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Minutes. Administrative records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records of what was said and done at meetings or conferences.

Found in 964 Collections and/or Records:

Volume containing a brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 written in the hands of its successive secretaries.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.4
Scope and Contents

The minutes of most of the meetings from 30 March 1759 are signed by the president, who was elected for the evening.

Dates: 1759-1761.

Volume containing printed papers concerning claims to the Earldom of Perth., 1794, 1840 x 1848.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.33
Scope and Contents

The papers are as follows:

(i) ‘Case of James Drummond ... claiming the title ... of Earl of Perth’ (1794).

(ii) ‘Case on behalf of George Drummond, Duke de Melfort, in France claiming to be Earl of Perth’ (1840 x 1848).

(iii) ‘Minutes of Evidence ... [in] the Petition of George Drummond Duke de Melfort in France ... claiming the Honour and Dignity of Earl of Perth’ (1846).

Dates: 1794, 1840 x 1848.

Volume of copies and extracts apparently made for William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.8
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Copy of the accounts of Robert Lord Boyd, Collector General of Thirds, for the year 1576, covering Kirklands in Inverness, Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, Fife, Strathearn, Nairn, Banff, Elgin, and Forres (folio 1).(ii) Minutes extracted from the Exchequer Register, covering the periods July 1630 to November 1634 (folio 73), January 1642 to June 1647 (folio 104 verso), and July 1661 to June 1674 (folio 116)....
Dates: 1576-1684.

Working copy of volume II of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom`., 1868-1871.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.1.5