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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:

Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11021/1-223
Scope and Contents Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates: 1859-1993.

Diary, 1745-1746, of a clerk in the leadmines at Leadhills, with unconnected papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9523
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, 18th century, on optics

farm accounts, 1822-1830 and 1843-1859, of Glenholm, Lockerbie

farm accounts, 1818-1829

Dates: circa 1700-1859.

Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London, describing his journeys, and business and social meetings., 1831-1846.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21041-21042
Scope and Contents

The entries in these volumes fill the gaps in the main series of diaries (MSS.21014-21039). As well as journal entries they include memoranda, lists of names and accounts concerning Robert Cadell's trips to London.

Dates: 1831-1846.

Diary of Sir George Maxwell of Pollok., 1655-1656.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3150
Scope and Contents The diary contains:(i) Persons, etc., 'to be prayed for', 4 July-16 September 1655 (folios 2, 18 verso);(ii) 'Vowes', 1 July-16 September 1655 (folio 6 verso);(iii) 'Experiences', i.e., spiritual experiences, 29 July 1655-20 April 1656 (folio 9 verso);(iv) Notes on ecclesiastical affairs, Perth, Stirling, etc., circa 1654 (inverted folio 1);(v) Diary, 29 September 1655-April 1656, personal expenditure, accounts, etc. (inverted folio...
Dates: 1655-1656.

Diary of Walter Scott, farmer at Nether Bonchester, Roxburghshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7184
Scope and Contents

The entries date from Walter Scott's acquisition of the property in May 1730, where an account is given of the conditions of the transaction, and break off in March 1743. They consist of memoranda concerning the management of the farm, such as details of the hiring of labour and the sowing and harvesting of crops, transactions with other farmers, and miscellaneous accounts.

Dates: 1730-1743.

Discharges and accounts, with a few other financial papers, of the Lords Oliphant and the Oliphants of Gask., 1585-1802.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.3.1-82.3.10
Scope and Contents

The papers cover financial transactions and personal, house¬hold, and estate expenditure (but for estate accounts after 1745 and all accounts after 1802 see Adv.MSS.82.3.11-82.3.14, 82.6.1-82.8.9; cf. also Adv.MS.82.4.11). The amount of material preserved varies greatly from year to year.

Dates: 1585-1802.