Memorandums.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Minutes and other administrative papers of the curators of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Series
Identifier: F.R.119-F.R.126f
Dates:
1793-1910.
Minutes of the curators of the Faculty of Advocates Library: volume VIII, with appendices., 1906-1910.
Sub-Series
Identifier: F.R.126(i)-(ii).
Miscellaneous accounts., 1861-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.14707
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1878, of Peter Burns Swinton, factor (folio 1);(ii) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1870, with Gibson Craig, Dalziel and Brodies, Writer to the Signet (folio 74);(iii) Accounts, 1861-1895, of improvement expenditure (folio 90);(iv) Farm accounts, 1868-1876 for Yester Mains, Broadwoodside, Danskine, Newhall and Bankrugg (folio 118);(v) Extracts from accounts, 1876-1877, for...
Dates:
1861-1905.
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.
Miscellaneous accounts and financial papers., 1653-1693.
File
Identifier: MS.14639
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts and financial papers, 1653-1690, of and concerning William Haitlie, butler, Yester (folio 1);(ii) Receipts, 1667-1671, by Walter Nisbet for monies for the use of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 117);(iii) Receipts, 1668-1684, by Jean and Elizabeth Meldrum for monies for the use of the Countess of Tweeddale (folio 148);(iv) Accounts, 1682-1695, of crops paid to workmen and servants (folio 245);...
Dates:
1653-1693.
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 and related papers of, to or concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, or Jean, Countess of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Classified accounts.
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Wage, household, estate, legal and miscellaneous accounts.
Miscellaneous accounts and memoranda concerning the Indian voyages and business of Thomas Graham Stirling, including accounts of goods bought for sale in India, and company lists of the ‘General Goddard’., 1796-1820.
File
Identifier: MS.10923
Dates:
1796-1820.
Miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, some relating to Restennet., Early 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17131
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Miscellaneous 'antique papers'., 1626-1810, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1915
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Modern list of some of the papers and part of a printed sale catalogue (folio 1);(ii) Contemporary copies of the charges brought by John Selden against the Duke of Buckingham, and of the King's explanation delivered by Buckingham, 1626 (folio 5);(iii) Memorandum, circa 1635, arguing the complicity of the Marquess of Huntly, James Gordon of Letterfourie, and Lady Rothiemay (Katherine Gordon) in the harrying of the lands of...
Dates:
1626-1810, undated.
Miscellaneous balances of private expenses and other financial memoranda, chiefly in the hand of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1814-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.11975
Scope and Contents
The miscellaneous papers were previously tipped into MSS.11961-11974.
Dates:
1814-1844.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers.., 1816-1827.
File
Identifier: MS.683
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence of and concerning Sir Walter Scott, 1816-1827 (folios 1-83);
(ii) Articles, memoranda, etc., of literary, historical, and topical interest (folios 84-120);
(iii) Circular letters regarding Edinburgh institutions (folios 121-128), prospectuses of books, etc., (folios 129-135), and legal papers, ancient and recent, etc., (folios 136-143).
Dates:
1816-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Archibald Constable, publisher, Edinburgh, his firm and his family; with one volume of the manuscript of a work published in "Constable's miscellany".
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Correspondence of Archibald Constable, publisher, Edinburgh, his firm and his family.
Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane., 1894-1916, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.6109(i)-(ii)
Dates:
1894-1916, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Correspondence of various members of the families of Haldane and Burdon Sanderson, and other miscellaneous papers.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, and memoranda of David Hopkins, Bengal Medical Service., 1811-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11710-11711
Dates:
1811-1813.
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 and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning Margaret Oliphant., 1754-1921, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23211
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of:
(i) letters of various friends and contemporaries of Margaret Oliphant, 1844-1868, undated (folio 1);
(ii) letters to Janet M Oliphant 1895-1921, undated (folio 19);
(iii) memorandum of agreement with Henry Colburn 1849 and death certificate 1897 of Mrs Oliphant (folio 46);
(iv) photographs and other depictions of Margaret Oliphant and her family and other subjects 1851, 1874, undated (folio 50);
(v) excerpts in Janet M Oliphant's hand of Margaret Oliphant's...
Dates:
1754-1921, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville., 1786-1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14838
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14838-14839
Dates:
1786-1842.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India., 1799-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11712-11739
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers include material concerning Bencoolen, Goa, Iran, Sind, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Tahiti, various surveys, and literary and scientific subjects.
Dates:
1799-1814.
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.
Miscellaneous correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville.
File
Identifier: MS.9735
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Draft letters and memoranda of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, on Indian and naval affairs, the proceedings against the Duke of York, 1809, and family matters, 1794-1810, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Letter, with copies of other correspondence, from Admiral Sir David Milne to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, concerning intrusions of American fishermen into Canadian waters, and measures taken against them, 1818 (folio 48);
(iii) Letters to Robert...
Dates:
1794-1820.
Miscellaneous correspondence of the Highland Society of Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.12
Dates:
1827-1833, undated.
Miscellaneous diplomatic papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, being chiefly copies of official notes and memoranda., 1799-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.11262
Dates:
1799-1801.
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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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.
Miscellaneous family papers of Henry Robert Oswald, including correspondence, some formal documents and memoranda., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9042
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and diaries of Henry Robert Oswald (1790-1862), surgeon and physician in Edinburgh and Douglas, Isle of Man; and of his son Henry Robert Oswald, junior (1827-1892), an assistant surgeon in the service of the East India Company, who rose to the position of Surgeon-General of Burma, 1876-1879, and briefly of India, 1879, and who retired to Edinburgh with his family in 1881.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Oswald family.
Miscellaneous financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department., 1807-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11613
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letter of George Tytler, Calcutta, to the Chief Secretary to Government, 1807, concerning the former's contracts in 1786-1787 (folio 1);(ii) Memorandum by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone concerning a contractor, 1808 (folio 7);(iii) 'Comparison of the Estimated and actual Revenues and charges in India 1808-1809 and 1809-1810. Estimate for 1810-1811 and observations thereon' (folio 10);(iv) Statement of bills drawn upon the Court...
Dates:
1807-1813.
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 papers of the Bengal Government.
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Financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department.
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Various financial papers concerning the Commercial Department.
Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.7513
'Miscellaneous Fragments’ of and collected by John Sobieski Stuart., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2183
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
'Literature', part of the Introduction to ‘The Costume of the Clans’, with various memoranda (folio 1);
'Scottish Armour' (folio 58);
'Chap. iv. The Poetry of the Forest', dealing with Gaelic poetry, apparently unpublished (folio 75);
‘Account of the Expenses of Certain Dogs sent to the King of Denmark’, reprinted from Maitland Club, ‘Miscellany’, volume iii (1843), page 337.
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Unpublished treatises of John Sobieski Stuart (John Hay Allan), calling himself Count d'Albanie, with materials collected for them.
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Manuscript of the treatise, 'The History of Hand Fire-arms', by John Sobieski Stuart; with realted material.
Miscellaneous genealogical material, chiefly in the hands of Andrew Stuart and James Stuart., [Late 18th century.]
File
Identifier: MS.8305
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A memorandum of observations on a draft of part of ‘Genealogical History’ by Andrew Stuart (folio 1); (ii) Extracts from Scottish and French printed books (including ‘Historia Majoris Britanniae’ by John Major (Paris, 1521), ‘Collections’ by James Dalrymple (Edinburgh, 1705), ‘Dictionnaire Historique’ by Louis Moréri (Lyon, 1674), and ‘Chroniques’ by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (Paris, 1470) (folio 61);(iii) Extracts from...
Dates:
[Late 18th century.]
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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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart.
Miscellaneous items of James Grant., 1853-1884, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8885
Scope and Contents
The items include: a 'Memorandum of certain family papers recorded in the Sheriff and Burgh Court Books of the City of Perth', 1876, possibly in Grant's hand (folio 1); 'Resolutions proposed to be adopted at the Public Meeting of those friendly to the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights', December 1853 (folio 7); various press-cuttings, 1884, pasted on a folio sheet (folio 9); and printed leaflets concerning the City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps (folio 11).
Dates:
1853-1884, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and documents.
File
Identifier: MS.546
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Printed demand addressed to Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Chancellor, for a voluntary contribution to the loan raised against the Scots invasion, 1643/1644. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter to the High Sheriff of the County of Montgomery, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Littleton, 1644. Half the loan raised in the County is to be paid to Prince Rupert for the army...
Dates:
1643-1869, undated.