Resolutions. Administrative records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Formal expressions of the opinion formed by some superior authority on matters referred to its decision and forwarded to inferior authorities for their instruction and government.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto as Military Secretary., 1883-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12550
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence relating to the raising of Canadian troops for imperial service, 1885 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-1894. This includes material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, and later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick Middleton's part in the campaign. For an account of the background to the sentencing and execution of Louis Riel, see MS.12507 (folio 51);
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Dates:
1883-1886.
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 Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the voyageurs., 1884-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12549
Dates:
1884-1886.
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 Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Miscellaneous bound manuscripts of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1643-1771.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7114-7120
Papers of and concerning William Elliot as Chief Secretary., 1806-[circa 1815], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12924
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copy of the address of the Presbyterian (Seceder) Synod of Ireland to the Chief Secretary, 10 April 1806 (folio 1);
(ii) Copy of 'Resolutions respecting the Military of Ireland' by Henry Brooke Parnell (folio 3);
(iii) Memorandum and copy of a letter concerning titles, ?1806 (folio 13);
(iv) Papers, March-June 1807, concerning William Elliot's Chief Secretaryship fees and private account (folio 23);
(v) Notes of William Elliot on the 'Suspension Bill',...
Dates:
1806-[circa 1815], 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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
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Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807.
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.
Petition, resolution and other papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/18
Dates:
1827-1829.
Photographs, undated, of 'Acta Dominorum Concilii', volume xxi, folios 70-71, containing the Council’s decision on Walter Chepman’s complaint., 1509/1510.
File
Identifier: MS.1030, folios 1-3
Dates:
1509/1510.
Record book of the Westminster Club for 'gentlemen educated at Westminster School’., 1789-1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.6337
Scope and Contents
The volume contains minutes of club meetings at the Thatched House Tavern, 1789-1798 (folio 1), and rules, resolutions and lists of members (folio 80).
Dates:
1789-1798.
Single items and small collections, chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries.
File
Identifier: MS.9931
Scope and Contents
The contents include:
A letter, 1562, of William Maitland of Lethington to the Earl of Leicester, expressing his wish for continued friendship between Elizabeth and Mary (folio 1);
A letter, 1581, of the Jesuit, William Crichton, describing his efforts to have James VI brought up as a Catholic (folio 6);
A letter, 1621, of Michael Drayton to William Drummond of Hawthornden, published in ‘The library’, 5th series, volume xxi (1966), pages 328-330 (folio 21);
Short Latin poems by Andrew...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1562-1820.
'The Lords Protests 1740 and 1741': Resolutions by the House of Lords, 18 November 1740-9 March 1741., 1740-1741.
File
Identifier: MS.7119
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Finance Department., 1905-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.12665
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1);
(ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52);
(iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59);
(iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76);
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Dates:
1905-1911.
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: Finance Department.