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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:

Miscellaneous military papers of Thomas Graham., 1794-1843.

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Identifier: MS.16197
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) An ink and wash sketch map probably showing positions of Austrian and French forces in the Isonzo valley of North Italy near Gorlzia during the Austrian retreat from Napoleon's Armée d'Italie in the spring of 1797 (folio 1); (ii) An ink sketch, undated, but circa 1798, of the coastal area behind Aboukir [Abu Qîr] Bay near Alexandria, Egypt, (folio 2); (ill) Extract of a letter, 7 Mar, 1811, of Captain William Milne, at Isla de Leon, near Cadiz describing the...
Dates: 1794-1843.

Miscellaneous notebooks of Jane Cockburn Ross., 1799-1826.

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Identifier: MS.20482
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Commonplace books, 1804-1818, containing household accounts, family news, and anecdotes (folio 1); (ii) Recipe books [circa 1801]-1826 (folio 171); (iii) 'Registers of the weather' 1799-1826 (folio 247); (iv) Household accounts, 1808 (folio 415).

Dates: 1799-1826.

Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.17
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of decisions of the Court of Session, 1714-1721. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, early 18th century, of letters of and to George Buchanan, 1573-1581, and undated, with notes on others of his letters, mostly in Thomas Ruddiman`s hand; these are Epistolae XXVII, XV, XII, XXXI, XXIV, XL, XXXVII in Ruddiman`s edition of Buchanan`s Works, and Ruddiman`s introductory notes to Epistolae XI, XVI, VIII, XII, XX, XXVIII, XXXI, XXXIV,...
Dates: 17th century-1912.

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence of and concerning Lady Hislop., 1806-1851, undated.

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Identifier: MS.13140
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers of Lady Hislop, 1806-1851, undated; (ii) Correspondence, chiefly family, of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot 1839-1865 (folio 101); (iii) Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol, 1843-1856 (folio 168).

Dates: 1806-1851, undated.

Miscellaneous papers concerning railway companies other than Aberdeen, and Arbroath and Forfar., 1839-1865.

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Identifier: MS.15485
Scope and Contents The railway companies include: the Llanelly Railway and Dock Co., 1839-1856 (folio 1); the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company, 1861-1865 (folio 17); the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 1836-1845 (folio 21); Forfar and Dundee Railways, 1843 (folio 32); The Great Northern Railway, 1854-1864 (folio 34); the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 1852 (folio 38); the Montrose and Brechin Railway, 1837 (folio 40); the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 1843 (folio 44); the...
Dates: 1839-1865.

Miscellaneous papers, including some of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., Circa 1581-[1628, or after], undated.

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Identifier: MS.2066
Scope and Contents Some of the papers are described by Sir William Drummond as being William Fowler's (folios 34 verso, 69 verso, 77 verso).The contents are as follows.'Ane Informatioun for remembrance betuix my Lord Drummond and the Laird of Carnok' (Sir Robert Drummond), regarding the lordship of Drummond (folio 7);'Papers of Sir Jhon Drummond off Hawthornden', copies of deeds (folio 7); Royal instructions to Sir John Drummond and other Commissioners, with the...
Dates: Circa 1581-[1628, or after], undated.

Miscellaneous papers of Catherine MacLeod., 1824-1874.

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Identifier: MS.19307
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts concerning Duncan MacLeod and his children, 1824-1830, 1833-1841, with statements of Catherine, 1825, and Duncan, 1830, regarding their financial affairs (folio 1);(ii) Papers of the executry of Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies, and Catherine's correspondence with the executors regarding their accounts, 1833-1835 (folio 22);(iv) List of family paintings in Duncan MacLeod's London residence in 1855, compiled by...
Dates: 1824-1874.

Miscellaneous papers of members of the families of Campbell, Ker, Galbraith, and others., 1622-1735, undated.

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Identifier: MS.976
Scope and Contents The papers include the correspondence of George Bannerman, Advocate, 1674-1675 (folio 1), of Mr Duncan Robertson, Writer, 1676-1685 (folio 15), and of Ronald Campbell, Writer to the Signet, 1693-1713, undated (folio 54); an account of ships laden at Grange Works, the fees of which went to the upkeep of the May light, 1640-1642 (folio 96); complaints against Robert Russell, Provost of Stirling, [circa 1673] (folio 100); the declaration of the Presbyterians now in the West of Scotland, 1679...
Dates: 1622-1735, undated.

‘Miscellaneous Papers’ of Sir Walter Scott, on history, folk-lore, etc., 1792-1850.

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Identifier: MS.910
Scope and Contents The papers include:Part of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, chapter iii, in the hand of an amanuensis, with corrections in Scott’s autograph (folio 9);Statement of the sales of the ‘Letters of Malachi Malagrowther’, 1826-1827 (folio 23);Note by James Ballantyne of John Murray’s proposals regarding the publication of Scott’s works (folio 35);Letter, apparently to John Gibson Lockhart criticising his ‘History of Napoleon’, 1830...
Dates: 1792-1850.

Miscellaneous papers of the Airth estate., 1719-1848, undated.

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Identifier: MS.10885 [1 of 2]
Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Plans and measures including some architectural drawings for estate cottages, and some measures of rooms in the castle, 1719-1823, undated (folio 1);(ii) Measurements of trees, 1826-1848 (folio 103);(iii) Papers, 1736-1755, relating to the sale of a backshop in Edinburgh by James Graham of Airth, Judge Admiral, to John Hope and Archibald Cockburn, including a valuation, 1736, by William Adam (folio 113);(iv)...
Dates: 1719-1848, undated.