Memorials. Legal documents.
Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Essay upon Tiends`, an anonymous essay in six chapters.
Internal evidence suggests that the original essay was written circa 1732. It begins on folio 1, and is followed by a discussion on `patronage` (folio 28 verso), apparently a memorial by C Talbot for an unnamed litigant; and a copy ‘Memorial for Mr Thomas Linning, Min[?]. at Walstoun` (folio 30). The original of this memorial must have been written before Linning`s death in 1731.
Correspondence and documents relating to the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, to Prisoners of War, and to various Scottish peers, with memorials of the Judges of the Consistorial Court of Scotland., 1786-1835.
Correspondence and memorials of John Philp Wood., 1802-1834, undated.
Correspondence and papers, 1807-1815, and printed legal papers, 1808-1810, concerning the lawsuit between Admiral John Elliot and Archibald Cochrane of Ashkirk concerning Essenside Loch., 1807-1815.
Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the affairs of the Government of Madras., 1806-1812.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1709-1843.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1858-1878.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in various parishes, chiefly in Roxburghshire., 1720-1894, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning private entail acts obtained by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1775-1792, 1806-1807.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto, including letters from Henry Brougham and Sir John Sinclair, on the Farmers' Property Tax and on the current agricultural and industrial depression., 1807-1823.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning the Forbes Mackenzie Act., 1857-1878.
Correspondence and papers of the Lamonts of that Ilk.
Correspondence, papers, and memorandums chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1800-1813.
Correspondence regarding the application of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for a Royal Charter, addressed to Lord Advocate Henry Dundas., 1782.
The papers comprises a letter of the Earl of Buchan on behalf of the grant, and memorials of the Advocates' Library, the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh, opposing it.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
Estate papers of the Cameron family., 1742-1863, undated.
Executry papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Agnes., 1776-1806.
Financial and legal papers of and concerning William Stirling, architect, Dunblane., 1805-1840.
The contents are as follows:
Accounts and memorial in the case raised by the executors of William Stirling against William Graham of Airth (succeeded 1836) in respect of the non-payment of Stirling's bills for his additions to Airth Castle, 1805-1810, 1839-1840 (folio 1);
Cash-book and receipts of William Stirling for his work at Airth and Strowan, 1805-March 1809 (folio 42).
Financial papers and accounts concerning William Campbell of Stobs., 1722-1765, undated.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
Lectures and papers, 1911, 1928, undated, of Sir Frank Mears., 1911-1928, undated.
The lectures are generally concerned with sociological topics and are chiefly in typescript. There are also some notes on architecture (folios 2, 94), and a letter from Frank Mears to Patrick Geddes, 1920, enclosing a memorial of Alasdair Geddes (folio 143).