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Personal or Business Name: Title: Letters After Name: Address:  Country: Business: Document Type: Inventory number: Year
Adair, Charles     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Adam, Andrew     Falkirk, Stirlingshire Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Adam, John senior   Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Ainslie, Thomas     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland wine merchant legal document 055 B 1896
Air, William baillie   Coldstream, Berwickshire Scotland   sasine 056 B Coldstream 1784
Aitchison, Francis     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Aitken, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Alexander Mr   Dundee Scotland coal merchant : farmer book 096 A 1900 + / -
Alison, Alexander       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Alison, William     Perth Scotland bailie book 109 B (005) 1774
Allen, James     Grangemouth, Stirlingshire Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Anderson(e), John     Edinburgh (property in) Scotland   legal document 063 1663
Anderson, Alexander     London England   book 109 B (005) 1774
Anderson, James junior   Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Anderson, John       Scotland vice president, commercial Travellers' Society of Scotland book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Anderson, John & F Mrs F   Crianlarich, Perthshire Scotland merchants : grocer + letter / cheque 067 1930
Anderson, Patrick     Perth Scotland treasurer book 109 B (005) 1774 (1627)
Anderson, Thomas     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Anderson, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Andersone, John     Edinburgh (possessing property in High Street) Scotland merchant burgess extract of sasine 034 1653
Annison, Ralph Brown     Sunderland England wine & spirit merchant draft & statement 110 / 056 B Leask 1893
Armitage, Richard     York England   legal document 066 1657
Armour, Robert     Montreal (Scottish connection) Canada   legal schedule 056 B Donaldson 1867
Armstrong, Fergus     Edinburgh Scotland wine merchant newspaper 108 1849
Arnot, William       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Arthur, Allan     Glasgow? Scotland director, Scottish Imperial Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Atherton, Samuel     Hanwood & Shorthill Collieries, Salop England coal merchant? invoice & housekeeping notes 056 B Guise 1909
Atkinson, Joseph     Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England   legal document 063 1684?
Atkinson, Joseph     Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England partner in Sugar House property in / near Trinity & Peacock Chaires legal document 066 1689
Austin, James     Perth Scotland treasurer book 109 B (005) 1774 (1723)
Baird, Alexander     c/o George Square, Glasgow? Scotland director, The commercial Life Insurance co. of Scotland book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Baird, William younger   Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Bales (Bailes), William     Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England partner in Sugar House property in / near Trinity & Peacock Chaires legal document 066 1689
Balfour, William     Glasgow? Scotland Glasgow Board, The City of Glasgow Life Assurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Balfour, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Balleny, William     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Balmain, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Barclay, George     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   partial discharge 056 B Kirwan 1882
Baring, Richard     London England director, North British & Mercantile Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Barlas, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Barlass, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Barrow, Charles     London England   book 109 B (005) 1774
Baxter, David Sir   Dundee Scotland   book 109 B (108) 1881 (1793 +)
Beath, William       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Bell, George     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland director, Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society book advert 109 B (029) 1859
Bell, George     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland director, Scottish Widows' Fund & Life Assurance Society letter form 072 / 13 1832
Bell, George     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Bennoch, Francis     London Scotland & England minor poet book 109 B (108) 1881 (1812)
Bertram, Gilbert     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Beveridge, Alexander     Perth (house Cherrybank) Scotland builder, contractor, valuator & pavement merchant book advert 109 B (007) 1898
Binnie, John     Edinburgh Scotland merchant burgess letter 034 1653
Binning, John     Edinburgh Scotland merchant burgess legal document 055 A 1674 / 1763
Bisset, James senior   Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Black, Robert     Glasgow Scotland manufacturer ledger 002 1877 / 1909
Blackburn, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Blackie, James     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Blacklaw, Patrick       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Blackwood, James     Edinburgh Scotland merchant burgess legal document 078 D 1711
Blackwood, Thomas     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Blair, Campbell     Glasgow Scotland wholesale, retail tea merchant & grocer book 109 B (002) 1878
Blair, Robert     Edinburgh Scotland confectioner, Italian warehouseman, wine merchant & restauranteur book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Blakie, George       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Blakie, George     Hawick, Roxburghshire Scotland coal merchants : agents for Canonbie, Dalkeith & Benhar collieries invoice / receipt + 070 1897
Bogle, George     Glasgow Scotland   ledger 002 1909
Bogle, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Bogle, Robert     Glasgow Scotland bailie (late) book 109 B (022) 1721
Bolton, Joseph Cheney     of Carbrook : Glasgow Scotland director, Royal Bank of Scotland book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Bone, William     Greenock, Renfrewshire Scotland of Foulds & Bone letter + 056 B Cowan 1851-1852
Boustead, John     Carlisle England timber merchant accounts 056 B Kirwan 1887
Bowie, Matthew     Edinburgh? Scotland director, North British Investment co. Ltd book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Braid, William     Vancouver, British Columbia Canada advisory board, The Caledonian & British Columbia Mortgage co. Ltd company prospectus 057 A 1912
Brandt, Richard     London England director, North British & Mercantile Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Brodie, William     c/o George Square, Glasgow? Scotland director, The commercial Life Insurance co. of Scotland book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Broke, Robert     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Brougham & Anderson     Edinburgh Scotland wine merchants receipt 005 1834 / 1875
Broun, Hen. the late   Edinburgh (possessing property in High Street) Scotland   extract of sasine 034 1653
Brown, Alex(ander)     Aberdeen Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Brown, Andrew Strang     St Monance, Fifeshire Scotland spirit merchant ledger 021 1903
Brown, John     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Brown, John     Perth Scotland tailor : treasurer book 109 B (005) 1774 (1701)
Brown, Neil     Greenock, Renfrewshire Scotland wood merchant execution of arrestment 056 B Cowan 1851
Brown, Robert     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Brown, Thomas     Newcastle-upon-Tyne : re property in Key Side, Northumberland England   legal document 066 1574
Brown, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Brydie, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Brydie, William     Braco, Perthshire Scotland   legal documents 059 1879 / 1884
Buchan, Laurence       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Buchanan, Andrew     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Buchanan, Andrew Lord Provost, Glasgow   Drumpellier, Lanarkshire Scotland lord provost of Glasgow : founder of The Buchanan Society book 109 B (108) 1881 (1691 +)
Buchanan, C Mr   Mason Street, Glasgow Scotland   ledger 002 1888
Buchanan, John     Tyndrum, Perthshire Scotland grocer, draper & general merchant letter 067 1930
Buchanan, John     Glasgow Scotland wine merchant book 109 B (176) 1835
Buchanan, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Burnet, John     Aberdeen Scotland founder of Aberdeen "Burnet Prizes" book 109 B (108) 1881 (1733 +)
Burns, James     of Broomhill Scotland ship owner & merchant book 109 B (108) 1881 (1789 +)
Burt, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Byres, Alexander     Edinburgh Scotland merchant burgess legal document 078 A 1666
Byssat, William       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Cadenhead, William     Aberdeen Scotland wine & spirit merchants book advert 109 B (017) 1955-1956
Cairns, T     Constitution Street, Leith, Edinburgh Scotland sack merchant & repairer book advert 109 B (025) 1957-1958
Calder, James     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland merchant? letter 076 1810
Calder, John J       Scotland chairman, James Calder & Co. Ltd letter 067 1946
Campbel, Duncan     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Campbel?, Archibald       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Campbell, Alexander H     London England director, North British & Mercantile Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Campbell, Alexander Henry     Cornhill, London England   discharge 056 B Kirwan 1881
Campbell, John       Scotland husband of Allison Reid newspaper 108 1849
Campbell, John     Greenock & Liverpool Scotland & England   execution of arrestment + 056 B Cowan 1851-1852
Campbell, Robert Neil     Greenock, Renfrewshire Scotland   execution of arrestment + 056 B Cowan 1851-1852
Carmichael, William     Glasgow Scotland   deed of assumption + 056 B Donaldson 1864
Carnegie, W M     Albert Street, Dundee & Gray Street, Broughty Ferry Scotland fish merchant book advert 109 B (001) 1947
Carstairs, Alexander     Rotterdam Netherlands (Holland)   book 109 B (022) 1721
Cater, John White     London England director, North British & Mercantile Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Cathcart, Hugh     Glasgow Scotland   ledger 002 1909
Cathcart, James     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Caw, John     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Chalmers, James     Edinburgh Scotland spirit merchant mortgage & inventory 056 B Hogarth 1886 / 1895
Chan-Lim-Pak commandant   Merchants' Volunteers China businessman, philanthropist + newspaper cutting 108 / China & Japan 1923?
Christie, Thomas       Scotland & England + writer book 109 B (108) 1881 (1761 +)
Chrysty, Henry     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Chrysty, James     Stirling Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Clapperton, John     Edinburgh? Scotland director, Edinburgh board, Scottish Imperial Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Clark, Edward     Newcastle-upon-Tyne England boother legal document 066 1606
Clark, Thomas the late   Durham England boother legal document 066 1606 (1602)
Clark, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Cleland, William     Edinburgh Scotland   book inscription 109 A 1811 +
Cochran, Matthew     Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland agent, The Friendly Insurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Cochrane, A     Hawick, Roxburghshire Scotland wholesale & retail provision wine merchant invoice / receipt + 070 1922
Cockburn, Archibald D     Edinburgh Scotland wine merchant : director, Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society book advert 109 B (029) 1859
Cohen, Edward     London England director, North British & Mercantile Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Coldstream, Robert     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland director, Scottish Widows' Fund & Life Assurance Society letter form 072 / 13 1832
Colquhon, Alexander     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Connal, William     Glasgow Scotland Glasgow board, Queen Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Connall, William     Glasgow Scotland director, Scottish Widows' Fund & Life Assurance Society letter form 072 / 13 1832
Coulter, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Coutts, John Lord Provost   Edinburgh Scotland banker & lord provost of Edinburgh : of Coutts & Trotter + book 109 B (108) 1881 (1699 +)
Cowan, Alexander     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Cowan, Duncan     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Craig, Andrew     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Craig, James       Scotland architect : publisher : son of William Craig, merchant, Edinburgh book 109 B (108) 1881 (1795)
Craig, John     Edinburgh Scotland director, Scottish Widows' Fund & Life Assurance Society letter form 072 / 13 1832
Craig, John     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Craig, William     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Crawford, Matthew     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Crawford, Patrick     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Crawford, Patrick     Edinburgh Scotland merchant burgess legal document 078 D 1711
Cree, Patrick     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Crooks, William     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Cross, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (108) 1881 (1671 +)
Cross, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Cross, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Crum, H E     Glasgow? Scotland Glasgow Board, The City of Glasgow Life Assurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Currie, James     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland director, The Union Bank of Scotland book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Curries, James     Edinburgh Scotland   legal document 078 A 1671
Curry, John     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Cuthbert, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Dalgleish, Robert M.P.   of Kilmardinny Scotland merchant & MP for Glasgow book 109 B (108) 1881 (1808 +)
Dalglish, A S     Glasgow? Scotland Glasgow Board, The City of Glasgow Life Assurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Dallas, James     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dallas, Peter     Glasgow Scotland   ledger 002 1877
Davidson, James       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Davison, Timothy     Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England partner in Sugar House near Trinity & Peacock Chaires legal document 066 1689
Davy, Robert       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Dennistoun, Alexander M.P.   of Golfhill Scotland of J & A Dennistoun, merchants : MP for Dumbarton county book 109 B (108) 1881 (1790 +)
Dennistoun, James     of Golfhill Scotland banker : Glasgow magistrate book 109 B (108) 1881 (1758 +)
Dick, Matthew     c/o George Square, Glasgow? Scotland director, The commercial Life Insurance co. of Scotland book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Dick, William Sir   of Braid : Edinburgh Scotland merchant : banker book 109 B (108) 1881 (1655)
Dickie, William Cousin     Alva, Clackmannanshire Scotland grocer & wine merchant legal document 059 1887 / 1908
Dickson, David     Edinburgh Scotland Master of Merchant Co. : preses, governors of various schools book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Dickson, George     Calcutta (late) India   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dickson, John     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Dixon, John     of Daldowie : Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dixon, William     of Govan : Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dougal, Adam     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Douglas, James     Edinburgh Scotland husband of Christina Mackay newspaper 108 1849
Douglas, Robert     Edinburgh Scotland   legal document 078 D 1711
Downie, Alexander     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Downing, H B     Mark Lane, London England wine merchant book advert 109 B (003) 1845-1846
Drew, Alexander     Glasgow? Scotland director, Scottish Imperial Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Drummond, George     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Drummond, George     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Drummond, James     Perth Scotland provost book 109 B (005) 1774 (1609)
Dudgeon, Robert     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dudgeon, William     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Duff, Peter junior     Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Duff, Peter senior     Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Duncan, Charles J     Lerwick, Shetland Islands Scotland   book 109 B (019) 1913
Duncan, James     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Duncan, James     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Duncan, John     Manchester England merchants letter 082 1832
Dunlop, Andrew     Dublin Ireland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Dunlop, Henry Lord Provost   of Craigton, Glasgow Scotland lord provost of Glasgow + book 109 B (108) 1881 (1799 +)
Dunlop, James     of Garnkirk : Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (108) 1881 (1742 +)
Dunlop, John Lord Provost   Glasgow Scotland lord provost of Glasgow book 109 B (108) 1881 (1820)?
Dunlop, William     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dunn, William     of Kilbowie : Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Dunsmure, Alexander     Leith (Edinburgh) then Glenbruach, Callander Scotland   partial discharge 056 B Kirwan 1882
Eason, James     Kinross & Stirling? (area around) Scotland legal connection? : son of Michael Eason, merchant, Stirling disposition (of property) 006 1763
Eason, Michael     Stirling Scotland   disposition (of property) 006 1763
Eddington, Thomas     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Elder, John     Slate UK   book 109 B (176) 1835
Errington, Thomas     Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England   legal document 066 1656
Erskine, William     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Ewing, Humphrey Ewing Crum Lord- Lieut   Dumbartonshire Scotland West India merchant : MP for Paisley book 109 B (108) 1881 (1802)
Ewing, James LL.D.     Scotland West India merchant book 109 B (108) 1881 (1774 +)
Ewing, Robert     Greenock, Renfrewshire Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Faichney, Alexander     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Faichney, David       Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Faichney, George     Perth Scotland   book 109 B (005) 1774
Faichney, Joseph       Scotland?   book 109 B (005) 1774
Fairlie, Ralph     Glasgow Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Fenton, Thomas     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (022) 1721
Fenton, Thomas     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Ferguson, Robert     Glasgow? Scotland Glasgow Board, The City of Glasgow Life Assurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Fergusson, John     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland wine merchant book 109 B (176) 1835
Finlay, Kirkman Lord Provost : M.P.   of Castle Toward Scotland lord provost of Glasgow & MP (Clyde Burghs) + book 109 B (108) 1881 (1773 +)
Fisher, Thomas     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Fleming Mrs   St Andrews, Fifeshire Scotland china merchant book 096 A 1900 + / - (1860 + / -)
Fleming, John     of Claremont : Glasgow Scotland director, Western Fire Insurance co. of Scotland book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Fleming, Matthew Chapman     Airdrie, Lanarkshire Scotland oil merchant & agent ledger 002 1909
Fleming, Robert     Alexandria, Egypt Scotland? & Egypt   ledger 002 1856 / 1877
Fletcher, Alex(ander)     Glasgow? Scotland Glasgow Board, The City of Glasgow Life Assurance co. book advert 109 B (014) 1844-1845
Ford, James     Leith (Edinburgh) Scotland director, Edinburg board, Scottish Imperial Insurance co. book advert 109 B (002) 1878
Foreman, John     Coldstream, Berwickshire Scotland   sasines + 056 B Coldstream 1753 / 1754
Forrest, James     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Forrest, Richard     Edinburgh Scotland   legal document 056 B Anderson 1895
Forrest, Robert     Edinburgh Scotland   book 109 B (009) 1708
Forrester, John     Alloa, Clackmannanshire Scotland   letter 073 1830
Foster, William     Edinburgh Scotland drysalter, oil & colour merchant letters 058 1909
Frame, George Murray       UK tobacconist & cigar merchant match packet advert 110 E 1930 - 1970 circa
Fraser, Alexander     Aberdeen Scotland   book 109 B (176) 1835
Fraser, George     Manchester England   book 109 B (176) 1835
Fraser, Robert     Glasgow? Scotland director, Scottish Imperial Insura