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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:

Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill and the bleachfield., 1712-1756, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17248
Scope and Contents

Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill, chiefly its establishment and its lease to Joseph Christy (folio 1) and the bleachfield, 1722-1756 (see also the papers of the British Linen Company, MSS.17594-17600) (folio 126).

Dates: 1712-1756, undated.

Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates: 1438-1630.

Papers and accounts relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1729-1764, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17642-17662
Scope and Contents

The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.

Dates: 1729-1764, undated.