Memorandums.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable., 1870-1955.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23608-23617
Letter books of Admiral Charles Graham, containing copies of his official correspondence and (on the inverted folios) of his orders and memoranda.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9729-9732
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence is administrative, concerning fitting out ships, obtaining stores, and matters of naval discipline, but also reflect the activities of the navy on the various stations where Admiral Graham served.From June 1829, Graham commanded successively the sloop ‘Philomel’ and HMS ‘Rattlesnake’. The latter ship served on the South American Station until September 1833, and the letters during this period concern the seizure of the British brig ‘Velocity’ by the...
Dates:
1829-1834, 1843-1851.
Letter to the heirs of Eustochios.
File
Identifier: MS.9350
Scope and Contents
Written in the 5th or 6th century. The writer is apparently advising on the best course of action, presumably in connection with Eustochios' estate. On the verso, apart from the address, is a memorandum in a different hand. A transcript by Miss E P Wegener accompanies the document.
Dates:
5th century-6th century.
Letters, 1830-1832, of John Bell, settler in Quebec, to his family in Scotland, and a memorandum of a voyage from Southampton to Moreton Bay, circa 1830., 1830-1832, [circa 1830].
File
Identifier: MS.7198, folios 55-86
Dates:
1830-1832, [circa 1830].
Letters, 1835-1854, undated, of Lord Rutherfurd to his brother and sister-in-law; and drafts, 1851, of official letters and memoranda written by Rutherford., 1835-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.9707
Dates:
1835-1854.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice, and other members of the Rutherfurd family.
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Correspondence of Lord Rutherfurd and other members of the Rutherfurd family with individuals or on particular subjects.
Letters and documents of Mary Queen of Scots.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.54.1.2-54.1.4
Dates:
1558-1574.
Letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers relating to the Mysore command., 1807-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11648-11649
Dates:
1807-1814.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Letters and enclosures of John Malcolm concerning diplomatic relations with Iran, and miscellaneous letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1811, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11715-11718
Dates:
1807-1811, undated.
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.
Letters and memoranda, 1785-1794, written by the descendants of peers attainted in the 1715 Jacobite rising in an attempt to recover their titles and estates.
File
Identifier: MS.5209
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters and memorandums, 1785-1794 are from the Earl of Mar, addressed apparently to the Earl of Seaforth (folios 13-67).
Also included are notes and copies of opinions, 1761-1820, on the succession to five peerages attainted in the 1715 and 1745 risings (folios 68-137), and miscellaneous notes, undated, on peerages (folios 1-12).
Dates:
1761-1820, undated.
Letters and 'miscellaneous documents' of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly concerning the National Library of Scotland., 1922-1936.
File
Identifier: MS.25270
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters, 1924-1935, concerned with the purchase of Mary, Queen of Scots, manuscripts (1924), and with the business of the National Library Board of Trustees (folio 1);
(ii-xi) 'Miscellaneous documents', 1922-1936, as follows.
(ii) Copy of a letter, 1922, of Sir Frederick Kenyon, British Museum, to Dr W K Dickson on a Treasury grant to the Advocates' Library (folio 68);
(iii) Correspondence with Sir John Lamb and Lord Novar (Secretary for Scotland) on the...
Dates:
1922-1936.
Letters and other documents received by the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3844-3851
Dates:
1787-1823.
Letters and other papers of Sir Walter Scott and his family.
File
Identifier: MS.1027
Dates:
1810-1837, undated.
Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland., 1548-1550, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2991
Scope and Contents
Each item is accompanied by a modern abstract in French and, in most cases, a typed English translation.The contents are as follows.(i) Contemporary copy of instructions given by the Dukes de Guise and de Montmorency to the Seigneurs de Fourquevaux and de Visque regarding their mission to Scotland with 1200 men and munitions, Bordeaux, 1548(folio 7). Preceded by an abstract (folio 1 verso) and a translation (folio 2).(ii) Abstract, early twentieth century,...
Dates:
1548-1550, undated.
Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2991-2992
Dates:
1548-1550, 1561, undated.
Letters and papers chiefly concerning the families of Forbes and Skene., 1622-1713.
File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 2-8
Scope and Contents
Letter of Elizabeth Sinclair, Lady Sinclair, to Lord Forbes, 1622; fragment of a covenant with the Almighty signed by John Skene of Skene, 1677, l680; covenant with the Almighty by John Forbes of Balfluig, 1697; memoranda of Colin Campbell, Minister of St Nicholas, Aberdeen, 1703; poem on the union of the Parliaments, circa 1707; letter, 1713, of George Skene of Skene, Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen.
Dates:
1622-1713.
Letters and papers chiefly on the administration and reform of the Scottish law-courts., 1785-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.12
Scope and Contents
The contents include:Papers, 1785-1786, concerning reform of the Court of Session;Memorandum, 1786, on the office of Lord Chancellor of Scotland; Proposed duties on law proceedings in order to increase judges` salaries, 1792; Proposed bill, [?1802], for trying contested elections;Observations, 1803, upon appeal business in Scotland, by Ilay Campbell, Lord President; Copy of a letter signed by Ilay Campbell, Charles Hope,...
Dates:
1785-1809.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
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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 the 1st Earl of Minto relating to the East India Company., 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11274
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and memorandum concerning candidates for the Direction 1806 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of dispatches of and concerning Sir George Hilaro Barlow, provisional Governor-General of India, 1806 (folio 41); (iii) Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, February-March, 1806 (folio 75).
Dates:
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.
Letters and papers of and concerning the Madras Government and Army., 1809-1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11659-11661
Dates:
1809-1810.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Series
Identifier: MSS.638-639
Scope and Contents
Charles Robert Cockerell was the architect of the National Monument of Scotland. See also MS.352 (ii), and article by R T Skinner in the ‘Scotsman’, 3 December 1930 (MS.638, folio 1).
Dates:
1817-1829.
Letters and papers of Sir James Murray Pulteney, 7th Baronet., 1803-1808, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1412
Scope and Contents
Contains letters and memoranda of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie on Volunteers, etc., 1803-1808, undated, and letters of Captain George Farquharson, 1807-1808, undated.
Dates:
1803-1808, undated.
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 correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Murray.
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Letters and papers of Murray of Clermont.
Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., February-April 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11276
Dates:
February-April 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 Canadian affairs concerning the 4th Earl of Minto., 1900-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.12577
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Memoranda, notes of conversations, and copies of correspondence relating to General Sir Edward Hutton's relations with the Canadian government, and to his resignation, 1900 (folio 1);(ii) Memorandum by Sir Charles Tupper on the events leading to Canadian participation in the South African War, circa 1902 (folio 97);(iii) Letters of the 12th Earl of Dundonald, General Officer Commanding Dominion Militia, to the 4th Earl of Minto, with...
Dates:
1900-1904.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada.
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to military affairs in Canada.
Letters and papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone., 1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11655-11658
Dates:
1809.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates:
1578-1621.