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:
Letters and accounts of John Wordie, banker in Edinburgh., 1769-1772.
File
Identifier: MS.10869
Letters and accounts of John Wordie, banker in Edinburgh., 1773-1781.
File
Identifier: MS.10870
Letters and accounts of Major John Ramsay., 1789-1802.
File
Identifier: MS.20474
Scope and Contents
John Ramsay, who became Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Foot, married James Skene's oldest sister, Margaret.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence, 1791-1801, on legal and financial matters (folios 1);
(ii) Accounts, 1789-1802, chiefly personal but include some military expenses and payments for work on Ramsay's property of Invernettie Lodge (folio 111).
Dates:
1789-1802.
Letters and accounts of the theatrical agents, SCOTTS (Scottish Casting Office for Television, Theatre, Screen) concerning Robert McLellan., 1961-1975.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26328-26329
Scope and Contents
The firm became Robert McLellan's agent in 1961, and the letters, which are mostly from Robin Richardson, concern the placing of McLellan's works and the payment of royalties.
Dates:
1961-1975.
Letters and accounts of the theatrical agents, SCOTTS (Scottish Casting Office for Television, Theatre, Screen) concerning Robert McLellan., 1961-1965.
File
Identifier: MS.26328
Dates:
1961-1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Correspondence of Robert McLellan.
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Correspondence of Robert McLellan on specific subjects.
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Letters and accounts of the theatrical agents, SCOTTS (Scottish Casting Office for Television, Theatre, Screen) concerning Robert McLellan.
Letters and accounts of the theatrical agents, SCOTTS (Scottish Casting Office for Television, Theatre, Screen) concerning Robert McLellan., 1966-1975.
File
Identifier: MS.26329
Dates:
1966-1975.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Correspondence of Robert McLellan.
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Correspondence of Robert McLellan on specific subjects.
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Letters and accounts of the theatrical agents, SCOTTS (Scottish Casting Office for Television, Theatre, Screen) concerning Robert McLellan.
Letters and accounts relating to the Gas Light Company of Edinburgh., 1817-1827, 1838.
File
Identifier: MS.19989, folios 1-35
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters are addressed to John Watson, the manager, or Alexander Kidd, the secretary of the Company. Many of the letters are incomplete.
Dates:
1817-1827, 1838.
Letters and documents to and concerning Sir Walter Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11878
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning the affairs of the Trust after 1826, including letters of Robert Cadell, James Ballantyne and John Gibson, papers on copyrights, the Magnum edition, the arbitration by Lord Newton, and a report by the Trustees to creditors, 1831. There are also earlier papers concerning plantations at Abbotsford and household records.
Dates:
1812-1831.
Letters and invoices of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the purchase of German books., 1819-1824.
File
Identifier: F.R.338
Scope and Contents
The papers contain booksellers' accounts and invoices, chiefly German.
Dates:
1819-1824.
Letters and other papers relating to the Campbell family., 1795-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6294, folios 1-61
Scope and Contents
The letters, 1803-1820, undated, are chiefly addressed to the Honourable Mrs Anne Seymour Damer, a niece of Lord Frederick Campbell (folio 1). There is also an inventory of furniture in Lady Ailesbury's cottage, 1795, and household accounts, etc., 1814 (folio 53).
Dates:
1795-1820, undated.
Letters and papers chiefly of George Muir of Cassencarie., 1689-1789, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1401-1402
Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15130-15136
Scope and Contents
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
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.
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2314-2315
Dates:
1805-1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers, mainly accounts, of George Livington of Midfield, Inveresk, tailor burgess of Edinburgh, and his son Patrick., 1698-1755, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2666
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Letters and papers of and concerning James Douglas, Earl of Angus., 1683-1698
File
Identifier: MS.974
Scope and Contents
The papers consist chiefly of accounts of the Earl of Angus' expenditure while in Holland, kept by his ‘governour’, Captain James Cranstoun of the Glen, 1683-1692 (folio 1), including vouchers for payments by Cranstoun and by William Lawrie, Tutor of Blackwood, the Marquess of Douglas's factor, reports on the accounts by Sir Francis Scott of Thirlestane and Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, 1693 (folios 35 verso, 41), and the Marquess's discharges, with his remarks, 1693 (folios 36, 110)....
Dates:
1683-1698
Letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., [Circa 1808]-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11714
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Draft by the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the British occupation of Goa, circa 1808 (folio 1); (ii) Copy of a letter of Robert Nelson, Navy Office, 1809, concerning hemp (folio 7); (iii) Papers, 1809, concerning a memorial of the merchants of Calcutta relating to convoy protection (folio 9); (iv) Letters, 1810-1811, concerning naval prizes in the Far East (folio 44).
Dates:
[Circa 1808]-1811.
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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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letters and papers of and concerning the illegitimate children of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly Major Alexander Gilbert Barry., 1797-1824.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11133-11136
Dates:
1797-1824.
Letters and papers of John Baird, shipmaster in Leith.
File
Identifier: MS.107
Scope and Contents
Consists of ships’ accounts, bills of lading, receipts for lighthouse dues, commercial correspondence, and legal documents. There are only 5 documents for 1720-1726.
Dates:
1720-1733.
Letters and papers of the Fothringhams of Powrie, the 4th Earl of Perth, and the Blairs of Balthayock.
File
Identifier: MS.3288
Scope and Contents
The Blairs and Fothringhams were connected by marriage, and the Earl of Perth had dealings with the Blairs. Many of the letters are addressed to David Drummond, Advocate and Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, who looked after the Earl of Perth's affairs and may be the David Drummond as whose servant the Earl disguised himself when trying to escape in 1688.The contents are as follows.(i) Letters written by Sir Alexander Fothringham of Powrie to his mother, Lady Blair...
Dates:
1632-1786, undated.
Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1779-1824, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1214-1220
Letters and papers of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, his family, and of other Sutherlands., 1734-1775.
File
Identifier: MS.1487
Scope and Contents
Included are papers and accounts of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, his sister, and his daughter, 1734-1771, letters about the 16th Earls's troop, and the 17th Earl's battalion, 1746-1766, and letters about the 17th Earl's estates, 1748-1768; Letters and papers of other Sutherlands, 1707-1775.
Dates:
1734-1775.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Sti-Sutherland.
Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., May-July 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11277
Dates:
May-July 1806.
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 President of the Board of Control.
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Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control.
Letters and papers relating to taxation, salt-duty and fisheries., 1785-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.640
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters and papers relating chiefly to taxation 1786-1820. The correspondents and subjects dealt with include duties on soap and candles, 1786-1787; surveyors of windows, etc., in North Britain, 1787; malt-tax in Scotland, 1788; Inspector General for Stamps for Scotland, 1790; accounts of the Receiver General for Scotland in respect of the land-tax, 1788-90; window, house, etc., taxes, 1878-1879; petition of the glasswork companies at Leith,...
Dates:
1785-1820, undated.
Letters and papers relating to the Corn Laws and the state of harvest, and letters of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Baronet., 1786-1826, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.641
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters and papers relating to the Corn Laws and state of the harvest, 1786-1826. The correspondents and subjects dealt with include price of wheat at Windsor market from 1595 to 1782, and of barley and meal at Edinburgh and Glasgow from 1720 to 1789 (folio 9); fiars’ prices of meal and grain in Scotland from 1756 to 1776 (folios 15-18); abstract of letters from the Corn Inspectors in England and from the Sheriffs in Scotland respecting the...
Dates:
1786-1826, undated.