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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 books of Sir Lewis Robertson., January 1990-June 2002.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12345
Dates: January 1990-June 2002.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Sir Lewis Robertson.

Letter books of T and A Constable concerning particular enterprises., 1884-1930.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23507-23516
Dates: 1884-1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing carbon copies of outgoing letters of the firm to Messrs Chatto and Windus, London., 1929-1945.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23499-23506
Dates: 1929-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing carbon copies of outgoing letters of the firm to Messrs Hodder and Stoughton, London., 1929-1945.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23494-23498
Dates: 1929-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing wet-press copies of letters concerning the Industrial Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art held at Edinburgh., 1884-1886.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23507-23509
Dates: 1884-1886.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable concerning particular enterprises.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing wet-press copies of outgoing letters of the firm to Longmans, Green and Company., 1890-1929.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23469-23484
Scope and Contents

Some copy letters to individual authors and others are contained in MSS.23481-23484.

Dates: 1890-1929.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing, wet-press copies of outgoing letters of the firm to Messrs Edward Webb and Sons, seed growers, Stourbridge., 1881-1929.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23460-23468
Dates: 1881-1929.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms.

Letter books of T and A Constable containing wet-press copies of outgoing letters of the firm to Messrs Rivington, London., 1884-1890.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23485-23488
Dates: 1884-1890.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms. / Letter books of T and A Constable to Messrs Rivington, London.

Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms., 1881-1945.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23460-23506
Dates: 1881-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh.

Letter books of T and A Constable to Messrs Rivington, London., 1884-1945.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23485-23493
Scope and Contents

Four volumes of wet-press copy letter books, 1884-1890, and five volumes of carbon copies (flimsies as far as MS.23492, folio 410).

Dates: 1884-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / Letter books of T and A Constable to individual firms.

Letter-books of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1812.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11283-11286
Scope and Contents

Letters of acknowledgement, and other purely formal letters, have not been indexed.

Dates: 1807-1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career. / Copies of the 1st Earl of Minto's letters and papers.

Letter-books of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, kept by his secretary., 1694-1696.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7028-7030
Scope and Contents

The letter-books date from the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's period of office as Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of 1695. Most of the letters in them are informal reports to the Secretaries of State for Scotland, the King, and others, on the doings of the Council, Treasury, and Parliament.

Dates: 1694-1696.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House. / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale. / Letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Tweeddale; and correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale. / Letters and letter-books of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale.

Letter-books of the 2nd Earl of Minto of official out-letters dispatched to the Foreign Secretary., 1833-1834.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12042-12043
Dates: 1833-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.

Letter-books of the 9th Marquess of Lothian., 1872-1876.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5798-5800
Dates: 1872-1876.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey. / Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey.

Letter books of the 9th Marquess of Lothian, containing copies of letters written to or for the Marquess by James Watson, his assistant factor and personal secretary, concerning the management of his estate and finances, and public engagements., 1872-1876.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5798-5799
Dates: 1872-1876.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey. / Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey. / Letter-books of the 9th Marquess of Lothian.

Letter-books of the Bombay Corresponding Committee of the Scottish Missionary Society., 1822-1829.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8988-8989
Dates: 1822-1829.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Letter-books of the Scottish Missionary Society / Letter-books of the secretary, William Brown, of the Scottish Missionary Society, containing copies of his outgoing letters and summaries of incoming ones.

Letter-books of the chairman and secretaries of the Scottish Churches Mission Board., 1907-1928.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8018-8019
Scope and Contents

The Scottish Churches Mission Board was the result in Scotland of the merger in 1908 of the Church of Scotland and United Free Church missions in Calcutta.

The chairman during this period was the Reverend John Fairley Daly and the secretaries were Dr George Smith, the Reverend James Buchanan and William M McLachlan, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1907-1928.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Miscellaneous foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.

Letter-books of the clerks of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland., 1856-1920.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7745-7769
Scope and Contents

The letter-books were originally marked Y.

The clerks during this period were Robert Young, 1853-1891, and Robert F Young, 1891-1920.

The letters chiefly concern financial and administrative matters and the deputation work of missionaries on furlough.

Dates: 1856-1920.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland.

Letter-books of the convener of the Foreign Mission Committee and of the secretaries and other officials for Women's Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland., 1876-1930.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7917-7980
Scope and Contents

The convener during this period was Colonel Archibald G Young.

The secretaries during this period were: Andrew Wyllie, 1876-1886; The Reverend William Stevenson, 1886-1916; Ethel Lucy Watson, nee Mackenzie, 1916-1920; Isabella F Lee, 1920-1929; Isobel McLaren Young, 1929-30.

Several letter-books for the period between MS.7975 and MS.7976 are missing.

Dates: 1876-1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Papers of the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.

Letter-books of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland., 1888-1926.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7625-7632
Dates: 1888-1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Papers of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland.

Letter-books of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland in Madras., 1888-1926.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7630-7631
Dates: 1888-1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Papers of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland. / Letter-books of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland.

Letter-books of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland in Poona., 1888-1904, 1922.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7626-7627
Dates: 1888-1904, 1922.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Papers of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland. / Letter-books of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland.

Letter-books of the conveners of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland., 1872-1907.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7534-7540
Scope and Contents

The conveners are the Reverend James C Herdman, 1872-1882, and the Reverend John McMurtrie, 1885-1908.

Dates: 1872-1907.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the Church of Scotland. / Letter-books of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland.

Letter books of the Earl of Rosebery containing copies of Rosebery's outgoing letters made by his private secretaries., 1894-1902.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10130-10131
Dates: 1894-1902.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author. / General correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.

Letter books of the Edinburgh Press., 1912-1936.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23572-23586
Dates: 1912-1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press.

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