Agreements. Legal instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Writing made to evidence the terms and conditions, or the fact, of an accord or arrangement.
Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.25
Scope and Contents
The more substantial items include:(i) a copy in the hand of Friar Alan Chisholm of a version brought up to date in 1687 of `Indiculus Monasteriorum Scotorum S. Benedicti Extra Scotiam` by James Brown (see `"Germania Sancta": a seventeenth-century trilogy`, pages 118-140) (folio 1).(ii) two engravings depicting the Scottish Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon, followed by notes by Dennistoun on the library, the funerary monuments, extracts from the necrology,...
Dates:
?1650-1839.
Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.
File
Identifier: Acc.13422
Scope and Contents
Agreements, memoranda, letters, notes and drafts of Sir Walter Scott with his publishers Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, and his printers, James Ballantyne, concerning Scott`s literary property. Included are a draft of the deed of 1819 selling the copyright of Scott`s novels and poems to Constable, and a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Archibald Constable concerning his proposal for a Scott edition of Shakespeare, 1823.
Dates:
1817-1826
Papers of George Mackenzie, Advocate., 1686-1740.
File
Identifier: MS.1124
Dates:
1686-1740.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Papers of the 4th Earl of Minto concerning the Home Department of the Government of India., 1898-1913, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12633
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's refusal to sign the Punjab colonisation bill, 1906-1907, with a memorandum for Lord Morley on legislation required for the Punjab Canal Colonies, 1910 (folio 1);
(ii) Memoranda concerning legal training for junior members of the Indian Civil Service, 1907, and universal primary education in India, 1910, and a report on the work of the Indian Students' Department in London, 1913 (folio 18);
(iii) Papers concerning...
Dates:
1898-1913, 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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Home Department and related topics.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1660-[circa 1834].
File
Identifier: MS.14754
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Note, 1660, of the conditions agreed between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and William Knowles for draining the moss of Crombieside in the barony of Duncanlaw (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1681-1826, being chiefly contracts, memorials and petitions concerning Gifford village, including material relating to Gifford paper mill (folio 3);(iii) Timber contracts and articles of roup, 1703-1773 (folio 47);(iv) Articles of...
Dates:
1660-[circa 1834].
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 the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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General and East Lothian papers.
Papers of W and A K Johnston, Ltd., 1839-1931, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/22-54
Printed agreement with typed and handwritten amendments, between J B S Haldane and George Allen and Unwin to publish `Heredity and Politics`., 5 July 1937.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15522
Scope and Contents
Signed by Sir Stanley Unwin.
Dates:
5 July 1937.
Publishing agreement between Archibald Constable and Co and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo for a new edition of the works of James Beattie, to be accompanied by Forbes`s "An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including Many of his Original Letters" then in the course of composition.
File
Identifier: Acc.12728
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter of James Ballantyne to Archibald Constable on the printing of "The Life of Beattie" and on other printing work.
Dates:
1804-1807.
Scroll of contract, 1675; articles of agreement, 11 September 1676; and contract, 12 September 1676, between Sir Charles Halket and Peter Brawis, for building a pier at Limekilns., 1675-1676.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6635
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 6: letters and papers, ?1608-1621 (chiefly 1615), undated., ?1608-1621, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [vi]
Scope and Contents
The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeir 1615. Reg. Ja. 6’, and is marked ‘A.2.43’ and ’40 Denmilme’.Many of the letters are to John Murray. Subjects include foreign trade, the Isles, and Ireland.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Sir Rory McLeod of Harris to James VI, on the subject of the former’s claims to Sleat, North Uist and other lands disputed between him and Donald Gorme of Sleat. The signature is in the Gaelic character. Dated...
Dates:
?1608-1621, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 12: papers, 1636-1641 (chiefly 1637-1639), undated., 1636-1641, undated (mostly 1637-1639).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [xii]
Scope and Contents
These are primarily documents concerning the controversy over the Service Book, the National Covenant, and ensuing events.
Dates:
1636-1641, undated (mostly 1637-1639).
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 13: papers., ?1639-1641, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [xiii]
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning political events, especially the Scots army at Newcastle and affairs in the English Parliament. Some printed ballads and letters to Sir James Balfour are included.
Dates:
?1639-1641, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(xiii)
Tacks and agreements between the owners of Springwood Park or their factors, and the tenants., 1818-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.8078
Titledeeds of the lands of Cockairnie., 1535-1807.
Series
Identifier: Ch.12871-12912
Twelve letters of Sir Walter Scott to several correspondents., 1804-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.786, folios 1-26
Scope and Contents
With a letter from Archibald Constable containing a contract with Sir Walter Scott for an edition of his ‘Miscellaneous Prose Works’ (Edinburgh, 1825), enclosing the copy of an agreement between James Ballantyne and Hurst, Robinson & Company, regarding the Novelist’s Library, 1822 (folio 19).
Dates:
1804-1828.
Various agreements concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith., 1845-1865.
File
Identifier: MS.42610
Dates:
1845-1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith.
Various papers concerning Huntlaw Colliery, including leases, agreements with the colliers, and accounts of coal won., 1820-1873, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17249
Dates:
1820-1873, undated.
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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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
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Papers concerning Huntlaw Colliery.
Volume of material concerning the 'Scots White Paper Manufacture'., 1694-1707.
Item
Identifier: MS.1913
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: copy of articles of agreement between Nicolas Dupin and Dennis Manes on the one part and members of and subscribers to the Scots White Paper Manufacture on the other, signed by Dupin and Manes, 1694 (folio 1); signed subscriptions, 1694-1699 (folio 7); 'The Register of the Actings and Proceedings of the Paper-Company of Scotland confirmed be Act of Parliament, 10th July, 1695', 1703-1707 (at end, inverted).
Dates:
1694-1707.