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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:

Discharges, financial papers and correspondence concerning the Douglas family., 1649-1675.

 File
Identifier: MS.5370
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Discharges, 1649-1670, of William, Marquess of Douglas, and his son William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton (folio 1);(ii) Financial papers, 1667-1674, of Mary, Marchioness of Douglas, including precepts and discharges to her son (folio 60), tradesmen's discharges arranged in chronological order (folio 89), and undischarged accounts arranged according to a contemporary list (folio 116);(iii) Papers and correspondence, 1675, concerning...
Dates: 1649-1675.

Documents concerning the estates of Castlemilk and Torrance., 1662-1907.

 File
Identifier: MS.5335
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1673-1907 (folio 1);(ii) Rentals of the estates of Glassford, 1662-1682, Fossoway, 1756-1757, and Torrance, 1796-1799 (folio 18);(iii) Inventory of Torrance papers, 1799 (folio 53);(iv) Accounts, 1670-1680, 1712, undated (folio 61), and other financial papers, 1672-1734, undated (folio 78), chiefly concerning the estates of Glassford (of which James Stuart of Torrance was chamberlain) and Torrance;...
Dates: 1662-1907.

Drafts, notes, and corrected proof sheets of various historical works by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.25371
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and notes for historical works including ‘An examination one of the arguments for the high antiquity of Regiam Majestatem’ (Edinburgh, 1769) (folio 14). ‘The additional case of Elizabeth claiming the title and dignity of Countess of Sutherland….’, (1770) (folio 15), and ‘Miscellaneous remarks on the enquiry into the evidence against Mary, Queen of Scots’ (London, 1784) (folio 28). There are also drafts for an unpublished 'Life of Oliver Cromwell',...
Dates: Late 18th century.

Draughtsmen's and surveyor's bills, various accounts, and rent receipts concerning Thomas Telford., 1814-1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.19973
Scope and Contents

The conents are as follows. (i) Draughtsmen's and surveyor's bills, 1819-1833. These cover all the works on which Thomas Telford was engaged in the last fifteen years of his life. (Folio 1.) (ii) Booksellers' accounts, 1826-1834. (Folio 73.) (iii) Bankers', lawyer’s and stabler’s accounts, and rent receipts, 1814-1834. (Folio 135.)

Dates: 1814-1834.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1805-1806., 1805-1806.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.37
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1805 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1806 (folio 107).

Dates: 1805-1806.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1813-1814., 1813-1814.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.45
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1813 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1814 (folio 128).

Dates: 1813-1814.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1815-1816., 1815-1816.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.46
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1815 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1816 (folio 136).

Dates: 1815-1816.