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Receipts. Financial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written acknowledgment of the receiving or taking of goods or money delivered or paid.

Found in 938 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Free Church of Scotland concerning printing and various funds., 1845-1900.

 File
Identifier: MS.18105
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

Papers concerning printing, 1879-1886, undated (folio 1); the Reserve Fund, 1896-1900 (folio 97), the Smieton Fund, 1885 (folio 198), and the Widows' Fund, 1845-1896 (folio 244).

Dates: 1845-1900.

Papers of the Wauchope of Niddrie family, including letters and receipts.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14236
Scope and Contents

Letters, invoices and accounts relating to various members of the Wauchope family, including letters of Andrew Wauchope, 1729, and James Wauchope, 1742; invoices for washing, sewing and works to the house at Niddrie; receipts for items including a gold watch and a marble fireplace; and an account for food, drink and other miscellaenous items.

Dates: 1729-1780.

Papers pasted into Robert Freebairn's printed ‘Proposals for printing by subscription Johannis Majoris Historia Scotiae, &c.’ ([Edinburgh, 1739]).

 File
Identifier: MS.1888
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: a letter, or draft letter, undated, of Robert Freebairn to a peer, asking him to patronize the work; printed undertakings to subscribe, two signed, 1739; and a receipt, 1745, for a subscription, signed by Freebairn.

Dates: 1739, 1745, undated.

Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1703-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.13304
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to conditions of employment of colliers at Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1730-1743, 1783, 1792, including bonds of coalhewers to the mines, papers relating to renegade colliers, and petitions, etc., concerning the position of the coalgrieve (folio 1);(ii) Lists of absences from the Urquhart colliery, 1743-1744 (folio 78);(iii) Miscellaneous bills and receipts relating to the collieries, 1703, 1705, 1729-1746, consisting...
Dates: 1703-1792.

Papers relating to the financial affairs of Ian Rankin. , 1990-2010.

 Series
Identifier: MS.50608
Scope and Contents

Tax, income, and expenditure documents, 1990-2001, of Ian Rankin. Also includes related correspondence from Orion Publishing Group. Papers are arranged chronologically. Folios 1-24.

Receipt, 2004, and invoice, 2010, of Central Radio Taxis for John Rebus Limited. Folios 25-26.

Dates: 1990-2010.

Particular accounts., 1644-1692.

 File
Identifier: MS.14626
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Account, 1644, of James Murray, merchant, Edinburgh, for his brother, Robert (folio 1);(ii) Account, 1646, of marriage expenses of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 2);(iii) Receipt, 13 July 1650, by Major Robert Scott 'to have received from Jon Lord Hay of Yester two horsemen' (folio 4);(iv) Accounts and related papers, 1650-1686, concerning the Tweeddale fortune, being inventories and notes of debts of the...
Dates: 1644-1692.

Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11049/1-76
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: Circa 1757-1994, undated.

Pinkie estate and farm accounts and receipts., 1671-1785.

 File
Identifier: MS.14716
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Various farm and estate accounts, 1671-1775 (folio 1);(ii) Accounts, 1677-1684, of timber to Pinkie bought from James Smart, Fisherrow (folio 186);(iii) Accounts, 1675-1761, concerning fruit trees (folio 191);(iv) Valuation and accounts, 1756-1763, of Pinkie timber (folio 199);(v) Tax and poor rate receipts, 1681-1785 (folio 207);(vi) Receipts, 1676-1785, concerning the church of Inveresk,...
Dates: 1671-1785.