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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transcribed collections of numbers, names, or other text indicating tallies of concepts collocated for any particular purpose.
Found in 1660 Collections and/or Records:
Legal notes on various matters of Civil and Scots law, including some by Lord Milton., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17813
Scope and Contents
The more substantial items are: suggestions for amending the law, 1752 (folio 12), proposals for publishing the Civil Law (folio 15), notes on actions (folio 57; cf. MS.17820), a summary of Stair's ‘Institutions’ (folio 69), a copy of 'De jure praelationis Nobilium Scotiae ... 1606' (see Adv.MS.33.7.5) with various lists of peers down to 1707 and of representative peers down to 1739 (folio 86), and an alphabetical list of tailzies from 1685 to 1754 (folio 131).
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
Legal papers, addresses and petitions, and miscellaneous papers of and concerning Hugh Elliot., 1811-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.13058
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Papers connected with the trial of Edward Huggins, senior, planter in Nevis, on the charge of cruelty to slaves, 1810 (folio 1), with the action of William Musgrave, Kings Counsel, Tortola, against George Martin of Tortola, for defamation of character, 1811 (folio 106), and with the trial of Arthur Hodge, planter, Tortola, for the murder of the slave Prosper, 1811 (folio 120). The trials of Huggins and Hodge are discussed in L J Ragatz, ‘The fall...
Dates:
1811-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Governorship of the Leeward Islands.
Legal papers concerning the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1694-1785.
File
Identifier: MS.1960
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: notarial copy, dated 1736, of a 'Decreit of Mutuall Declarator of Reductione In Favours of the Trades of the Canongate', 1694 (folio ii); copy of a decree, 1767, of the Sheriff Depute of Edinburgh in favour of the Incorporations of Tailors of Canongate and of Potterrow regarding wages and breakfast-hours (folio iv); copy of a decision, 1767, of the Bailies of the Canongate confirming the latter in favour of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate (folio 5)....
Dates:
1694-1785.
Legal papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1655-1741.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.5.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Process between John Fairholm of Craigiehall and George Dundas of Dundas concerning the building of a seat in Dalmeny kirk, 1655-1660 (folio 1).(ii) Process at the instance of Jean Dundas of Dundas against George Dundas of Dundas concerning her jointure, 1687-1697, preceded by a typed list of documents (for the final item of which see Adv.MS.80.3.50) (folio 30).(iii) Minutes concerning action by George Wilson...
Dates:
1655-1741.
Letter, 1875, of James Braidwood to G W Napier.
File
Identifier: Acc.7192
Scope and Contents
With a list, undated, of editions of Browne`s "Religio Medici".
Dates:
1875 and undated.
Letter-book 3 of the Home Mission Secretary of the United Presbyterian Church, with some other letters and documents concerning home and foreign missions., 1854-1872.
File
Identifier: MS.7736
Scope and Contents
The letter-book is for the year 1867.The other letters and documents are as follows:(i) a list, 1854-1870, of the members of the Foreign Mission Committee (Folios 78);
(ii) a list, 1870, of subscribers to the ‘Missionary Record’, and letters, 1870-1872, concerning alterations thereto (folio 87);
(iii) a copy, undated, of a letter, 1869, to the Duke of Argyll (folio 204);
(iv) the Home Mission Report for 1867 (the beginning is lost) (folio 269).Another copy...
Dates:
1854-1872.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church.
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Letter-books of the Home Mission Secretary and of the clerks in the Foreign Mission Office of the United Presbyterian Church.
Letter-book, 1726-1727, of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing largely letters to the Earl of Ilay., 1724, 1726-1727.
Item
Identifier: MS.16749
Scope and Contents
With lists of legal cases, 1724 (folio 3 inverted).
Dates:
1724, 1726-1727.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Letter-books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing largely letters to the Earl of Ilay.
Letter-book containing a list of letters, mostly concerning patronage, received by the 1st Earl of Minto and the Honourable John Edmund Elliot., 1806-1810.
Item
Identifier: MS.11362
Scope and Contents
With brief notes of the contents and replies.
Dates:
1806-1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Personal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letter-book containing copies of letters of Customs officers in Scottish ports, with lists, May-July 1746, of persons engaged in the Jacobite rising of 1745, being copies of papers delivered to the Lord Justice Clerk., 1746.
Item
Identifier: MS.1918
Letter-book containing official copies, in several hands, of correspondence and state papers during the Regency of the Earl of Lennox.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.12
Scope and Contents
The manuscript covers the period from the murder of the Regent Moray in January 1570 until shortly before Regent Lennox`s death early in September 1571.
Dates:
1570-1571.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with a list of the regalities in Scotland., 1746, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.16753
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) List of the regalities in Scotland, undated, (presumably 1746) (folio 1);
(ii) Letter-book, 1746, of Lord Milton, in a clerk's hand (folio 1 verso).
Dates:
1746, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with lists, memoranda, and accounts., 1743-1764.
Item
Identifier: MS.16752
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter-book of Lord Milton, 1743-1744, 1760 (folio 1);
(ii) Lists by Lord Milton of his account-books and of the contents of cabinets, and indexes, circa 1760 (folio 25 and lower pastedown);
(iii) Memoranda and accounts of Lord Milton, 1758, 1763-1764 (folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
1743-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Letter-books, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Letter book of Edward Ellice (died 1863)., 1817-1828.
Item
Identifier: MS.15181
Dates:
1817-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice.
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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.
Letter book of Edward Ellice (died 1863)., 1828-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.15182
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice.
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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.
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 the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund., 1830-1853.
Item
Identifier: F.R.384
Dates:
1830-1853.
Letter book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund., 1853-1868.
Item
Identifier: F.R.385
Dates:
1853-1868.
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.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15181-15182
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1817-1853.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letter books of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and account books of Edward Ellice and Russell Ellice.
Letter of Admiral Sir George Cockburn to Viscount Melville, enclosing a list of dockers and dockyard officials who voted against the Government in the North Yarmouth election and recommending their dismissal., 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.3278, folios 105-115
Dates:
1818.
Letter of Thomas Carlyle to Robert Browning on French sources for Carlyle's research, with an accompanying list of French titles in neither Carlyle's nor Browning's hand., 4 December 1855.
File
Identifier: MS.23167, folios 81-84
Dates:
4 December 1855.
Letters addressed to James Browne, Doctor of Laws, Advocate, author of ‘A history of the Highlands’, with a few written by him and others regarding him.
File
Identifier: MS.3700
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondents are literary men, writing with reference to the ‘Caledonian Mercury’, which James Browne edited, but they include several other eminent contemporaries.
The letters have been bound and supplied with lists of the writers by James Grant, the novelist and historian, Browne's son-in-law, in 1862-1863.
Dates:
1815-1844.
Letters and copies of letters concerning the War of the Second Coalition against France, chiefly to General John Ramsay, son of the painter Allan Ramsay, some being addressed to Earl Whitworth and William Wickham.
File
Identifier: MS.731
Scope and Contents
The letters relate to the war against France, and particularly to dealings with Portugal and Russia, operations in Switzerland and the employment of Swiss troops, and the corps of the Prince of Condé. The writers include Baron Grenville, George Hammond, General Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the 1st Earl of Muzgrave.
Dates:
1796-1821.
Letters and copies of letters of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), John Murray II and John Murray III., 1816-1850, 1960, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43482
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically within each section, with those of uncertain date placed at the end of the sequence.Copy, 1960, of a letter of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), undated: folios 1-3;Letters of Augusta Leigh to John Murray [II] dated:1816: folios 4-36;1817: folios 37-49;1818: folios 50-60;1819: folio 61-65;1820:...
Dates:
1816-1850, 1960, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount, together with some letters written by them.
File
Identifier: MS.6524
Scope and Contents
The subjects of the letters include the Peninsular War, East India Company affairs, and matters relating to many European countries.
Dates:
1780-1830.
Letters and 'miscellaneous documents' of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly concerning the National Library of Scotland., 1922-1936.
File
Identifier: MS.25270
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters, 1924-1935, concerned with the purchase of Mary, Queen of Scots, manuscripts (1924), and with the business of the National Library Board of Trustees (folio 1);
(ii-xi) 'Miscellaneous documents', 1922-1936, as follows.
(ii) Copy of a letter, 1922, of Sir Frederick Kenyon, British Museum, to Dr W K Dickson on a Treasury grant to the Advocates' Library (folio 68);
(iii) Correspondence with Sir John Lamb and Lord Novar (Secretary for Scotland) on the...
Dates:
1922-1936.