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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 relating to Castletown in the parish of Fordoun, Kincardineshire., 1792-1796.

 File
Identifier: MS.2790
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) 'Account of the stocking on the farm of Castletown, 14 May, 1792' (folio 1);(ii) Diary of farm work and management, 16 May 1792-17 October 1793 (folio 2 verso);(iii) Inventory of household furniture, farm utensils, books, 1792 (folio 1 inverted);(iv) 'Accompt of money paid out by Professor John Stuart of Marischal College Aberdeen as Trustee & Executor of the Will of his Father Dr. John Stuart of Inchbreck...
Dates: 1792-1796.

Papers relating to the early history of the Cameronian (Lord Angus’) Regiment.

 File
Identifier: MS.542
Scope and Contents According to a letter, 1896, of Charles Dalton, editor of ‘English Army lists’ (folio i), the papers throw additional light on the history of the regiment. Included are:(i) Assignation by Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, of the arrears due to him as Colonel of the Scots Regiment in France, 1653 (folio i);(ii) The complaints of some officers and soldiers in the Regiment against the Lieutenant-Colonel William Cleland (draft and copy), 1689 (folios 8-12);...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1653, 1689-1696, 1896.

Papers relating to the life and work of Thomas Telford., [1757-1834], 1834-1835.

 File
Identifier: MS.19975
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Telford's life and work, including a list of his major works in his own hand, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers of John Rickman: notes on a tide survey, 1834-1835, and material relating to his preparation of ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ for the press (folio 34).

Dates: [1757-1834], 1834-1835.

Papers relating to the military career of James Seton., 1761-1773.

 File
Identifier: MS.19210
Scope and Contents After reputedly escaping, wounded, from Culloden, James Seton saw military service as an ensign in the Netherlands being present at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom. On his return to Britain he served with the 105th Foot and later in Ireland as a Lieutenant with the 54th Foot.The contents are as follows:(i) Letters of appointment and commissions, 1759-1771, (folio 1);(ii) Passports, 1747, 1749, 1763 (folio 9);(iii) Accounts of the 54th Foot kept by...
Dates: 1761-1773.

Part of the papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.2961-2974
Dates: 17th century-18th century.