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Acc.4796 January 2014

Inventory

Acc.4796

Fettercairn Papers

National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected] © Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

The Fettercairn Papers, including personal, and financial correspondence and papers, estate papers and charters, and a large series of architectural plans and drawings, of the family of Forbes and Stuart Forbes of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, 1447 – 20th cent. Deposited, 1969, by the late Mrs.P.G.C. Somervell Summary of arrangement of the collection: 1. Correspondence of Sir William Forbes, 5th Bart., of Fettercairn

& Pitsligo 2-32. General Correspondence of Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart. 33-48. Special Correspondence of Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart. 1. Letters to and from Sir William Forbes, 5th Bart, 1712 c.1743

2. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1761-63, 1766-74

3. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1775-77

4. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1778-79

5. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1780

6. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1781-April 1782

7. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, May-December 1782



10. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, January-June 1785

11. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, July-December 1785


13. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, January-August 1787

14a. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, August 1787-April 1788

14b. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, May-December 1788


16. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, September 1789-April 1790



19. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, September 1791-December 1792







26. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1799, 1800

27. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1801-April 1802


29. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, January-September 1803

30. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, October 1803-April 1804


32. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, 1805, 1806

33. Letters to Sir William Forbes, 6th Bart, n.d.

34. Correspondence relating to Mary Erskine:

Letters to Sir William Forbes 1766-68

Drafts & copies by Sir William Forbes 1765-68

35. Various John Stuarts to Sir William Forbes

Various John Forbes to Sir William Forbes

Various William Forbes to Sir William Forbes

36. Mrs Patricia Blair to Sir William Forbes

George Brown to Sir William Forbes

John Burn to Sir William Forbes 1796-1800

Chevalier & Countesse Cicciaporcei to

Sir William Forbes 1793-1804

Alexander Cleeve to Sir William Forbes 1783-1794

Charles Copland to Sir William Forbes 1769-1791

37. William Cumine to Sir William Forbes 1771-1797

William Cumine of Pittully to Sir William Forbes 1769-1778

Alexander D'Asti to Sir William Forbes 1786-1788

Henry Dundas to Sir William Forbes 1782-1804

James Dun to Sir William Forbes 1769-1797

38. James Dunlop to Sir William Forbes 1775-1805

Lord Dunsinnane to Sir William Forbes 1775-1793

John Durno to Sir William Forbes 1775-1806

39. Mr & Mrs Robert Fail Sir William Forbes 1771-1798

H Farquhar to Sir William Forbes 1798-1804

Francis Forbes to Sir William Forbes 1790-1801

Lord & Lady Forbes to Sir William Forbes 1771-1793

40. Hon John & Mrs Rebecca Forbes to


John Forbes to Sir William Forbes 1783-1806

Mr & Mrs George Forbes to Sir William Forbes 1772-1797

Charles Fraser to Sir William Forbes 1771-1803

41. William Fraser to Sir William Forbes 1772-1803

Monsieur Frossard to Sir William Forbes 1787-1788

Lord Glenbervie Sir to William Forbes 1803-1806

George Glennie to Sir William Forbes 1800-1806

Charles Gordon to Sir William Forbes

Duke & Duchess of Gordon to


42. John Gregory to Sir William Forbes

James Gregory to Sir William Forbes

John Gregory (the Younger) to Sir William Forbes

James Hay to Sir William Forbes 1770-1787

Walter Hog to Sir William Forbes 1773-1802

Ann Murray Keith to Sir William Forbes

William Kelman to Sir William Forbes 1800-1806

43. Thomas Kennedy to Sir William Forbes 1788-1805

John Moffat to Sir William Forbes

Moffatt & Co to Sir William Forbes

Major & Mrs MacFarlane to Sir William Forbes 1769-1779

William Marshall to Sir William Forbes 1772-1804

George Moir to Sir William Forbes 1773-1805

44. Charles Ogilvie to Sir William Forbes

Rebecca Ogilvie to Sir William Forbes

Henry Ormsby to Sir Willliam Forbes 1782-1795

John Lothian to Sir William Forbes 1795-1803

Thomas Philips to Sir William Forbes 1803-1805

Sir John Pringle to Sir William Forbes 1778-1786

Walter Scott (father of author) to


Walter Scott to Sir William Forbes 1778-1802

Sir Robert & Lady Isabella Strange to


45. Letters to William Forbes from his children

William to William Forbes c.1775-1806

John Hay to William Forbes c.1780-1801

Christian, James, Rebecca,

Elizabeth to William Forbes

George & Charles to William Forbes c.1780-1806

46. Sir William Forbes to Lady Forbes 1770-1794

47. Sir William Forbes to Lady Forbes 1795-1801

Sir William Forbes to Lady Forbes n.d.

Lord Haddo to Lady Forbes 1780

48. Sir William Forbes to his son William (1771-1828) 1779-1806

49. Letters to Sir William Forbes (younger) 1786-1816

50. Letters to Sir William Forbes (younger) 1817-1828 & n.d.

51. Letters to Sir William Forbes (younger) from his family

Letters to his eldest son William (d.1826)

mostly from his brothers & sisters 1822-1826

Miscellaneous papers: accounts, notes &

copies of letters, some in Willliam Forbes’s hand

52. Sir John Belsches Stuart to Sir William Forbes (younger) 1801-1813

Lady Jane Belsches Stuart to Sir William Forbes

(younger) 1796-1800

Lady Williamina Forbes (née Belsches) to 1796-1803

Sir William Forbes (younger)

53. Letters to Sir John Stuart Forbes (1804-1866) 1817-1832



56. Letters to Sir John Stuart Forbes (1804-1866) 1864-1866 & n.d.

57. Letters (mainly to Sir John Stuart Forbes) concerning

the subscriptions for, and the building of, the Scott

Monument 1832-1835

58. Viscount Arbuthnott to Sir John Stuart Forbes 1831-1841

Lewis Chalmers to Sir John Stuart Forbes 1832-1864

George Robertson to Sir John Stuart Forbes 1834-1841

59. Charles Forbes to his brother

Sir John Stuart Forbes to his brother 1818-1859

James D Forbes to his brother

Sir John Stuart Forbes 1818-1866

60. Elizabeth Forbes to her brother


Jane Forbes to her brother 1819-1865

Sir John Stuart Forbes to her brother (mostly n.d.)

Lady Harriet Forbes (née Kerr) to


Harriet Stuart Forbes to her father to


61. Hon Charles Trefusis to Sir John Stuart Forbes 1853-1866

Lord Clinton (19th) to Sir John Stuart Forbes

Sir Alexander Wood to Sir John Stuart Forbes 1828-1831

D Kerr to John Stuart Forbes

62. Hon Charles Trefusis to Harriet Stuart Forbes 1850-1856

63. Hon Charles Trefusis to Harriet Stuart Forbes 1857-1858

Various correspondents to Harriet Stuart Forbes

64. Miscellaneous Forbes family letters c.1797-c.1870

Unidentified family correspondent

65. Letters to Sir John Belsches Stuart including

James Mill letter 1776-1813

66. Letters to Sir John Belsches Stuart including

James Mill letters 1814-1821 & n.d.

67. George Blair to Sir John Stuart 1813

David Davidson to Sir John Stuart 1811

Alexander Dods to Sir John Stuart 1807-1810

James Keyden to Sir John Stuart 1811-1820

68. Sir William Stuart to (Sir) John Belsches (Stuart) 1771-1777

William Stewart to Sir John Stuart 1811

Sir William Forbes (younger) to Sir John Stuart 1806-1821

Letters to Lady Jane Belsches Stuart 1797-1829

Sir Alexander Belsches to the Countess of Leven 1771-1773

(incl one from Sir John Stuart n.d.)

Miscellaneous Stuart family letters

69. Miscellaneous notes, accounts, drafts, memoranda

concerning Stuart of Fettercairn & many

concerning the 1797 Kincardineshire elections

Letter Book of Sir John Belsches Stuart 1776

70. James Home to Col John Hepburn Belsches 1796-1813

Letters to Col John Hepburn Belsches 1796-1809

71. Letters to Col John Murray Belsches, concerning

St John’s Episcopal Church, Perth 1850-52

Memoranda, notes, estimates, receipts &

subscription accounts for the Chapel 1851-59

Drawings & printed material

72. Letters to the 20th Lord Clinton 1865-1876

Hon Charles Trefusis to his father Lord Clinton 1870-1881

Letters to 20th Lord Clinton from his children

Ada, Henry, Mary, Margaret, Edith

Letters to 21st Lord Clinton 1885-1944

Letters to 21st Lord Clinton concerning

Kincardineshire elections 1908 1908

Miscellaneous Clinton family correspondence c.1825-c.1908

Miscellaneous Clinton papers (mostly concerned

with 21st Baron’s School Studies)

73. Letters to Hon Ada Trefusis 1890-1944

Letters & papers concerning her investments:

accounts, receipts etc. c.1890-1944

Cashbook of Jane Grey Trefusis, Lady Clinton 1894-1899

Bank books of 20th Lord Clinton

Miniature German diary for 1881 given to Jenny -

Lord Clinton’s letterbook

74. Letters to James Bartlet, & some from him 1767-1788 & n.d.

75. Letters to Dr Myles Cooper from America 1775-1784

76. (Sir) Robert Herries to James Hunter (Blair) 1763-1774

77. Letters from various correspondents to people

other than the Forbes family 1689-c.1865

78. Draft letters by Sir William Forbes 1763-1789

79. Draft letters by Sir William Forbes 1790-1792

80. Draft letters to Sir William Forbes 1793-1796

81. Draft letters to Sir William Forbes 1797-1802

82. Draft letters to Sir William Forbes 1803-1806 & n.d.

Draft letters to Sir William Forbes to Sir Robert

Herries 1788-1789

83. Sir William Forbes to the Rev Jonathan Boucher 1793-1794

Sir William Forbes to John Hay 1780-1793

Sir William Forbes to Major Mercer 1779-1804

84. Sir William Forbes to (Sir) James Hunter (Blair) 1765-1782

85. Sir William Forbes to (Sir) James Hunter (Blair) 1783-1787

86. Drafts by Sir William Forbes (younger)

Drafts & letters by Sir John Stuart Forbes

A diary in his hand 1821

Drafts & letters by Sir John Belsches Stuart 1780-1821

87. Boswell material (formerly Box 101)

James Boswell to Sir William Forbes 1775-1794

Samuel Johnson to James Boswell

Samuel Johnson to Sir William Forbes

Copy of Bishop of Kittaloe to James Boswell

Xerox of Round Robin letters to and from Edmund

Malone

Draft letters by Sir William Forbes to James Boswell

Xeroxes of Raeburn letters

Letters to Sir Wm Forbes from various people including

Dilly, Pasquale de Paoli, Temple, Cumine,

Dr Barnard,

Margaret & Alexander Boswell to Sir William Forbes

66 letters of Alexander Boswell to Sir William Forbes

& his draft replies 1795-1805

88. Boswell material (formerly Box 102)

James Boswell (junior) to Sir William Forbes 1795-1806

Euphemia Boswell to Sir William Forbes & his draft

replies

Letters to Sir William Forbes from Elizabeth, Claud,

John, Veronica, Robert, David & William Boswell

Miscellaneous letters to Sir William Forbes

Letters to Sir William Forbes from the Erskines

Robert Farquharson to Sir William Forbes

Messrs Hunters & Co to Sir William Forbes

Printed scraps

Biographical memoirs of Langton & Garrick c.1805

Auchinleck employees to Sir William Forbes

Le Comte Boruwlaski to Sir William Forbes

Miscellaneous oddments

Extracts from Boswell’s journal by

Sir William Forbes

Unidentified child’s journal 1805

89. Miscellaneous MSS extracted from the Forbes

papers by the late Professor C C Abbott and

found amongst his effects: they were presumably

removed for their possible Boswell connection,

but all are properly Forbes MSS except the

lock of hair marked ‘Selena’.

Cutting from The Edinburgh Advertiser, 18 Dec

1767, containing ‘Prologue at the opening of

the Theatre-Royal in Edinburgh. Written by

James Boswell, Esq; Spoken by Mr. Ross’.

Draft letter, Sir William Forbes to Claud

Boswell, 27 February 1789

Schedule of Expenditure, 1790, in Sir William

Forbes’s hand

Dinner invitation (printed) Lord Eglintoune

to Forbes, 29 January 1792

Small party invitation, Miss Boswell to Forbes,

1 February -. (Endorsement ‘Albemarle St’ may

possibly be in Boswell's hand). Note by Abbott

saying ‘1791 or 1792’.

Draft letter, Sir William Forbes to D Boswell,

13 June 1795

Draft letter, Sir William Forbes to Edward Malone,

14 August 1795.

Letter to Sir William Forbes from George Dempster,

Skibo, 23 February 1797

Letter to Sir William Forbes from George Dempster,

Skibo, 3 April 1797

Schedule of Income, 1798, in Sir William Forbes’s

hand

Transcript (not in Forbes’s hand) endorsed by him

‘Dr Johnson’s Prologue to Comus’.

Transcript by Forbes of ‘Epitaph on Philips by

Dr Johnson’.

Transcript by Forbes of ‘Stanzas in ridicule of

the modern Ballad Stanza by Dr Johnson’.

MS List of addresses in London, including ‘Mr

Boswell 31 Nottingham Place’.

Printed card, The Traveller’s Guide, from London

to the North, listing mileage and inns.

Small lock of fair hair, in packet marked

‘Selena’ in Boswell’s hand. (See Introduction

to the Fettercairn catalogue, xxii).

90. Letters & papers concerned with James Boswell’s

executry:

Drafts by Sir William Forbes to Boswell’s children 1798-1804

Draft by Sir William Forbes to Charles Dilly

Accounts for 3rd edn of ‘Life of Johnson’

Copy by Sir Wm Forbes of Bennet Langton to

James Boswell partly printed in the Life of

Johnston 1780

Letters of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly to Sir William

Forbes (younger) 1806-1820

91. The manuscript of Forbes’s Life of Beattie volume

I to about page 209 (1st edition), with most of

the original letters included; the letters are

usually complete and bear Sir William Forbes’s

editorial marks.

A file of additional Beattie letters: (a) 11

items 1771-5, published in the remaining portion

of vol. 1 (of which the MS is missing);

(b) various letters, 1762-74, 1789, 1796, n.d.

which do not appear to have been included in the

published Life; (c) a few fragments of notes and

drafts by Forbes, which have not yet been

adequately placed in the Life.

92. The manuscript of Forbes’s Life, volume II,

pp.7-328 continuous, with most of the original

letters included.

The following letters of and to James Beattie were

included wither in the manuscript of Forbes’s

Life as received, or in the ancillary documents

amongst Forbes’s preparatory ‘Materials’. None of

them seem to have been published in the Life.

Additional Beattie letters in Box 91

To Arbuthnot 24 Apr 1762

To Arbuthnot 20 Oct 1764

To Arbuthnot 5 Feb 1765

To Arbuthnot 11 Feb 1765

To Blacklock 26 May 1766

To Forbes 23 Jun 1766

to Arbuthnot 28 Jun 1766

To Blacklock 1 Sep 1767

To Blacklock 26 Dec 1767


To Blacklock 1 Aug 1768

To Forbes 22 Oct 1768

To Forbes 28 Nov 1768

From Gregory 26 Dec 1768

To Blacklock 18 Apr 1769

To Arbuthnot 27 Apr 1769

To Arbuthnot 8 Aug 1769

To Forbes 22 Aug 1769

To Lord Monboddo 1 Oct 1769

To [Arbuthnot] 3 Nov 1769

To Forbes 19 Jun 1770

To Arbuthnot 11 Jul 1770

To Forbes 13 Sep 1770

To Arbuthnot 22 Sep 1770

To Blacklock 10 Nov 1770

To Forbes 12 Nov 1770

To Forbes 1 Dec 1770

To Williamson 1 Dec 1770

To Arbuthnot 20 Mar 1771 (copy)

To [Arbuthnot?] 13 Apr 1771

To Forbes 8 Jun [1771]

To Laing 25 Jun 1771

To Williamson 8 Sep 1771

To Laing 5 Nov 1771

To [Mrs Montagu] 9 Nov 1771

To Mrs Montagu 28 Nov 1771

To Williamson 22 Dec 1771

To Mrs Montagu 1 Mar 1772

To Mrs Montagu 3 Mar 1772

From Percy 17 Mar 1772


From Percy 27 May 1772

To Mrs Montagu 29 May 1772

To Blacklock 18 Jun 1772

To Mrs Montagu 6 Jul 1772

To Mrs Montagu 18 Aug 1772

To Porteus 18 Aug 1772

To Forbes 13 Feb 1773

To Mrs Montagu 3 Apr 1773

(incomplete)

From Porteus 1 Jul 1773

From Arbuthnot 28 Aug 1773

To Lady Mayne 15 Nov 1773

From Reynolds 22 Feb 1774

To Forbes 20 Sep 1774

To Mrs Montagu 17 Aug 1775

From Mrs Montagu 3 Sep 1775

To Mrs Montagu 17 Sep 1775

To Dr Percival 24 Dec 1786

To Arbuthnot 8 Nov 1789

To Arbuthnot 8 Oct 1792

To ‘Madam’ 8 Nov 1796 (draft)

To Arbuthnot 20 Apr [n.y.]

To Lord Buchan n.d.

To Forbes n.d.

To Arbuthnot n.d.

To Mrs Montagu n.d. (incomplete)

To [Mrs Montagu] n.d. (incomplete)

To [Mrs Montagu] n.d. (incomplete)

To Duchess of Gordon n.d. (incomplete)

From Mrs Montagu n.d. (incomplete)

A few fragmentary related notes by Forbes which

have not yet been assigned to any portion of the

surviving manuscript are inserted at the end of

the file.

93. Materials for the Life of Beattie, mainly for

Appendixes, but not apparently complete.

Opinion on Beattie's translation of Virgil’s

Eclogues

94. ‘Materials for writing the Life of Dr Beattie,

no.1’, a folder containing a few notes by Sir

William Forbes. ‘Letters from Dr Beattie to

Sir William Forbes’, 1765-1800

95. ‘Materials for writing the Life of Dr Beattie’

containing notes and correspondence of Forbes

mainly while preparing the Life, with a few

additional fragments of manuscript (eg a draft

of Appendix ‘[R]’); the few Beattie letters

(of and to) formerly here have been added to

the supplementary file of box 1 above.

‘Letters re Life of Beattie’

‘Letters respecting the Life of Dr Beattie’,

to Sir William Forbes, mainly after publication

96. ‘Dr Sandford's & Mr Alison’s corrections of the

Proofsheets.

N.B. Mr Alison’s were chiefly made on the Sheets

themselves: Dr Sandford’s never

‘Life of Dr Beattie Vol II with corrections for

the edition in 8 vo’.

97. Formal documents (mainly Burgess Tickets) of

Beattie and his son, 1761-86. List in box.

98. Letters of Sir William Forbes to Dr Beattie,

15 Oct 1765 to 26 Jan 1802.

99. Miscellaneous letters and papers: to, from )

and concerning James Beattie ) folder 1

Miscellaneous literary papers

100. F.1. (James Beattie to George Thomson 1793

(Copy of James Beattie to James Boswell 1772

F.2. (Criticism of Sir William Forbes’s Letters by

(James Beattie & Son.

F.3. (Miscellaneous correspondence, mainly to

(Sir William Forbes from Constable & Co & other

(papers.

F.4. (James Beattie to Sir William Forbes 1769-1798

(Drafts by Sir William Forbes to James Beattie 1789-1793

F.5. Professor Dugald Stewart on Beattie’s

Essay on Truth

F.6. Miscellaneous material concerning Beattie.

101. Bundles of papers in packets endorsed thus by Sir William Forbes,

originally part of T.D. 811 (from green box marked "Lord Pitsligo's

Manuscripts).

1. A narrative by Lord Pitsligo containing some anecdotes of the Secret

History of the court of King James in Italy, during his Lordship's residence

there, in the year 1719.

2. Letters to and from Lord Pitsligo during his exile on the continent after the

ill-fated Insurrection in Scotland in the year 1715.

3. A letter from an English Gentleman at Rome, written in the year 1721.

4. A letter from Lord Pitsligo to a French Gentleman in the year 1739-40.

5. Letters written by Lord Pitsligo while the Highland Army were in England in

the end of the year 1715.

6. Letters to Lord Pitsligo from Lord George Murray, the Duke of Perth, Lord

John Drummond, Sir Thos. Sheridan, Secretary Murray, etc. from 2 Sep

1745 to 11 Apr 1746.

7. An Historical Address to Prince Charles by Lord Pitsligo written in the year

1747.

8. A View of the British Constitution by Lord Pitsligo.

102. Further bundles, docketed by Forbes as below:

9. Narratives written by Lord Pitsligo concerning the Affairs of his Family &

Fortunes.

10. [Noted as missing, 1931].

11. Remarks on the State of the Nation in the year 1744/45, in a letter to a

Lady.

12. Some Account of the Life of Lord Pitsligo, sent to Mr John Home.

13. A Dissertation on Providence, by Lord Pitsligo.

14. Familiar Letters by way of Supplement to the Dissertation on Providence by

Lord Pitsligo.

15. An Enquiry into vice, or a Dissertation on the Principle of Self-Love [etc.]

16. Dialogues by Lord Pitsligo.

17. Essays and Meditations on Spiritual Subjects.

103. Further bundles, docketed by Forbes as below:

18. Letters to a Lady, concerning the Essays Moral & Philosophical by Lord

Pitsligo.

19. A rough Draught of Lord Pitsligo’s small publication, entitled, Thoughts on

Man’s Duties & Hopes, etc.

20. Remarks on a late Book entitled Essays Moral and Philosophical by Lord

Pitsligo.

21. Letters to a friend [etc.]

22. Letters of Mr Drummond, Bookseller, to the Hon. John Forbes of Pitsligo,

Nov & Dec 1762, regarding a second Edition of Lord Pitsligo’s Essays

Moral & Philosophical.

23. Scraps of writing found among Lord Pitsligo’s papers in his own hand-

writing.

24. Mr Whiston's politics compared with the Bishop of Bangor’s.

25. A Second Letter to John Forbes Esqr concerning Monsr. Marsay.

104. Further bundles. The last of the Forbes sequence, and several others, as

below:

26. Manuscripts found among Lord Pitsligo’s papers, but which seem not to be

of his composition.

[Manuscripts in various hands mainly relating to religious, moral and other

subjects, 17th - early 18th century.]

A. 25 (listed) Forbes family letters and related documents, 17th century.

B. 51 letters addressed to the Chevalier Andrew Ramsay by his fellow mystics

1708-1710.

C. Letters from Lord Pitsligo to the Laird of Boyndlie, various dates, 1715-16.

D. A Paper and some letters written by Lord Pitsligo after the year 1745,

copied by me [Sir William Forbes] from the originals.

A paper in the form of a letter to a Lady, written by Lord Pitsligo, containing

his reasons for joining the Highland Army in the year 1745.

105. Six volumes of lecture-notes, etc, all formerly part of T.D. 811:

(a) Epitome Arithmetics a me Alexandro Forbes Conscripta: 1692. 8 vo. 110

pages, calf.

(b) Sermon notes, 17c., no apparent mark of ownership. Small 4 to, vellum.

(c) Epitome Doctrina circa duas illas Nobiles Exercitationes nempe Analysin et

Genesin. 17c. Signatures of John and George Hay. Fat sm. 4 to,calf.

(d) Disputationes Physicae a Domino Joanne Bodio dictatae et a me Roberto

Steuarto conscriptae. 1673-4. Sm 4 to, c. 150 pages, calf.

(e) Alphabetically arranged notes on Scottish church history and administration,

18th cent. 372 pp., 4 to, quarter calf.

106. Babel, or The Assemblie, a MS poem c.17th cent.

Religious tract c.17th cent.

Miscellaneous, poetic pieces 18th cent.

Collection of ‘Epitaphs, Inscriptions & other

poetical pieces’ 18th cent.

Miscellaneous prose pieces 18th cent.

Miscellaneous literary pieces 18th cent.

Explation of Dr Black’s discovery of latent heat

written by Dr James Hamilton for Sir W Forbes 1775

Copies of General Bourgoyne’s orders issued to

his army on compaign 1777

Anonymous travel journals in 1743

England and Scotland 1744

1748

1751

1752

107. Introductory pages to Sir William Forbes’s Letters

‘Letters explanatory of the Religious beliefs

and Practical Duties of a Christian’. Vol.1

‘Religious Relief’ Letter 9th.

108. ‘Providence’ Letter 11th Letters explanatory of

the Religious Belief and Practical Duties of a

Christian. Vol.3

Letter on the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

109. Unmarked & unsorted bundles of material relating

to the Letters.

110. Letters on Studies & Amusement. Vols.2, 3 & 4.

111. Miscellaneous bundles of materials used for the

Letters on Studies & Amuseument & miscellaneous

loose tracts on religions & philosophical topics.

112. Two accounts of Sir William Forbes of the last illness

& death of his mother, Dame Christian Forbes 1789

Two narratives by Sir Wm Forbes of Lady Forbes

death. 1802

Autobiographical essay by Sir William Forbes 1769

Autobiographical piece describing his illness in 1799 1799

Oration by Sir Wm. Forbes at funeral lodge of

Lord Roslin 1778

Memoir by Sir Wm Forbes on banking business

Rough draft of the first part of Sir Wm Forbes’s

history of his banking house

Rough draft account of improvements in Scotland

in the eighteenth century

List by Sir Wm Forbes of recommended plays &

literature

113. Notes in Sir William Forbes’s hand of chemistry

lectures delivered by Dr Black 1775

Leather notebook with notes on chemistry

(probably part of the original draft of the above). n.d.

114. Miscellaneous MS notes by Sir William Forbes on

religious & other subjects

Notes by Sir William Forbes taken during

several trials in Edinburgh 1770-1791

115. Bundle of notes and jottings by Sir William Forbes

for his journal of his continental tour, 1792-3

Part Three of his Journal 1793

Miscellaneous notes, itineraries, and accounts

of expenses

Itineraries, notes & diplomatic letters for

Sir William Forbes while on the continent

Bundle of notes on sight in Italy

Small notebook of Sir William Forbes covering

July 1792

Three small pencilled notebooks used by

Sir William Forbes while travellng 1770-1793

Notes on the sights & history of Rome with 5

pages of Italian: perhaps by Sir John Stuart

Forbes

Notes on Sir James Hall’s journey in Austria &

Switzerland 1784

Notes taken from Sir William Forbes’s friend’s

Letters while on a continental tour 1790

116. (Sir) Robert Herries to Sir William Forbes 1765-1805

Thomas Coutts to Sir William Forbes 1788-1804

Catherine, Grace, & Charles Herries to


Miscellaneous banking letters

117. (Sir) James Hunter (Blair) to Sir William Forbes 1763-1776

118. (Sir) James Hunter (Blair) to Sir William Forbes 1777-1782

119. (Sir James Hunter (Blair) to Sir William Forbes 1783-1787

120. Report on the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank 1792

Letters and accounts concerning the bankruptcy of

Charles Coplan

Letters & papers concerning the debt owed to

Sir William Forbes by Major Macfarlane

Letters & papers concerning Lord Verney’s debt

Statement of affairs of John Burnet of Crichie

Printed and manuscript material: memoranda

Miscellaneous by Sir William Forbes etc.

121. Agreements of copartnery etc between the Coutts

brothers, Sir William Forbes and James Hunter Blair 1763-1773

Papers concerning new contracts of copartnery 1787

Scroll contract of copartnery 1803

Contract of copartnery (in bound form) 1803

Plan for an insurance society on lives 1770

Letters & papers concerning the bankruptcy of the Ayr Bank

Letters & papers concerning the bankruptcy of Boyd,

Benfield & Co. 1799

Proof impressions of plates for issue by

Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Co.

Account book in Sir William Forbes’s hand

Miscellaneous notes and memoranda on financial

affairs etc

Bundle of accounts

Memorandums of banking: notes etc made by

Sir William Forbes

122. Dr Abernethy Drummond to Sir William Forbes 1791-1800

Daniel Sandford Drummond to Sir William Forbes

Archibald Alison to Sir William Forbes n.d.

Miscellaneous correspondence between Drummond,

Spens, Fitzsimmons, Cleeve and others,

concerning the Episcopal Church

Applications made to the Vestry of the New

Episcopal Chapel for seats & other letters 1774-1801

Seating lists for the New Episcopal Chapel

c.1774, and subscription lists for the

Episcopal Fund, 1798-1806

Miscellaneous Articles of Union between the

English and Scottish congregations; minutes of

meetings, memoranda etc

123. Letters & papers of Sir James Hunter Blair &

family

124. Printed and MS material from Sir James Hunter

Blair's term as Provost of Edinburgh 1784

Council Acts & regulations

Accounts & property lists

Drafts and notes by Sir James Hunter Blair

Financial statements of South Bridge Trustees 1789-1804

Letters to & from the Trustees concerning

improvements 1786

Letters, memoranda, notes by Sir Wm Forbes, and

proposals for the removal of the city slaughterhouses 1781-1782

Minutes & accounts of the Edinburgh Musical Society

Correspondence of the secretary, John Welsh 1779

Minutes & membership list of Fraserburgh Golf Club 1777

125. Letters & papers concerning the badge of the Nova

Scotia baronets 1775

Letters to and from Sir Wm Forbes concerning the same 1775

Proposals & resolutions concerning the suppression of

the Highland stills 1785

Miscellaneous notes & memoranda by Sir William Forbes

& others concerning public and private affairs

Notes & statements of public expenses.

eg Post Office

126. Notes, memoranda, reports, statistics, printed and in

manuscript, of the Charity Workhouse Edinburgh c.1770 onwards

Miscellaneous papers of other Edinburgh Charities c.1770 onwards

127. Letters & papers of various charitable works mostly

based on the Edinburgh Merchant Co 19th cent

128. Letters & papers of various charitable works,

including the British Association 19th cent

129. Letters & papers concerning agriculture, including

the Highland & Agriculture Society 19th cent

130. Letters & papers concerning the Police Bill,

Herring Fisheries, and the West Hartlepool

Railway 19th cent

131. Charters of Fettercairn & Kincardine 1447-end of 16th

cent

132. Charters of Fettercairn & Kincardine 1st half of 17th

cent


cent


cent

135. Charters of Fettercairn & Kincardine 2nd half of 17th

cent

136. Charters of Fettercairn & Kincardine 2nd half of 17th

cent

137. Charters of Fettercairn & Kincardine 18th cent to

1830

138. Miscellaneous charters from Fettercairn House

(formerly TD 792 from Scottish Record Office)

139. Miscellaneous charters from Fettercairn

(formerly TD 792)

140. Charters of Pittullie and Pittendrum 1682-1705

141. Charters of Pittullie and Pittendrum 18th cent after

1705

142. Charters of Tofts 1489-1700

143. Charters of Greenhill 16th cent-1802

144. Personal charters, including the Belsches grant of arms 1674-1807

145. Papers connected with the Stewarts of Castlemilk 1704-1797

146. Fettercairn estate papers: Factors’ letters 1802-1820

147. Fettercairn estate papers: Factor’s letters 1824-1832



150. Fettercairn estate papers: Farm leases 1782-1885

151. Fettercairn estate papers: miscellaneous 18th cent

152. Fettercairn estate papers: miscellaneous 1800-10














166. Fettercairn estate correspondence & other papers 1843-1864

167. Miscellaneous estate account books etc 19th cent

168. Pitsligo estate papers: factor’s letters 1831-38

169. Pitsligo estate papers factor’s miscellaneous late 18th cent

170. Pitsligo estate papers factor’s miscellaneous late 18th cent

171. Pitsligo estate papers factor’s miscellaneous 1800-10






177. Pitsligo estate papers factor’s miscellaneous 1890-20th cent

178. Pitsligo estate papers factor’s miscellaneous 18th cent

179. Letters & papers of Lord Forbes concerning funds

of Pitsligo 18th cent

Papers of the Baillie court in the Lordship of Forbes

180. New Pitsligo and Pittullie estate papers miscellaneous

Assedations of Pittullie & Pittendrum estates c.1751 onwards

181. Miscellaneous estate papers: Bantaskine and

Colinton 18th-19th cents

182. Miscellaneous estate papers: Colinton 18th-19th cents

183. Miscellaneous estate papers: Colinton 18th-19th cents

184. Miscellaneous estate correspondence & some accounts 18th-19th cents

185. Miscellaneous legal estate papers and memoranda etc 18th cent

186. Miscellaneous estate papers: Inverary Clatteringbriggs,

Greenhill 18th-19th cents

187. Miscellaneous estate papers of Lord Clinton’s

Cornish estates 1894-1900

188. Belsches family papers 18th cent-1820

189. Belsches family papers 1820-30

190. Belsches family papers 1820-30

191. Belsches family papers 1830 onwards

192. Miscellaneous Bills & receipts: Stewart & Forbes families 1800-1810







199. Legal & Financial material concerning Sir William Forbes 18th cent

200. Legal & Financial material concerning Sir William Forbes 18th cent

Deeds of copartnery of Sir William Forbes, James Hunter

& Co 18th cent

201. Legal & personal financial statements of Sir William

Forbes, & others in his charge 18th cent

202. Miscellaneous Forbes papers 18th-19th cents

203. Miscellaneous legal & financial papers concerning

Sir William Forbes (younger) c.1828-9

204. Miscellaneous papers of Sir William Forbes (younger)

and Sir John Stuart Forbes c.1820-1850

205. Blotting book (with some papers) of Sir John

Stuart Forbes 1830-40

Genealogical material of the Murray Belsches family

Bundle of Reports, notes etc of various

Societies & other affairs concerning Sir John Stuart Forbes

A memorandum by Robert Herries (or possibly by

James Hunter also) at Acc 4796 box 201 bundle 11

is printed in Jacob M. Price. ‘Directions for

the Conduct of a Merchant's Counting House 1766’

in: Business History vol xxviii no.3 (July

1986), pp.134-50.

Bundle of papers concerning the 1832 elections

& reforms

Bundle of estimates for construction work for

Sir John Stuart Forbes & other estate papers c.1848-c.1864

206. Statements of account: Forbes, Hunter & Co to

Sir John Stuart c.1798-c.1812

Miscellaneous letters & papers of Sir John Stuart

Miscellaneous receipts, accounts & estate papers

207. Financial & estate letters & papers of Sir John

Stuart Forbes c.1830-1866

208. Legal letters & papers of Sir J S Forbes & his

family, including some of the Macdonnell &

Mackenzie families c.1829-1866

Miscellaneous notes & letters 19th-20th cents

209. Genealogical material of Sir Williamm Forbes &

family family trees, notes on various ancestors etc 18th-19th cents

210. Miscellaneous financial & legal papers: Sir William

Forbes (younger) and Sir John Stuart Forbes c.1820-c.1860

211. Miscellaneous financial, legal & estate papers

of Sir John Stuart, Sir William Forbes (younger) &

Sir John Stuart Forbes c.1790-c.1860

212. Account books of Sir William Forbes,

Sir William Forbes (younger) & Sir John Stuart

Forbes: domestic, banking & estate accounts 1766-c.1860

213. Letters & papers concerning Sir William Forbes,

5th Bart, as Professor of Civil Law at Aberdeen

University c.1711-1741

Vouchers of account between Sir William Forbes’s

guardians and Charles Copland 1740s-1750s

Stencil plate bearing Sir William Forbes’s name

Unidentified decoration of a small blue cross

with metal fittings 18th cent

214. Miscellaneous letters & papers concerning the

personal affairs of Sir William Forbes & his eldest

son

Directions to his children’s guardians

Letters & papers concerning the settlement of

his father’s affairs

215. Financial letters & papers of Sir William Forbes:

Schedules of expenditure, returns of income

Travelling bills, notes of exchange

Bills paid at Naples 1793

Bills paid in Ireland 1785

Vouchers paid for others by Sir William Forbes 1760-1774

216. Accounts paid by Sir William Forbes 1760-1782



219. Miscellaneous accounts of the Forbes 18th-19th cents

220. Letters & papers of Sir William Forbes 1782-c.1806

Letters & papers of Sir William Forbes (younger) c.1800-1828

221. Miscellaneous legal documents concerning parties

outside the Forbes family

Legal letters & papers of Mrs Troup 1780-1782

Legal papers of Mrs Bulkley 1785

Papers concerning a dispute between Dr James

Hay & Prof Hamilton c.1775-85

Papers concerning a dispute between Dr James

Hay and Mrs Austin (Royal Infirmary)

See separate inventory for Acc.4796/222-227

222. Architectural drawings mostly by James Forbes 19th cent

223. Architectural drawings miscellaneous 19th cent)



226. Architectural drawings Invermay & several rolls in a

folder & metal tube 19th cent)

227. Miscellaneous drawings & plans

Unidentified silhouette addressed to Sir William

Forbes. Advice on balcony for William Forbes’s

town house? c.1770s

228. Printed material: newspapers, circulars,

pamphlets etc 18th-19th cents

229. Five coloured Rowlandson cartoons early 19th cent

Grey landscape n.d.

Political cartoon 1831

Numerous printed sheets, newspapers, etc 18th-19th cents

Some MS music

230. Government Acts, Bills etc 18th cent

Other printed material 18th-19th cents

231. Printed material 19th cent




235. Alphabetical copy book 1617

The Historicall Genealogie of the Seton family,

transcribed by Archibald Seton 1717

Handbook of Exchequer Court hand 1725

Sederunt book of Sir William Forbes’s tutors 1743

Handbook of the Rules of Exchequer Court 18th cent

Account book of John Symes 1796-7

Religious notebook: meditations early 19th cent

(by one of the Forbes children?)

Italian sketchbook of Sir John Stuart Forbes c.1820-30

Scientific notes by Sir John Stuart Forbes

Universal Scots Almanack (printed) 1772

236. Literary papers of Prof George Forbes c.1870-1930

237. Literary papers of Prof George Forbes c.1870-1930

238. Two large bundles of scientific MSS, lecture

notes, etc, of James D, Forbes & Prof

George Forbes 19th cent

239. Photograph album, including scenes in Peking

with related correspondence of Prof George

Forbes 19th cent

240. Miscellaneous papers: mostly literary 19th cent



243. Album of franks miscellaneous autographs

including one letter of Lord Nelson 1796 19th cent

244-5. Bundles of letters to Sir John Stuart Forbes

badly damaged by damp and very fragile c.1830-1866

246. Volume entitled ‘Forms in the Court of

Exchequer’ late 18th cent

247. Volume, almost totally blank, containing a record of meetings of

representatives of Sir William Forbes 6th Bart of Pitsligo

248. Album containing correspondence, press-cuttings, photographs and other

papers relating to a visit of Professor George Forbes to Australia 1896 and

return via Egypt 1897

249. Album containing press-cuttings concerning the sinking of the Titanic 1912

250. ‘Life of Beattie’, 18th cent

Inventory of Drawings

1. Colinton. Castle. Elevation showing new additions and restoration of

main block. Monochrome. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 153/4” x 10”.

2. Colinton Castle. Elevation. Monochrome. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 133/4” x 8”.

3. Colinton Castle. Floor plan with proposed addition to make a

symmetrical (Gothic) house. Ink & c.w.

N.d. & unsigned, (c. 1800). 103/4” x 9”.

4. Colinton Castle. Principal floor plan of existing castle in red ink with

new castellated addition superimposed in pencil. Small perspective elevation in pencil. N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1797.

5. Colinton Castle. Floor plans showing re-arrangement to a classical

plan. Small pencil designed for elevations. Ink & pencil. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft for large drawings. (c. 1800).

6. Colinton House. Principal floor plan showing new house and existing

courtyard range. Ink & c.w. New work shown in pink wash. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800).

7. Colinton House. Principal floor plan showing a new house and existing

courtyard range. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


8. Colinton House. Floor Plan. Monochrome.

N.d. & unsigned. (May be re-arrangement of the Colinton Castle floor

plan). (c. 1800).

9. Colinton Castle. Rough small sketch showing scheme for addition.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 10. Colinton House. Elevation of East Front with gothic window. Ink & c.w.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to John Paterson c. 1801). 11” x 7”.

11. Colinton House. Elevation of East Front with square headed windows.

Ink & c.w. N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to John Paterson c. 1801). 11” x 7”.

12. Colinton House. First floor plan. No 1. Ink.


13. Colinton House. First floor plan. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


14. Colinton House. Bedroom floor plan of item 13. Ink.


15. Colinton House. First floor plan. No.2. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


16. Colinton House. Bedroom floor plan of item 15. Ink.


17. Colinton House. Principal floor plan. Monochrome. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.


18. Colinton House. Sketch plan of Principal floor. Pencil.


19. Colinton House. No.2. Plan of the Principal floor and adjoining

greenhouse. Ink & pink wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. (Attributed to Richard Crichton. c. 1801).

20. Colinton House. Section and site plan. Ink & c.w.

N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1795. (Executed design). (Attributed to

Richard Crichton. c. 1801).

21. Colinton House. Plan & sections of greenhouse. Ink & c.w.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1801).

22. Colinton House. Elevation. Monochrome.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1801). Executed

design. 10” x 8”.

23. Colinton House. Design A. Floor plans. Monochrome. Scale 1/10” - 1

ft. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1801). 24. Kennet House, Clackmannanshire. Sketch plan showing dimensions.

Ink. Scale ” - 10 ft. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison c. 1801).

25. Colinton House. Letter dated Chester, 4 April 1801 from John Harrison

concerning his uncle’s (Thomas) designs for the house. 26. Colinton House. Figures by Sir William Forbes working out costing of

Thomas Harrison’s different designs.

N.d. (c. 1801).

27. Colinton House. List of architects who submitted designs, and cost of

building each design.

N.d. (c. 1801).

28. Colinton House. Figures by Sir William forbes for noting a design for

the building of Colinton House, with an octagon.

N.d. Paper dated 1798.

29. Colinton House. Three amounts listed for cost of building house.

Plans 1, 3, 5.

N.d. (c. 1801).

30. Colinton House. Elevation. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison. c. 1801). 16” x 8”.

31. Colinton House. Principal floor plan of item 30. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison. c. 1801). 16” x 8”.

32. Colinton House. Bedroom floor plan of item 30. Ink. Scale 1/12 - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison c. 1801). 17” x 8”.

33. Colinton House. Basement (?) floor plan of item 30. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


34. Colinton House. Elevation. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison, c. 1801). 17” x 7”.

35. Colinton House. Basement (?) floor plans. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft. N.d.

& unsigned. (Attributed to Thomas Harrison c. 1801). 163/4” x 7”. 36. Colinton House. Principal floor plan. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


37. Colinton House. Bedroom floor plan. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.


38. Colinton House. Basement floor plan & drainage plan of house as

built. Ink & pink wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft..

N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1801. (Attributed to Richard Crichton).

39. Colinton House. Principal floor plan & elevation. No. 4. Ink & c.w. &

pencil. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

Sgd. High Street Edinr. 14th Feby. 1801. (Attributed to Richard

Crichton). 133/4” x 93/4”.

40. Colinton House. Elevation of a gothic house. Ink & sketchy pencil.

Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1795. 41. Colinton House. Plan & elevation for the addition of a greenhouse with

a dining room & bath. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1803).

Paper dated 1795.

42. Colinton House. Plan & elevation of a greenhouse. Pencil. Scale 1/5” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1803). 14” x 11”.

43. Colinton House. Plan for the addition of a washing house in the area.

Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft.


44. Colinton House. Sketch elevation. Pencil. N.d. & unsigned.

Paper dated 1799.

45. Colinton House. No. 3. Principal floor plan. Ink & pink wash. Scale

1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned (c. 1801). 15” x 10”.

46. Colinton House. (No. 3). Bedroom floor plan. Ink & pink wash. Scale

1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1794. 15” x 10”.

47. Colinton House. Titled. ‘Sketch of Three Principal floors for Country

Houses’. 29 June 1801. Ink. Scale 1/12” - 1 ft.

Unsigned. 10” x 19”.

48. Colinton House. Principal floor plan. Ink & pink wash. Scale 1/7” -1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1801). 11” x 8”.

49. Colinton House. Bedroom floor plan. Ink & pink wash. Scale 1/7” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1801). 11” x 8”.

50. Colinton House. Floor plans. Ink.

N.d. & unsigned. c. 1801.

51. Colinton House. Sunk floor plan & plan of stable offices. Ink & pink

wash. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1799.

52. Colinton House. Principal floor plan. Ink & yellow wash. Scale 1/16” -

1 ft. Verso. West side of House and offices. Ink.


53. Colinton House. Sketch elevation. Ink.


54. Colinton House. Sketch floor plans.

N.d. & unsigned.

55. Colinton House. Sketch floor plans & figures. Probably by Sir William

Forbes. Pencil.


56. Colinton House. Sketch plan of grounds showing old castle, walled

garden & orchards & proposed site of new house.


57. Colinton House. Stables. Elevations of a design for the North and

East fronts. Ink & blue wash. Scale 1/5” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to Richard Crichton c. 1803). 19” x 11”.

58. Colinton House. Stables. Plan. Ink.


59. Colinton House. Plan of lands. Ink & c.w.

Sgd. Colinton 7th Sept 1806. John Fraser.

60. Colinton House. Plan of cisterns. Ink & wash.


61. Colinton House. Hot House. Plan, elevation & sections. Ink & wash.

Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (William Forsyth).

62. Colinton House. Hot House. Plan of house & gardens. Ink. N.d. &

unsigned. (William Forsyth). 63. Colinton House. Plan and Elevation for a Gardeners House. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/5” - 1 ft.

Paper dated 1795.

64. Abstract date of expense of a new house proposed to be built by

Colonel Boyle - as designed by John Paterson, Architect, Edinr. (Probably for Shewan House, Ayrshire).

65. Fettercairn House. Sketch ground floor. Pencil tracing. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (19th c.).

66. Fettercairn House. Plan of small Drawing Room, Bedroom & Closet for

Lady Jane Belsches. Menochrome.


67. Fettercairn. Schoolhouse. North elevation of shed. Ink. Scale ” -1 ft.

Verso. East elevation.

N.d. & unsigned. (Late 19th c.).

68. Fettercairn. Schoolhouse. Outbuildings. Ink.


69. Fettercairn. Schoolhouse. Shed. Elevation. Ink.


70. Bolls Park. Section of shed. Ink.


71. Arnbarrow Farm. Grain Loft. Elevation. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned). (Late 19th c.).

(& copy tracing).

72. Balnamoon. PLan of Steading. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft.


73. Fettercairn. House for James Henderson. Plan & elevation. Ink & c.w.

Scale 1/7” - 1 ft.

N.d. & unsigned. (Paper dated 1827).

74. Fettercairn. House for James Henderson. Specifications of work. (1827). 75. Fettercairn. Plans & elevation of two adjoining houses. Ink & c.w.


76. Fettercairn House Farm. Plans of proposed bothy. Pencil & wash.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft.


77. Fettercairn House Farm. Plans of proposed bothy. Pencil & wash.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft.


78. Fettercairn House Farm. Plans & section of proposed bothy. Pencil.


79. Castleton & Kincardine. Elevation & section of privies. Pencil.


80. Kerrfield. Section of a Byre. Pencil. Scale ” - 1 ft.


81. Kerrfield. Section of Covered Court. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. N.d. &

unsigned. Verso. Plan. 82. Kerrfield. Elevation of covered Court. Ink.

N.d. & unsigned.

83. Plan of the March, Cairn Rd. Ink & c.w. 1848. 84. Craigmoston. Plan of Drains. Scale 1” - 1 Chain. 85. Bogmill. Plan, elevations & section. Ink & c.w. Grey wash denotes old

work. Scale 1/16” - 1 ft. Sgd. Robt Gibb.

Verso. Finhavon. 17 August 1830 and notes.

86. Bogmill. Plan showing additions and alterations. Ink & c.w. Grey

wash denotes old work. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft.

Verso Dated 1830-1.

87. Kinbuck. Plans, elevations & section of Cattle Court & Grain Loft.

Pencil. Oct 1893. 88. Kinbuck. Sketch plans & sections. Pencil. (1893). 89. Kinbuck. Sketch plans. Pencil. (1893). 90. Kinbuck. Sketch plans & section. Pencil. (1893).

Verso. Sketch plans. Pencil.

91. Fettercairn. No. 1. Design for Workmen's Houses. Floor plans. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

Sgd. James C. Walker, Archt. Edinburgh, 53 Frederick St., May 1865.

92. Fettercairn. No. 2. Design for Workmen’s Houses. Floor plans. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.


93. Fettercairn. No. 3. Design for Workmen’s Houses. Floor plans. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.


94. Fettercairn. Plans & elevation of Workmen’s Houses. Pencil & wash,

Scale 1/12” - 1 ft. (1865). 95. Fettercairn. Floor plans of Farmhouse & Stell for sheltering sheep. Ink & c.w.


96. Fettercairn. List of Offers to erect two cottages.

N.d. (20th c.). Not copied.

97. Mill of Sandhaven (Pitsligo). Plans, elevation & section. Ink. Scale

1/8” - 1 ft.


98. Hillhead of Cairneywhing. (Pitsligo). Plan, elevation & section of Steading. Ink & c.w. (Mid-Late 19th c.).

99. Map of Upper Pitsligo Estates. 1869. Traced by A.M. Ink & c.w. 100. Estimate for Building Dwelling House & Offices for Wm. Blaikie upon

Netherton of Pitendrum. Addressed to Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo at Bantaskine near Hallkirk. Paper dated 1797. (Pitsligo).

101 Fettercairn House. Plan of Accumulator House. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft.

(Late 19th c.). 102. Invermay House. Design for Lodges for the new approach. Elevation

No. 1. Monochrome. Scale ” - 1 ft.

Sgd. B D Hooke. (After 1799).

103. Invermay House. Design for Lodges. No. 1. Plan. Ink & pink wash.

Scale ” - 1 ft. (B D Hooke after 1799). 104. Invermay House. Design for Lodges. No. 2. Elevation. Monochrome.

Scale ” - 1 ft. (B D Hooke after 1799). 105. Invermay House. Design for Lodges. No. 2. Plan. Ink & pink wash.

Scale ” - 1 ft. (B D Hooke).

Paper dated 1799.

106. Invermay House. Design for Lodges. No. 3. Plan. Ink & pink wash.

Scale ” - 1 ft. (B d Hooke after 1799). 107. Invermay House. Gothic Temple for the point near the Hummel-

tummel. Plan & Elevation. Ink & Elevation. Ink & c.w. 108. Invermay House. Plan elevation & section of a Tea-room &

Conservatory. Ink & grey and blue wash. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft. Sgd. W. Nicol, delt 1802.

109. Invermay House. Plan elevation & section of additions to an existing

Hot-house. Ink & grey & blue wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. Sgd. W. Nicol, delt 1802.

110. Invermay House. Plan and elevation of addition. Ink & c.w. Scale

1/12” - 1 ft. Sgd. Edr July 22nd 1806 r B, Archt. (Robert Burn). 111. Invermay House. Plan and section for filling up the wine cellar. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/3” - 1 ft.


112. Invermay House. Elevation of gatepiers & railings. Ink. Scale 1” -5 ft.

N.d. & unsigned.

Paper dated 1804.

113. Invermay House. Elevation of gatepiers, gateway and site plan of new

approach. Scale 1/3” - 1 ft. for elevation, ” - 1 ft. for site plan. Monochrome & Ink & wash.

N.d. & unsigned (c. 1803).

114. Invermay House. Plan & elevation of a gate lodge. Monochrome &

wash. N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1803). 115. Invermay House. Floor plans and Elevation of Gardener’s House.

Pencil. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. Edinburgh 53 Frederick Street, April 1866. (James C. Walker).

116. Dron Parish Church. Bok of plans. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/7” - 1 ft. Sgd.

Wm Stirling, Archt. 1824. a. Ground plan b. Gallery plan c. Side elevation d. End elevation to the West e. End elevation to the East f. Sections 117. Muckersie Mill. Farmhouse. Plan, elevations and section. Ink & c.w.

Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 14 Charlotte Street. 22 April 1831 (Perth). 118. Invermay. Plans and Elevation showing addition to J. Fraser’s

Steading. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/16” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1805.

119. Invermay. Easter Clevage Farm Steading. Plan & section showing

alterations 1825. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. Unsigned. (Attributed to William Stirling).

120. Invermay. Easter Clevage Farm. Estate plan. Ink & c.w. Scale 20

chains – 6”. Surveyed by Henry Buist, 1788. 121. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Plan & elevation of a large

addition. Monochrome & blue wash. Sale 1/8” - 1 ft. Sgd. William Stirling. Archt. 1828.

122. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Elevations. Ink & blue &

grey wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. and unsigned. Paper dated 1813.

123. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Ground Plan & N. elevation

showing addition. Ink & pink & grey wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (After 1813).

124. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Plan of hay loft showing

addition. Ink & pink wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Ager 1813).

125. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Plan and elevation. Ink &

c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to William Stirling 1828).

126. Invermay. Wester Clevage Farm. Offices. Ground plan showing

addition. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Attributed to William Stirling 1828).

127. Buttergask. Plan of the Estate. Lithography by Gow & Co. Perth

1830. (3 copies). 128. Auchterarder. Plan of the District Roads 1824. Lithograph by

Robertson & Ballantine, Edinburgh. 129. Section of the Road between Condie Wood and Bridge of May. Ink.

Scale 1” - 30 ft. N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1823. 130. Plan of the Lands of Munday property of Sir Patrick Murray of

Balmanno. Sgd. T. Winter, senr. 1752. Ink & c.w. Scale 1” - 300 ft. 131. A Survey of the Lands of Aberargie. Designed for a Division Twixt Sir

Patrick Murray & Aberargie. Sgd. T. Winter, senr. 1752. Ink & c.w. Scale 1” - 300 ft.

132. Pitlochry School. Plans & elevation. Ink & c.w. Scale ” - 10 ft. Sgd.

Edinburgh, 53 Frederick Street, December 1865. James C. Walker, Archt. Three accompanying letters to Sir J Forbes of Fettercairn from J.C. Walker, November & December 1865. J.C. Walker has designed schools for Arngask (1863), Auchtermuchty, Glencorse, Episcopal School at Pitsligo and Dunshalt in Fife, for Mull, Appin & Mr. Smeaton's School, St. Andrews.

133. Dunning School. Plan by the Minister, Rev. John Wilson, showing

arrangement of desks etc. (1865). 134. Sketch plan for Farm Servants’ House. Elevation & section. Ink & c.w.

Scale 1/7” - 1 ft. Sgd. James Souttar. Aug. 1868.

135. Sketch plan for Farm Servants’ House. Floor plans. Scale 1/7” - 1 ft.

Sgd. James Souttar, Aug. 1868. 136. Perspective elevation of Farm Servants’ House. Watercolour. Sgd.

James Souttar, Aberdeen. Aug. 1868. 137. Estimate of Sir William Forbes House in the Newtown by Alexander

Young. 1771. 138. Sir William Forbes Town House. Elevations. Ink & grey & blue wash.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (1771). 139. Sir William Forbes Town House. Floor plans. Ink. N.d. & unsigned. (1771). 140. Sir William Forbes Town House. Ideas for 5 different floor plans. Ink.

N.d. & unsigned. (1771). 141. Sir William Forbes Town House. Floor plan of a Town House (corner

site). Ink. Verso Address to Mr John Coutts in comprie (sic), Edinburgh.

142. Sir William Forbes Town House. Floor plan of a Town House. Pencil.

Pricked. (1771). 143. Plan and elevation of a small house. No. 4. Ink & grey wash. Scale

1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Mid 18th c.). 144. Plan and elevation of a small house. No. 8. Ink & grey wash. Scale

1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Mid 19th c.). 145. Floor plans and elevation of a medium sized house No. 14. Ink & grey

wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (Mid 18th c.). 146. Plan of a church with a portico. No. 35. Ink & grey wash. N.d. &

unsigned. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. 147. Grammar School, Crown Terrace, Aberdeen. Perspective view from

Union Bridge. Ink & wash. Sgd. AWB. 148. Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Plan & elevation of a tomb to Sir

William Forbes. Ink, pencil & wash. Scale 2/5” - 1 ft. Verse All of Binny Stone.

149. Strawberry Hill, Middlesex. Dimensioned floor plans. N.d. & unsigned. Paper dated 1804.

150. Brown washed drawing of a church with a 3-tiered steeple & spire.

N.d. & unsigned. 151. Amateur pencil sketch of a design for a castellated house. N.d. & unsigned. 152. Amateur pencil sketch of a design for a castellated house. N.d. & unsigned. 153. Design for a bookcase with glazed doors. Pencil. Scale 1/12” – 1”.

N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 154. Design for windows. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 155. Design for a window. Ink. Scale 3/4" - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 156. Design for iron gates. Ink & wash. Scale ” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned:

157. Saw Mill. Plan and elevation. Ink & c.w. Scale ” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. 158. Farmhouse & attached barn. Plan & elevation. Ink & wash & pencil.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1830). 159. Sketch plan, elevation & section of a cast-iron Suspension foot bridge.

Ink. N.d. & unsigned. 160. Sketch plan, elevation & section of a cast-iron Suspension foot bridge.

Ink. N.d. & unsigned. 161. Drainage or heating plan for a conservatory (?). Ink & wash. N.d. &

unsigned. Paper dated 1805. 162. Plan of a farmyard & block plan of Overseer's House and stables. Ink

& wash. Scale ” - 5 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (c. 1800). 163. Craigniston Mill. Section of Mill Lead. Ink. Dated Janry 2, 1807.

Sketch elevation & plan. Pencil. Quantity of wood estimated by J Marshall. 1807.

164. Craigniston Mill. Sketch plan. Pencil. Paper dated 1802. *1807).

165. Sketch plan of Offices. Pencil. Paper dated 1802. 166. Sketch for a Water Course to confine a considerable flood. Ink. N.d. &

unsigned. Paper dated 1802. 167. Elevation of a gate. Ink. N.d. & unsigned. (late 19th c.). 168. Anglefield. 1899. Plans, elevations & sections of addition of a Barn. Ink. 169. Middleton. Plans & section of alterations to a house. Pencil. N.d. &

unsigned. (late 19th c.). 170. Accumulator House. Plan. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. (late 19th c.). 171. Burnside Croft. Plan of proposed alterations to Steading. Pencil. (late

19th c.). 172. Burnside Croft. Plan, elevations & sections of a new Steading. Ink.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. (late 19th c.). 173. Canonhills. Plan & section of Steading. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. (late 19th c.). 174. Canonhills. Plan, elevation & section of steading. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1

ft. (late 19th c.). 175. Tregew. Plans, elevation, section & detail of stall. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1

ft. (late 19th c.). 176. Two designs for gravestones in Huish Churchyard. Heanton Satchville,

N. Devon. Ink & wash. Sgd. Alex. MacDonald Field & Co., Aberdeen Granite Works, 23 Sep 1869.

177. Design for a marble chimneypiece. Pencil. Sgd. C.W. Swanson, 23

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. 178. Curling House. Section of an addition. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. Verso.

Section. (late 19th c.). 179. Curling House. Duplicate of verso above item. 180. Curling House. Section of addition. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. (late 19th c.). 181. Curling House. Section. Ink. (late 19th c.).

182. Site plan of new Barn and Straw house. Ink. Paper dated 1828. 183. Floor plan of Steading 184. Plan & section of a small house. Ink. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. Sgd. C T Jan/1894. 185. Inchgray 1846. Plans & elevation of cottage. Ink. 186. Plan of a Steading. Ink. N.d. 187. Plan & elevation of turnip house. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. N.d. 188. Plan of a Steading. Ink. Paper dated 1825. 189. Plan of a Steading. Ink. (Aftr 1825). 190. Leafguard. Elevation of sheep pen ? & drop gate. Verso plan. N.d. 191. Bells Park. Rough sketch of couples. Scale ” - 1 ft. 192. Kirkhill. Plan & elevation of a Barn & Implement Shed. Ink. Scale ” - 1

ft. Verso Section. N.d. 193. Plan & sections of a Slaughter House. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. (Late 19th

c.), & copy. 194. Design for a Septic tank. 1902. Pencil. Drawn on paper already used

for drawings of ecclesiastical details, corbels etc. on verso. 195. Printed sheet of catalogue of doors & windows. J R Swann.

Edinburgh Saw Mills, 21 Leith Walk. Based on a Treatise of The Decorative Part of Civil Architecture by Sir

Wm Chambers, 1862 Edition. 196. Harper’s Patent Self-winding etc. Straining pillar for wire fencing.

Printed sheet. Harper & Co. 82 Union Street, Aberdeen. 197. Drawing with measurements showing the various parts of the Ionic &

Corinthian orders. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). Salman’s Palladio Londenensis, plate 6 & 7.

198. Drawing with measurements showing the various parts of the pedestal

and capitals of the Tuscan and Doric orders. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). See Salmon op. cit. plates 4 & 5.


and capitals of the Doric order. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). See Salmon op. cit. plate 5.


and capital of the Composite order. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). See Salmon op. cit, plate 8.

201. Drawing with measurements showing springing of arches from capitals

of the 5 orders. Ink. Sgd. James ( ). 18th c. (Not copied). See Salmon, op., cit, plates 14, 29 & 30.

202. Doric pedestal. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 203. Tuscan pedestal. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 204. Composite pedestal. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 205. Ionic pedestal. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 206. Corinthian pedestal. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 207. No. 1. Designs for 2 chimneypieces. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. Ink.

18th c. (Not copied). 208. No. 2. Designs for 2 chimneypieces. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. Ink.

18th c. (Not copied). 209. No. 3. Designs for 2 chimneypieces. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. Ink.

18th c. (Not copied). 210. No. 4. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel. Ink. 18th c. (Not

copied). (James Forbes) 211. No. 5. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel. Ink. 18th c. (Not

copied). (James Forbes) 212. No. 6. Design for a chimneypiece, overmantel, fluted pilasters and

cornice. Ink. 18th c. (Not copied). (James Forbes). 213. Doric Capital. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied).

214. Corinthian Capital. Ink and pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 215. Tuscan Capital. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 216. Composite Capital. Ink & pencil. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 217. Ionic Capital. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. 18th c. (Not copied). 218. Ionic Door. Ink. 18th c. (James Forbes). Salmon, op. cit, plate 23.

(Not copied). 219. Corinthian Door. Salmon, op. cit, plate 25. (Not copied). 220. Doric Door. Salmon, op. cit, plate 21. (Not copied). 221. Composite Door. Salmon, op. cit, plate 26. (Not copied). 222. Doric Gateway. Ink. Sgd. James Forbes. Salmon, op. cit, plate 20.

(Not copied). 223. Corinthian Gateway. Salmon, op. cit. (Not copied). 224. Ionic Gateway. Salmon, op. cit, plate 23. (Not copied). 225. Doric Entrance. Salmon, op. cit, plate 22. (Not copied). 226. Composite Gateway. Salmon, op. cit. (Not copied). 227. A truss on the side of the Corinthian Modillion. James Gibbs Rules for

Drawing, plate 47. (Not copied). 228. Entablature details. Pencil. Gibbs, op. cit. (Not copied). 229. Corinthian & composite capitals. Ink. Gibbs, op. cit, plate 19 & 23.

(Not copied). 230. Composite capital. Ink. Gibbs, op. cit. (Not copied). 231. Elevation of a room. Ink. Gibbs, op. cit. (Not copied). 232. Side elevation of a church. Ink. Gibbs, op. cit. (Not copied).

233. Decorative ornaments. Ink. Gibbs, op. cit. (Not copied). 234. Pluscarden Priory. Pencil Sketch. N.d. & unsigned. (c.1800). 235. Chapel Royal, Holyroodhouse. Unfinished pencil sketch. (c.1800). 236. Chapel Royal, Holyroodhouse. Unfinished pencil sketch. (c.1800). 237. Chapel Royal, Holyroodhouse. Unfinished pencil sketch of West front,

including 17th c. steeple and 13th c.(?) upper part of front. N.d. (c.1800).

238. Chapel Royal, Holyroodhouse. Unfinished pencil sketch of West Front

including 13th c. upper part of front. N.d. (c.1800). 239. Engraving of gometric exercises. Proof plate for a book. 18th c. (Not

copied). 240. H.M. Dock Yard, Bermuda. Lithograph. 1823. Sgd. L. Driver. + 1

colour copy. (Not copied). 241. St. George’s Bermuda. Coloured lithograph. 1823. Sgd. L. Driver.

(Not copied). 242. The Flatts Village, Bermuda. Lithograph 1823. Sgd. L. Driver. (Not

copied). 243. The Flatts Village, Bermuda. Coloured lithograph. 1823. Sgd. L.

Driver. (Not copied). 244. Engraving of Dunollie Castle, ARgyll. T Allom. Engr. J.T. Willmore.

(Not copied). 245. Engraving of The Sound of Kerrera. T Allom. Engr. J H Kernot. (Not

copied). 246. 6 small circular sepia washed drawings. (Not copied).

a. Vue de la fontaine de geronsterre pres de Spa.

b. Vue de la place de Spa, t de la fontaine du pouchen.

c. Vue des Bains de chaud-fontaine, a' 4 lieues de Spa.

d. Vue de la nouvelle sall pres de Spa.

e. Vue des Bains du Tonnelet, pres de Spa.

f. Vue du Vauxhall pres de Spa.

247. Langlee House, Roxburghshire. Porters Lodge. Plans and elevations showing original lodge and proposed alterations. Ink & c.w. Sacle 1/10" - 1 ft. Sgd. 53 Frederick Street, 8 December 1857 (James C. Walker).

248. a. Letter dated 14 December 1860. Agricultural Labourers

Improvement Association, Edinburgh. Sgd. James. c. Walker, to Sir J S Forbes, Bt. Fettercairn.

b. Plans of cottage and schoolroom converted into a cottage and shop. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. 15 Dec. 1860.

c. Plans of Cottage & Saddlery. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. 15 Dec. 1860.

249. Double Cottage. Plans, elevation & section. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1

ft. Sgd. 53 Frederick Street. April. J C Walker. (1857). 250. Single Cottage. Plan & elevations. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd.

53 Frederick Street, 28 November 1857. (James C. Walker). 251. Anglefield Croft, Fettercairn. Designs for a Single Cottage. Plans. Ink

& wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. (Torn). (James C Walker, Edinburgh and Sir John Stuart Forbes, 1850s).

252. Pauper Cottages. Plan & elevation. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd.

51 George Street, 7 Dec. 18[ ]. (Address of the Agricultural Labourers Improvement Association, James C Walker).

253. Pair of One Storey Cottages. No 1. Plan & elevation. Ink & c.w.

SCale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street. 29 Sept 1854. (James C Walker).

254. Design for Two Storey Cottages. Floor plans. Ink & wash. Sgd. 53

Frederick St. October 1857. J C W. (James C. Walker). 255. Design for Two Storey Cottages. Floor plans. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10”

- 1 ft. Sgd. 53 Frederick St. October 1857. J C W. (James C Walker).

256. Cottages. Two floor plans based on published designs and altered.

Pencil. N.d. & unsigned. (James C Walker c. 1860). 257. Cottage. Floor plan. See item 156. Ink & wash. N.d. & unsigned.

(James C Walker c. 1860). 258. Single Cottage. Plans and elevations. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

Sgd. 53 Frederick Street. April 1862 J C Walker.

259. Single Cottage. Plans and elevations. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

Sgd. 53 Frederick Street, 2 December 1857. (James C Walker). 260. Craigiebanks. Ground plan of Bothy. Plan. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” -

1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street. 1 August. (James C. Walker). 261. Castleton. Plan of Bothy showing additions. Scale 1/7” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51

George Street 28 January 1856. (James C. Walker). 262. Pair of Cottages. Plan. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George

Street, 10 October 1854. (James C. Walker). 263. Design for a two Story Cottage. Plans & elevations. Ink & c.w. Scale

1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 21 August 1854. (James C. Walker).

264. a. Design for a pair of Cottages with Attics. Plans & elevations.

Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 20 Nov. 1854. (James C. Walker).

b. Design for a Single Cottage. Plans & elevations. Pencil. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 25 June 1855. (James C. Walker).

265. Plan of a cottage. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. (James C. Walker c 1860). 266. Design for a Lodging House for unmarried workmen. Floor plans. Ink.

Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street. 27 August 1855. (James C. Walker).

267. Part of interior of kitchen lined with hollow tiles. Ink & wash. Scale ” - 1

ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 27 August 1855. (James C Walker). 268. Elevations of windows. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/6” – 1”. Sgd. 51 George

Street. 30 Oct. 1856. (James C Walker). 269. Elevations of windows. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/6” – 1”. Sgd. 51 George

Street, 30 Oct 1856. (James C Walker). 270. a. Letter dated 1 Feb 1855, Laurencekirk, from George Croll to Sir

John S Forbes Bt. concerning 3 sketches of cottage windows.

b. Elevation of 3 designs for windows, Scale ” - 1 ft. 271. Drawing of Cottage windows. Elevation. Ink. Scale ” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51

George [ ]. 7A [ ]. (James C Walker c 1855/56).

272. New Pitsligo. Plan of Blacksmith's Cottage. No. 2. Ink & c.w. Scale

1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 22 April 1856 (James C Walker). 273. New Pitsligo. Plan of Smiddy. Ink & Wash. Sgd. 51 George Street,

14 August 1855. (James c Walker). 274. Fettercairn. Floor Plans of Shoemakers House. Pencil. Sgd. 6th Feb. 1856. 275. Letter from George Croll, Laurencekirk 5th Feb 1856 to Sir John S

Forbes concerning Bothies at Craigmoston and Castleton, with probable cost of work.

276. a. Letter from William Fowler, Edinburgh, 4 Sept. 1856, to Sir John

S Forbes, enclosing plan for Episcopal School, New Pitsligo, and addition to the Parish School.

b. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Floor plans & elevation showing proposed classroom. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft.

c. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Floor plan showing addition of Class Room.

d. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Plan and Elevation showing proposed addition for Female school. Ink & wash. (William Fowler 1855/56).

e. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Plan and elevation showing additions. Ink & wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. William Fowler (1955/56/ ).

f. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Plan and elevation showing addition. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. Sgd. Edin 4 Sept 1855 (William Fowler).

g. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Plan and elevation. Ink & wash. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. (William Fowler 1855/56).

h. New Pitsligo Parochial School. Plan. Ink. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. N.d. & unsigned. (William Fowler 1855/56).

i. Letter from Alex : Mackay, Greenspark by New Pitsligo, 1 Jan 1856, to Sir John S Forbes concerning gas main pipe.

277. Small houses. Floor plans. Pencil. Sgd. W Fowler, Feb 1856. 278. Small house. Elevation. Pencil (W Fowler 1856). 279. a. Letter from Charles Watson, Halifax, July 19 1856 to Sir John S

Forbes, concerning his patent ventilator for New Pitsligo School.

b. Printed testimonials in favour of Watson’s Patent Double-Current Ventilator.

c. Ink drawing of Charles Watson's Patent ventilator 1858. 280. Specification of the several works required to be done on the erection

of Labourers Cottages, in accordance with the accompanying plans, 1, 2, 3, designed principally for Scotland. Sgd. Enclosure. Commission 1873.

No 1 Plans for Labourers Cottages. Plans, elevations & section.

No 2 Plans and section for Labourers Cottages.

No 3 Plans and elevations for Labourers Cottages. Photo-litho. Robt.

J. Cook and Hammond, Westminster.

281. Cairneywhing. Plan of Offices. Ink. 24 Jan. 1857. 282. a. Letter from George Croll, dated 5 March 1856, Laurencekirk, to

Sir John S Forbes, concerning a plan of Goskiehill House.

b. Plan. Ink & was. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. 283. a. Letter from George Croll to Mr Jams Falconer dated 29 Nov

1855, Laurencekirk, concerning addition to Knowgreens House.

b. Plans and elevation showing additions. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/10” - 1 ft. 284. Arnbarrow Cottages. 1849. Plan. Ink. 285. Craigmoston. Design for a Bothy. Plans & section. Ink & wash. Scale

1/8” - 1 ft. Sgd. 51 George Street, 28th Jan. 1856. (James C. Walker).

286. Fettercairn House. Principal floor plan showing distribution of central

heating pipes. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft. (Not copied). 287. Fettercairn House. Basement floor plan showing distribution of central

heating pipes. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft. (Not copied). 288. Fettercairn House. Principal floor plan showing distribution of central

heating pipes. Scale 1/6” - 1 ft. (Not copied). 289. Fettercairn Estate. Plan showing proposed list of water pipes from

Fettercairn House to village. Tracing from OS map. (Not copied). 290. Knowhead Farm. Plan of new marches. Ink. N.d. (Mid 19th c.). (Not

copied). 291. Fettercairn. Plan of marches between estates. Tracing from OS map.

(Not copied).

292. Fettercairn Home Farm. Bothy. Gable details. Ink & c.w. Scale ¾” -1

ft. N.d. & unsigned. (late 19th c.). 293. Muiredge, Fettercairn. Plan elevation & section of house. Ink & c.w.

Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. (Early 20th c.). 294. Coskiehill Farm. Plan & elevation of Boiler and Engine House. Ink.

Scale ¾” - 1 ft. Sgd. Montrose Foundry Co. 2nd Nov. 1893. 295. Kincardine County. Plan, elevation & sections of Ashpit and Privy.

Sgd. John Graham, Sanitary Inspectory. 1892. 296. Plan of Part of Luthermuir Crofts. (c 1900). 297. Luthermuir. Old Schoolhouse. Plans. Ink & wash. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft.

Sgd. 24 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. (Lindsay Jamieson & Haldane c. 1880).

298. Luthermuir Old Schoolhouse. Additions to Offices. Plan and

elevations. Ink & c.w. Sgd. 24 St Andrew Square, Edinr. April 1879. (Lindsay Jamieson & Haldane).

299. Luthermuir Old Schoolhouse. Proposed barn. Plans, elevation and

section. Sgd. 24 St Andrew Square, Edinr. June 1885. (Lindsay Jamieson & Haldane).

300. Travelling Crane. Details. Ink & c.w. Oct 22 1898. The Rolle Estate Works. 301. Craigmoston Farm. Steading. Plans and elevations of proposed

steading. Ink & c.w. Scale 1/8” - 1 ft. Sgd. 24 St Andrew Sq. Edinr. Feb. 1884. (Lindsay Jamieson & Haldane).

302. Luthermuir 1870. Plan based on OS map with names of feuars &

tenants. (Not copied). 303. Luthermuir (M1870). Plan based on OS map with names of feuars &

tenants. (Not copied). 304. Arnbarrow. Site plan showing boundary. N.d. (late 19th c.). (Not copied). 305. Woods Croft. Luthermuir. 1875. Tracing from Luthermuir map

showing feuars & tenants. (Not copied).

306. West Burnside, Fettercairn. Plan based on OS map, showing

contents. Sgd. 24 St Andrew Sq., Edinr. April 1885. (Lindsay Haldane & Jamieson). (Not copied).

307. Kerrfield 1870. Plan of contents based on OS map. (Not copied). 308. Croft of William Beange. Plan showing Picts House. N.d. (late 19th

c.). Not copied. 309. Craigmoston Farm. 1884. PLan based on OS map. (Not copied). 310. Craigmoston Farm (1884). Plan based on OS Map. (Not copied). 311. Castleton of Kincardine Farm. 1884. Plan based on OS Map. (Not copied). 312. Broomhill Farm, Forteviot. (1860s). Plan based on OS map. (Not copied). 313. Mains of Fettercairn & Middleton. 1870. Plan based on OS map. (Not

copied).

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