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 concerning Lady Hannah Charlotte Tharp., 1815-1899.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.18080-18081
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning Lord Milton’s sisters, Martha and Margaret Fletcher and Mary Hepburn of Monkrig., 1728-1771, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17607
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers of and concerning Martha and Margaret Fletcher, sisters of Lord Milton, 1728-1771 (folio 1);
(ii) Letters to and papers concerning Mary Hepburn of Monkrig, sister of Lord Milton, 1739-1771, undated, including lists of deeds, legal papers, household accounts, and discharges for taxes (folio 10).
Dates:
1728-1771, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning various persons and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun.
Papers concerning Monboddo estate, chiefly the administration of the estate by Helen Williamson Burnett, Lord Monboddo's daughter., 1806-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.24626
Papers concerning Monboddo estate, chiefly the administration of the estate by James B Burnett, son of Helen Williamson Burnett., 1840-1865.
File
Identifier: MS.24627
Papers concerning Monboddo estate, chiefly the administration of the estate by James B Burnett, son of Helen Williamson Burnett., 1866-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24628
Papers concerning parliamentary and local elections in Scotland., 1727-1763, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17532-17533
Scope and Contents
Important contents are comments on the likely results of the 1727 election and a more detailed paper on the election in Kinross, papers on the 1744 Act on elections, lists of voters in various counties, 1746-1763, the election of Stirling Town Council, 1753, papers on electoral law, 1753, the election of Colonel David Graeme in 1764, and accounts concerning the elections of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, 1747-1763.
Dates:
1727-1763, undated.
Papers concerning parliamentary and local elections in Scotland., 1727-1754.
File
Identifier: MS.17532
Dates:
1727-1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning parliamentary and local elections in Scotland.
Papers concerning parliamentary and local elections in Scotland., 1757-1763, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17533
Dates:
1757-1763, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning parliamentary and local elections in Scotland.
Papers concerning public burden and taxes; banking accounts and correspondence., 1761-1864.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15432-15435
Papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire, particularly on the carse, but including material relating to the reconstruction of Stirling Bridge in 1823., 1725-1864, undated.
File
Identifier: MSS.10887-10891
Dates:
1725-1864, undated.
Papers concerning the administration of the estate of Auchinleck, Ayrshire.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6632
Scope and Contents
Including estate accounts, legal papers and correspondence.
Dates:
1856-1940.
Papers concerning the administration of the estate of Thomas Carlyle.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.166- is now Acc.5074.
Dates:
1881-1882
Papers concerning the Arbroath and Forfar Railway., 1840-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.15482
Scope and Contents
The papers include accounts and abstracts of traffic on the railway, together with minutes of some Annual General Meetings, annual reports, etc., 1840-1833 (folio 1); fortnightly and then four-weekly statements of revenue and expenditure, 1842-1848 (folio 39); a report of an accident, 1841 (folio 103); a book of 'Rules and regulations to be observed by contractors' working on the line, 1846 (folio 110); Acts of Parliament relating to the capital of the company (folio 122); a proposed...
Dates:
1840-1853.
Papers concerning the business affairs and bankruptcy of George Johnstone, bookseller, Dumfries.
File
Identifier: Acc.10262
Dates:
1809-1821.
Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727., 1722-1765, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17560-17586
Scope and Contents
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1722-1765, undated.
Papers concerning the Court of Exchequer, including commissions, accounts of revenue, and lists of the civil establishment., 1685-1762, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17558
Scope and Contents
Lord Milton's eldest son was Auditor of Exchequer from 1748 and many of the papers were apparently his.
Dates:
1685-1762, undated.
Papers concerning the debts of the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline., 1639-1681, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14539
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Legal print, circa 1692: "The particular debts wherein the deceased Earl of Tweeddale was engaged for Charles Earl of Dunfermline, and which John, now Earl of Tweeddale, present Lord Chancellor, was obliged and necessitat to pay for preventing the ruine of his own family, and fortune: with a distinct account what thereof was payed by intromission with the rents of Dunfermline’s estate, or by the sale of lands or otherwayes; and how much balance is...
Dates:
1639-1681, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers concerning the debts of the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and their effect on the fortune of the Tweeddale family.
Papers concerning the debts of the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline., 1632-1684.
File
Identifier: MS.14540
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1653, concerning the division of the Dunfermline debts between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and the 1st Earl of Callendar (folio 1);(ii) Rental, undated, of the Earl of Dunfermline’s estate enfeoffed, gifted or set in tack to the Earl of Leven (folio 33);(iii) Estate accounts, 1650-1651, of James Esplin for the Earl of Dunfermline’s lands in the parish of Newburn (folio 37);(iv) Account, 1651, of James...
Dates:
1632-1684.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers concerning the debts of the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and their effect on the fortune of the Tweeddale family.
Papers concerning the families of Maxwell of Calderwood, and Nisbet of Dean., 1676-1731.
File
Identifier: MS.8213
Scope and Contents
The papers probably formed part of the professional papers of Archibald Stuart of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1676-1731, concerning the Maxwell family of Calderwood (folio 1);
(ii) Papers, 1713-1731, concerning the Nisbet family of Dean (folio 148).
Dates:
1676-1731.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Papers concerning the financial affairs of Robert Hay of Spott and the estate of East Barns., 1816-1842.
File
Identifier: MS.14706
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1816-1835, concerning the financial affairs of Robert Hay of Spott and the estate of East Barns (folio 1);
(ii) Farm accounts and related papers, 1824-1842, concerning East Barns (folio 42).
Dates:
1816-1842.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts chiefly of, to or concerning the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale.
Papers concerning the Freefield estate and the Leith family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8075
Dates:
1766-1848.
Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745., 1745-1761, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17514-17531
Papers concerning the John Murray Staff Supplementary Pension Scheme with London Life Association Limited., 1936; 1941-1956
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1543
Scope and Contents
Original and copy material is present, and includes letters, contracts, accounts, and memoranda concerning individual policies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936; 1941-1956
Papers concerning the John Murray Staff Supplementary Pension Scheme with London Life Association Limited., 1936; 1941; 1957-1965
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1544
Scope and Contents
Original and copy material is present, and includes letters, contracts, accounts, and memoranda concerning individual policies, alongside explanatory notes.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936; 1941; 1957-1965