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Accounts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents in which monies or goods received and paid or given out are recorded in order to permit periodic totaling. This term was not used in the published volumes of the 'Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925'. Such records were indexed under the subject terms Housekeeping or Prices.

Found in 3038 Collections and/or Records:

Pocket-book of Sir John Gordon of Invergordon, containing a digest of ten pocket-books of memoranda.

 Item
Identifier: MS.108
Scope and Contents

The subjects include a family pedigree with chart and blazonings, accounts of income and expenditure, estate accounts and other business, receipts from the Principality of Scotland, prices, journeys, from Edinburgh to London, politics and elections, household recipes, verses.

Dates: 1754-1759.

Poems of John Donne transcribed by William Drummond of Hawthornden; and notes on civil law taken by William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., 1580-early 17th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2067
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

'Thirre poems belonginge to Jhon Don transcribed by William Drummond', used in John Donne's ‘Poems’ (Oxford, 1912), edited by Herbert J C Grierson. (Folio 1.)

Notes and accounts in the hand of Sir William Drummond. (Folios 1 verso, 39 verso-40.)

Notes on civil law taken by William Fowler in Paris (folio 49), signed, 1580 (folio 65).

Dates: 1580-early 17th century.

Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1719-1760, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14521
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the following:(i) 'Instructions for preparing a case for the Duke of Hamilton touching his peerage as Duke of Brandon & c. and proceedings in the House of Lords on the Duke of Queensberry petition’ 1719 (folio 1);(ii) Printed recommendations to the King by the commissioners for securing the peace of the Highlands concerning the provisions of schools in the Highlands, 1716, with a manuscript, 1733, 'Memorial concerning the provisions made by...
Dates: 1719-1760, undated.