Memorandums. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Legal document embodying the terms of a contract or other agreement; or the formal attestation clause signed by witnesses to a deed. Source: Beal, Peter. 'Dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450-2000'. (2008).
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1631-1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5330
Scope and Contents
Legal and miscellaneous documents comprising the following:
(i) Bills, etc., 1683-1812 (number 1);
(ii) Certificates, 1761-1815 (number 38);
(iii) Measurements of land, etc., 1766-1821 (number 50);
(iv) Assessments, 1808-1819 (number 83);
(v) Articles of roup, 1768-1811 (number 93);
(vi) Inventories of books, writs, etc., circa 1695-1824 (number 98);
(vii) Miscellaneous memoranda, 1631-1829, undated (number 117);
(viii) Miscellaneous legal documents, 1641-1828 (number 242);
(ix)...
Dates:
1631-1829, undated.
Legal papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/1
Dates:
1710, 1812-1829.
Letters of friends and other contemporaries of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Wilfred Partington for a grangerized copy of his ‘Private Letter-books of Sir Walter Scott’., 1799-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.2255
Scope and Contents
The letters include correspondence and memoranda relating to the charges brought by Lady Douglas against the Princess of Wales in 1805. Many of the letters are addressed to the painter David Roberts. In addition, there are a few letters of the painter John Macwhirter.
Dates:
1799-1857.
Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Southey, Charles Erskine and other correspondents., 1807-1830, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15971
Scope and Contents
Also included are some lines from 'Glenfinlas' (not in Walter Scott's hand), a spurious memorandum purporting to be by Scott and two portraits.
Part of the letter to John Clarke Whitfeld was published by Sir Herbert J C Grierson in ‘The letters of Sir Walter Scott’, volume iii, page 194.
Dates:
1807-1830, undated.
Letters of, to and concerning the North American Colonial Association of Ireland, with related papers., 1827-1866.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15120-15121
Dates:
1827-1866.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada.
Letters to Augusta Leigh from various correspondents; with letters of or concerning various members of the Leigh family., 1798-1883, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43483
Scope and Contents
The letters of, to and relating to Augusta Leigh has been placed at the start of the sequence. The rest have been ordered by alphabetically by the name of the Leigh family member to which they concern, followed by miscellaneous items.Letters of and to Augusta Leigh with related material:Letter wrapper addressed to Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck possibly in the hand of Augusta Leigh, 1821: folio 1;Letter of George H Gilchrist to Augusta Leigh, 1825:...
Dates:
1798-1883, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Hollond to Hompesch., 1813-1922.
File
Identifier: MS.40569
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hollond, Spencer Edmund.Letter, 1902, of Spencer Edmund Hollond to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Holloway, Marseille Middleton.Letters, 1846, 1873 and 1887, of Marseille Middleton Holloway to John Murray III. Folios 3-7.Holloway Blount and Duke.Letters, 1909, of Holloway Blount and Duke to John Murray IV. Folios 8-10....
Dates:
1813-1922.
Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15381-15382
Dates:
1801-1815.
Local affairs and election papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1695-1748.
File
Identifier: MS.14522
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Extract of Haddington Presbytery minutes concerning Andrew Dunlop, 1722 (folio 1);(ii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of East Lothian dividing the county into three districts, 1737 (folio 2);(iii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of Roxburghshire for the maintenance of the poor, supressing vagarancy and repairing roads, bridges and ferries, 1737 (folio 3);(iv) Printed queries of the East Lothian...
Dates:
1695-1748.
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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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.
Memoradum of agreement, Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart and to trustees of Annie Gillespie Fergusson., 1916.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/64
Dates:
1916.
Memoranda, accounts and other legal papers concerning the financial affairs of the Dundonald family., 1764-1799.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5377-5378
Dates:
1764-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald.
Memoranda, accounts and other legal papers concerning the financial affairs of the Dundonald family., 1764-1782.
File
Identifier: MS.5377
Dates:
1764-1782.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald.
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Memoranda, accounts and other legal papers concerning the financial affairs of the Dundonald family.
Memoranda, accounts and other legal papers concerning the financial affairs of the Dundonald family., 1781-1799.
File
Identifier: MS.5378
Dates:
1781-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald.
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Memoranda, accounts and other legal papers concerning the financial affairs of the Dundonald family.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., 1761-1769, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5347-5349
Dates:
1761-1769, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., August 1761-October 1761.
File
Identifier: MS.5347
Dates:
August 1761-October 1761.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., November 1761-July 1763.
File
Identifier: MS.5348
Dates:
November 1761-July 1763.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., August 1763-1769, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5349
Dates:
August 1763-1769, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause.
'Memoranda respecting titles and other matters affecting the estates of Glengarry and Glenquoich' containing notes and memoranda, together with a number of press cuttings pasted in, 1874-1879, concerning various members of the Ellice family and the estates., 1874-1879, 1905-1921.
Item
Identifier: MS.15167
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Notes, memoranda and press cuttings, 1874-1879 (folio 2);
(ii) Brief added notes, 1905-1921, about the estate (folio 31).
Some leaves have been cut out between folios 32 and 33.
Dates:
1874-1879, 1905-1921.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
"Memorandum concerning the disposal of Lady Charlotte Erskine's Estate", and other papers., 1785-1786, 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.3626
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
"Memorandum concerning the disposal of Lady Charlotte Erskine's Estate", 1786;
Sketch plan of land in Redgorton parish, 1785;
Copy of a letter of the Honourable Charles M Cathcart, 1812, the original of which is in MS.3610.
Dates:
1785-1786, 1812.
Memorandum of agreement, between Professor James Cossar Ewart and James Thin, regarding the publication of 'Syllabus of the mammalia', by James Thin., 11 August 1884.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/3
Dates:
11 August 1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller.
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Legal and property papers of James Thin, bookseller.
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Agreements and contracts relating to James Thin, bookseller.
Memorandum of goods belonging to Catherine McLean in Bunessan.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.225
Dates:
1665.
Memorandum to Jeremy Lever, QC, on the enforcibility of a European Commission decision against IBM., 11th May 1982.
File
Identifier: Acc.10046/50
Dates:
11th May 1982.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal case papers of Judge David A O Edward, QC, with related documents.
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Cases before the European Court of Justice.
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European Court of Justice case: International Business Machines corporation (IBM) v The Commission of the European Communities.
Memorial, 1830, excerpts from charters under the Great Seal and memoranda, undated, in the claim of John F M Erskine, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1828) to the Earldom of Kellie (folios 1-68), and draft petition with answers, 1836, and various papers, undated, in the claim to titles and dignities of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (folios 69-153)., 1830, 1836, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.17
Dates:
1830, 1836, and undated.
Memorials, depositions, lists of witnesses, and other papers concerning the collection of evidence for, and the prosecution of, the criminal case of the Douglas Cause in France., 1762-1765.
File
Identifier: MS.5354
Scope and Contents
The memorials, depositions, lists of witnesses, and other papers begin on folio 1.
The volume also contains (folio 117) memoranda giving details of French precedents for the criminal process, which show signs of having been prepared for publication.
Dates:
1762-1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant., [?1765]-1892.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘Memoranda’ by James Augustus Grant, (no publisher, undated), consisting of biographical data, with some later ink additions by Grant, [After April 1880] (MS.17925);Newspaper cuttings, 1892, on James Augustus Grant's death, funeral, etc., pasted into an album (MS.17926);Copy of 'A system of water-colour painting', 17th edition (London, 1858), by Aaron Penley, used by James Augustus Grant on his African expedition (MS.17927);...
Dates:
[?1765]-1892.