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 Subject
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:

Papers concerning the Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10240/1-116
Scope and Contents

The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.

Dates: 1924-1984, undated.

Papers concerning the Peers of Scotland., 1707-1761.

 File
Identifier: MS.17534
Scope and Contents The papers comprise a list of Peers according to the Rolls of the last Parliament of Scotland, 1707; copy of a petition by them to Queen Anne concerning their right to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a peerage of Great Britain, 1710; notes of limitations on Scots peerages, 1740; opinion on the succession to Lord Newark, 1741; the Earl of Bute's list for voting at the election of Representative Peers, 1747; ten proxies, signed but not completed, for the same election; two claims to...
Dates: 1707-1761.

Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.25
Scope and Contents The more substantial items include:(i) a copy in the hand of Friar Alan Chisholm of a version brought up to date in 1687 of `Indiculus Monasteriorum Scotorum S. Benedicti Extra Scotiam` by James Brown (see `"Germania Sancta": a seventeenth-century trilogy`, pages 118-140) (folio 1).(ii) two engravings depicting the Scottish Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon, followed by notes by Dennistoun on the library, the funerary monuments, extracts from the necrology,...
Dates: ?1650-1839.

Papers of and concerning John Mackinnon.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7428
Scope and Contents

Seven documents:

will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon

two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia

furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon

pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway

discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon

certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.

Dates: 1807-1849.

Papers of and concerning Sir John Richmond, containing correspondence, professional and related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8921/1-30
Scope and Contents

Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

Dates: circa 1885-1980.

Papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1835-[circa 1840.]

 File
Identifier: MS.12064
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Notes and papers, 1836-1839, concerning naval operations against the slave trade from West Africa (folio 1); (ii) The Countess of Minto's list of dinners given at the Admiralty, 1835-1839, with names of guests (folio 62); (iii) Copy of a circular, January 1838, regulating the entry of 1st Class Volunteers to the Navy (folio 68); (iv) Reports and other papers, 1835-1836, relating to the Russian Fleet and its naval establishments on the Black Sea, and to the...
Dates: 1835-[circa 1840.]

Papers of and concerning the Skinners of Kelso., 1715-1856.

 File
Identifier: MS.3083
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Common good of the Apprentices and Journeymen of the Skinner Trade, founded in 1715. Lists of entrants, election of boxmasters, accounts, and decisions, 1715-1779 (folio 1);

(ii) Accounts of the Deacon of the Skinners, 1799-1856 (folio 37 verso).

Dates: 1715-1856.

Papers of, and letters of, and to, Sir Charles Elliot., 1844-1873, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21229
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Extracts from the logbook, 1844, of H.M.S. Spartan (folio 1); (ii) Letter, 1845, of Admiral Sir Francis W Austen ordering Sir Charles Elliot to return to England (folio 7); (iii) Letters, 1864-1866, to Elliot concerning his command on the South American station and the war between Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (folio 9); (iv) Copy letters, 1864-1866, undated, of Elliot, extracted from a letter book, concerning his command on the South American station (folio...
Dates: 1844-1873, undated.

Papers of Auldbar estate., 1755-[circa 1900.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15418
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Apprisings, valuations, etc. (folio 1); (ii) Rentals (folio 50); (iii) Papers on roups (folio 93); (iv) Papers on agriculture and forestry (folio 110); (v) Papers on fishing (folio 144); (vi) Papers on dogs (folio 153); (vii) Papers concerning roads (folio 171); (viii) Papers concerning churches (folio 213); (ix) Papers concerning schools (folio 217); (x) Papers concerning prisons (folio 223).

Dates: 1755-[circa 1900.]

Papers of Culloden House.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14543
Scope and Contents

Includes inventories of furniture, lists of portraits, and inventories of plate and silver contained in the house.

Dates: 1787-1838.

Papers of Family Care.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11191

Papers of George Chalmers, consisting of lists of and references to manuscripts and documents relating to Scotland held in various libraries, mostly in London.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.22
Scope and Contents

Most of the papers are written in other hands: all are undated, but some of the leaves have watermarks of 1799-1801 and 1809. A letter to Chalmers dated 1812 is at folio 18.

Dates: ?1799-?1812.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.21.1.1-21.1.12

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Governorship of the Leeward Islands., 1809-1813.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13054-13058
Scope and Contents

Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.

Dates: 1809-1813.

Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission., 1802-1808, 1814.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13023-13053
Scope and Contents

These papers cover every aspect of Hugh Elliot's official activities during his embassy at Naples and subsequently at Palermo, 1803-1806. In addition to normal diplomatic affairs, they deal extensively with naval operations in the Mediterranean and with military campaigns in southern Italy, particularly Calabria.

Dates: 1802-1808, 1814.