copies, in his own hand, of his outgoing letters., 1759-1770.
Letter-books of Archibald Constable & Company containing copies of outgoing letters., 1814-1826.
The letters, which are addressed to authors, publishers, booksellers, printers, etc., deal with the writing, publication, and sale of many well-known works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
The original covers of the volumes were labelled 'Letter Book ... A.C. & Co', with covering dates (which did not correspond with the contents).
Letter books of Charles Elliot., 1774-1790.
This copy correspondence volumes in this series contain copies of letters sent by Charles Elliot to various correspondents, including authors, editors, printers, and other booksellers and publishers. Significant letters were copied, sometimes in summary only, into these bound volumes. The copy letters cover the majority of the time that Elliot was in business, with the exception of the first three years.
Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice., 1817-1873.
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., 1817-1853.
Each letter book contains a list of names of correspondents in a rough alphabetical order, preceding the copy letters which are written on leaves to which pagination has been added.
Letter books of engineers at Kinleith Paper Mill., 1922-1927.
The letters are to suppliers and customers.
Letter-books of Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate, containing some copies and a much greater number of summaries of his outgoing letters., 1830-1834.
Many of the letters and summaries are addressed to Henry Cockburn who was Solicitor-General for Scotland during the same period.
Each volume has at the front, leaves marked for an alphabetical list, which has been started but not continued with in MS.23220-23221 and unattempted in MS.23222.
Letter books of General Humphrey Bland., 1747-1756.
Letter-books of George Combe., 1822-1858.
Letter books of J C W Berrett and other principles of the Edinburgh Press., 1907-1936.
Letter books of James Stuart., 1782-1783.
The letter-books contain drafts and copies, in various hands, of letters and minutes written by Stuart or by his aide-de-camp, mostly on official business, and including copies of some letters written to him.
Letter-books of John Bruce, the historian., 1801-1825.
The letters deal chiefly with John Bruce's business affairs as joint King’s Printer and Stationer for Scotland.
Letter books of John Forbes., 1793-1794.
Letter-books of John George Mackworth Rennie of Frensham Vale., 1920-1936.
John George Mackworth Rennie was a judge in India, and retired in 1906. These press copy letter-books cover the years 1924 until 1936. They relate entirely to private affairs.
Letter books of John Murray, publishers., 1765-1905.
The volumes in this sub-series consist of handwritten copies of particular letters sent by John Murray, publishers. The recorded copies are often summaries or specific extracts only.
Letter-books of John Rennie., 1793-1800.
These press copy letter-books cover every activity in which John Rennie was engaged from the small matters concerned with his millwright business to his large civil engineering work.