Memorandums.
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Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1808, undated.
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Identifier: MS.11724
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Excerpt of a letter, 15 December 1807, concerning the breaching of forts (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Richard Jeffreys, Chaplain, Fort William, 1808, with enclosed papers concerning the Military Officers' Widows' Fund (folio 5);
(iii) Memorandum by Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, circa 1808, concerning the teak forests of Malabar (folio 15). See also MS.11721, folio 158.
(iv) Two letters of John Scott at Rangoon, 1807-1808, concerning timber...
Dates:
1807-1808, 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.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1791-1814, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11726-11727
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copy of a memorandum, 1806, unsigned, addressed to Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Acting Governor-General, proposing the institution of public libraries and reform of the Hindu College at Varanasi (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Sir James Mackintosh, 1807, with a printed copy of his ‘Plan of Comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages, read at the Literary Society of Bombay on the 26th May 1806’, Bombay, 1806, and related papers (folio 10);
(iii) Memorandum of William...
Dates:
1791-1814, 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.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto, including a dispatch of John Malcolm., 1807-1811, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11718
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copy of a letter from an unknown correspondent, dated King of Persia's camp, 18 June 1807 (folio 1);
(ii) Copy of a dispatch of John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto, 6 October 1810, (folio 3);
(iii) Copy of 'Secret Memorandum for Capt" Grant', by Sir George Hewett 14 June 1811 (folio 33);
(iv) Copy of a minute by the 1st Earl, ?1807, concerning the allowances of the Commander-in-chief in India (folio 38);
(v) Memorandum, 1809, concerning the office of...
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.
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Letters and enclosures of John Malcolm concerning diplomatic relations with Iran, and miscellaneous letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence of John Malcolm, and miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto, including a dispatch of John Malcolm.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
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Identifier: F.R.339e/17
Scope and Contents
The papers include the following.(i) Election, 1758, of Mr Adam Wallace as Keeper, and arrangement as to Mr Wallace Goodall as Keeper, 1765.(ii) Resignation of Mr Wallace as Keeper.(iii) Extrait de Catalogue de la Bibliotheque du Roi Paris, 22 May 1765.(iv) Application, 1770-1772, to the Town Council for more accommodation.(v) Report, 1771, of the curators on Mr Alexander Brown's salary.(vi) Letter, dated 11 September...
Dates:
1765-1780.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1791-1810, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11726
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copy of a memorandum, 1806, unsigned, addressed to Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Acting Governor-General, proposing the institution of public libraries and reform of the Hindu College at Varanasi (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Sir James Mackintosh, 1807, with a printed copy of his ‘Plan of Comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages, read at the Literary Society of Bombay on the 26th May 1806’, Bombay, 1806, and related papers (folio 10);
(iii) Memorandum of William...
Dates:
1791-1810, 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.
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Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bengal Government., 1808-1813.
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Identifier: MS.11600
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of depositions from victims of dacoits, 1808-1809, taken before William Coates Blaquiere, Acting Magistrate of Nadia (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Thomas Henry Ernst, Third Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal at Benares (Varanasi), 1810, with an enclosed memorandum concerning police administration in the Benares district (folio 12). See also MS.11597.
(iii) Papers, 1810, concerning the enquiry into the conduct of William Brodie, Bengal Civil Service,...
Dates:
1808-1813.
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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Papers of the Bengal Government relating to the Judicial Department and the administration of law and law enforcement.
Miscellaneous literary papers and poems, mostly by members of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1740-1778.
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Identifier: MS.5003
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) An 'Essay on the change of manners in my own time, 1700-1790' by Elizabeth Mure, sister of Baron Mure (folio 1);(ii) Memoranda written by Baron Mure at Leyden, 1740 (folio 18);(iii) "Anecdotes relating to Scots troops in the service of the state’s General of the United Provinces" by Colonel J Stuart (folio 77);(vi) Copy in an eighteenth-century hand of a handbill on James Crichton, 'The Admirable Crichton',...
Dates:
1740-1778.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1582, 17th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5008-5018
Dates:
1582, 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5008
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume include:(i) Copies of personal letters from Belgrade, 1876, 19th century (folio 1);(ii) Memoranda and petitions, 1708-1853 (folio 92); (iii) Certificates and commissions of various members of the Mure family, 1819-1871 (folio 157);(iv) Papers concerning the Tile Works at Ouplaymoor, 1840, and Brea, 1837 (folio 161);(v) Medicinal recipes, 17th century (folio 195); (vi) Contracts, 1856, 1858, for...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous material relating to the life and career of John Rennie., [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.19934
Scope and Contents
The material includes a memorandum in John Rennie's own hand concerning some of his major works, biographical sketches by Sir John and George Rennie, lists of reports compiled by Rennie and at one time in Sir John's possession, printed obituary notices by Charles Dupin, and A H F Sohlichtegrol, genealogical material concerning the Rennies and related families, and papers relating to the Society of Civil Engineers, and the Smeatonian Society, l821-early 20th century.
Dates:
[1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.
Miscellaneous memoranda and excerpts from journals., 1796-[circa 1815].
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Identifier: MS.13719
Miscellaneous memoranda and intelligence reports, 1803-1806, chiefly concerning French military movements in Calabria, but also including lists of the strength of the Neapolitan army and navy, 1806., 1803-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13051
Dates:
1803-1806.
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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
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Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
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Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Miscellaneous memoranda and notes of the 2nd Earl of Minto on Italian affairs., 1847-1854.
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Identifier: MS.12103
Dates:
1847-1854.
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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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Memoranda and other papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning Italy.
Miscellaneous memoranda by Sir George Fletcher of Restennet, Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun, Lord Milton, and others., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17870
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Miscellaneous memoranda, photographs and other papers concerning the Edinburgh Society of Musicians., 1891-1960.
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Identifier: MS.21616
Scope and Contents
The contents include evidence submitted by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians to the Scottish University Commission on the teaching of music, 1891 (folio 1); the index of music presented to the Society by J R Grant in 1954 (folio 96); and transcripts, 1934-1939, of radio lectures on Scottish music by Harry Willsher, Henry Farmer, and Ian Whyte (folio 147).
Dates:
1891-1960.
Miscellaneous memoranda relating to Baroda, many of which are concerned with financial administration., 1801-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13639-13640
Miscellaneous memoranda relating to Baroda, many of which are concerned with financial administration., 1801-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13639
Dates:
1801-1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Gujarat.
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Miscellaneous memoranda relating to Baroda, many of which are concerned with financial administration.
Miscellaneous memoranda relating to Baroda, many of which are concerned with financial administration., 1809-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.13640
Dates:
1809-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Gujarat.
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Miscellaneous memoranda relating to Baroda, many of which are concerned with financial administration.
Miscellaneous memoranda, undated, of Lord Lynedoch, some concerning his military career., [Circa 1840.]
File
Identifier: MS.16413
Miscellaneous military and diplomatic papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, being chiefly letters and memoranda, copies of letters and papers, and printed papers., 1783, 1793, 1799-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.11261
Dates:
1783, 1793, 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 papers and correspondence of and concerning Lady Hislop., 1806-1851, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13140
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers of Lady Hislop, 1806-1851, undated; (ii) Correspondence, chiefly family, of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot 1839-1865 (folio 101); (iii) Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol, 1843-1856 (folio 168).
Dates:
1806-1851, 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 General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop.