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Memorandums.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.

Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:

Pocket-book of Sir John Gordon of Invergordon, containing a digest of ten pocket-books of memoranda.

 Item
Identifier: MS.108
Scope and Contents

The subjects include a family pedigree with chart and blazonings, accounts of income and expenditure, estate accounts and other business, receipts from the Principality of Scotland, prices, journeys, from Edinburgh to London, politics and elections, household recipes, verses.

Dates: 1754-1759.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13476/1-319- Formerly Dep.323.
Scope and Contents John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates: 1927-1978, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Political and miscellaneous papers of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale., 1605-1653, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14480
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Political papers, 1605-1653, including a bill of charges at Woolwich dockyard, 1618; a letter, 1633, superscribed by Charles I, to the Earl of Morton concerning the Earl of Buccleuch's ward; report, 7 May 1634, into abuses in the Exchequer; memorandum, 1636, concerning Anglo-Scottish trade; ‘a relatione of the earll of Hartfell his carrigge in the bussinese of Dumfries’, 1644; account of the customs, 1647-1648; and a roll of the proportion of 1200...
Dates: 1605-1653, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester. / Papers of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale.

Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1719-1760, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14521
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the following:(i) 'Instructions for preparing a case for the Duke of Hamilton touching his peerage as Duke of Brandon & c. and proceedings in the House of Lords on the Duke of Queensberry petition’ 1719 (folio 1);(ii) Printed recommendations to the King by the commissioners for securing the peace of the Highlands concerning the provisions of schools in the Highlands, 1716, with a manuscript, 1733, 'Memorial concerning the provisions made by...
Dates: 1719-1760, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester. / Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale. / Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.

Political and official papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1796.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8258-8261
Dates: 1767-1796.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.

Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1776-1806, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11193-11208
Dates: 1776-1806, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.

Political correspondence of Lord James Douglas Hamilton, mainly as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West, 1974-1997, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians, 1999-2007.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.252
Dates: 1972-2010.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Political papers and correspondence of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1787, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8258-8259
Scope and Contents

The subjects include: local politics in Lanarkshire, the county which Stuart represented in Parliament from 1774 to 1784; the American War of Independence; affairs in India; Stuart's conduct while in office; and political affairs in general.

Dates: 1767-1787, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Political and official papers of Andrew Stuart.

Political papers and correspondence of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1782.

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Identifier: MS.8258
Dates: 1767-1782.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Political and official papers of Andrew Stuart. / Political papers and correspondence of Andrew Stuart.

Political papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, being largely Scottish Privy Council and Parliamentary papers., 1660-[circa 1697], undated.

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Identifier: MS.14488
Dates: 1660-[circa 1697], undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester. / Papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale. / Papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale concerning public affairs.

Prayers, notes from books, etc., undated, in Mrs Mary Graham's hand., [1771-1792.]

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Identifier: MS.3637
Dates: [1771-1792.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan, afterwards Baron Lynedoch, and of the Honourable Mary Cathcart, afterwards Mrs Graham, his wife.

Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters., 1834-1863, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.2877
Dates: 1834-1863, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.

Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters., 1834-1863, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2877, (i)-(xix), (xxi)
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) ‘Proclamation for a Tournament’, held at Corfu, 1834, in Greek, English, and Italian.(ii) Proclamation relating to the Rebecca Riots in Brecon, 1843.(iii) ‘Rules and Regulations to be observed on the occupation of cells of approved construction’, issued by the Adjutant-General, November 1844.(iv) ‘Exercise with Heavy Shot, as a means of enforcing a sentence of hard labour’, undated.Numbers (iii) and...
Dates: 1834-1863, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin. / Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters.

Printed form, "Memorandum for Judges. Competition of Pipers", filled in by Joseph Gordon.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9076
Dates: 1823.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Printed ‘General Instructions and Orders to be observed by the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane’, 1807, with manuscript additions, and a memorandum, 1809, of Cochrane communicating to the Fleet the congratulations of the House of Commons on the capture of Martinique., 1807, 1809.

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Identifier: MS.2446
Dates: 1807, 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.

Printed letters and memorandum concerning Afghan medals, 1892, 1901, acquired as curiosities by the British Agent in Kabul for the interest of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1908., 1892, 1901, 1908.

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Identifier: MS.12649
Dates: 1892, 1901, 1908.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.

Printed memoranda of information received concerning the North-East Frontier (Burma, Thailand, China, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Assam)., 1906-1908.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12641-12643
Dates: 1906-1908.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.

Printed memoranda of information received on affairs in and beyond the North-West Frontier., 1906-1909.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12645-12648
Scope and Contents

The memoranda contains information on Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Khorasan and Sistan (to 1907; see also MS.12652), Gilgit, Chitral, Sinkiang and the Trans-Caspian provinces of Russia.

Dates: 1906-1909.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.

Printed memoranda of information received relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf., 1906-1909.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12653-12656
Dates: 1906-1909.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.

Printed memoranda of information received relating to Saudi Arabia, Aden, Yemen, Muscat, the west coast of the Persian Gulf, and Iraq., 1906-1909.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12660-12663
Dates: 1906-1909.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.

Printed memoranda on Native States in India., 1909-1910.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12624-12625
Dates: 1909-1910.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Home Department and related topics.

Printed memorandum of information received during the month of January 1906, regarding affairs on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India., 1906.

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Identifier: MS.12645
Dates: 1906.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department. / Printed memoranda of information received on affairs in and beyond the North-West Frontier.

Printed memorandum of information received during the month of January 1906, regarding affairs on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India., 1909.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12648
Dates: 1909.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department. / Printed memoranda of information received on affairs in and beyond the North-West Frontier.

Printed memorandum of information received during the month of January 1906, regarding external affairs relating to Arabia., 1906.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12660
Dates: 1906.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department. / Printed memoranda of information received relating to Saudi Arabia, Aden, Yemen, Muscat, the west coast of the Persian Gulf, and Iraq.

Printed memorandum of information received during the month of January 1906, regarding external affairs relating to Persia., 1906.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12653
Dates: 1906.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration. / Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department. / Printed memoranda of information received relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf.

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