Wax seal
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Diploma awarding the baronetcy of Coltness to Sir Thomas Steuart, 29 January 1698
Item
Scope and Contents
Diploma awarding the baronetcy of Coltness to Sir Thomas Steuart, dated 29 January 1698. Written on vellum with incomplete seal attached.
Dates:
29 January 1698
Diploma of foreign membership awarded to William Robertson, St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 30 January 1783
Item
Identifier: Coll-71/6
Scope and Contents
St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Diploma of foreign membership awarded to William Robertson by Princess Catharina Daschkow, Director, in the Name of Empress Catherine II. 30 January 1783. Signed by the princess and by Johannes Albertus Euler as Secretary.
Dates:
30 January 1783
Diploma of membership to William Robertson, Old Revolution Club, 17 May 1748
Item
Identifier: Coll-71/8
Scope and Contents
Old Revolution Club. Diploma of membership to William Robertson 17 May 1748. Signed by David Forbes as clerk.
Dates:
17 May 1748
Graduation and Ordination Certificates of William Kerr Smith
Fonds — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1890
Scope and Contents
Graduation certificate, on vellum, of William Kerr Smith, who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1771 with a Master's in Liberal Arts. A red wax seal in a metal case is appended to the certificate. It represents a castle surrounded with the words 'S.[IGILLUM] COMMUNITATIS. BURGI. DE EDENBURGH. AD. CAUSAS.', and was appended by the City of Edinburgh to confirm the authenticity of the diploma.This collection also includes William Smith's ordination certificate, as he became the...
Dates:
1771-1772
Incoming Correspondence, 1879-1897
Series
Identifier: Coll-1385/5
Scope and Contents
Assorted letters and registered letters (mostly in original envelopes with stamps or seals), postcards, rental postal packets and telegrams.Box 1 contains:
1879: 1 bundle of letters
1880: 7 bundles of letters
1881: 5 bundles of letters
Assorted copy letters, including a verbatim account of a meeting of Mr A W Inglis of Glencorse, Dr Alfred...
Dates:
1879-1897
Letters from Thomas Chalmers to various correspondents
Fonds — Box CLX-A-360
Identifier: Coll-1856
Scope and Contents
A group of thirteen letters from Thomas Chalmers to various correspondents, 1820-1846.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 16 February 1820: ('One reason for calling 1 upon you this evening was earnestly to solicit the hastening forward of our school estimates. Another was to speak to you of Mr McLeod in his capacity as a candidate for the reading school belonging to the Highland...
Dates:
1820-1846
Matriculation of arms of Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, 26 July 1745
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Scope and Contents
Matriculation of arms of Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, dated 26 July 1745. Written on vellum with seal attached.
Dates:
26 July 1745
Old Revolution Club. Diploma of membership to William Robertson, Principal Robertson's son, 15 November 1771
Item
Identifier: Coll-71/10
Scope and Contents
Old Revolution Club. Diploma of membership to "Mr William Robertson, Student of Law", that is Principal Robertson's son (1753-1835), who later became Lord Robertson. 15 November 1771. Signed by Martin Moubray as clerk.
Dates:
15 November 1771
Papers of Anne Urquhart (1811-1881), 1833-1847
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-350
Identifier: coll-1835/17
Scope and Contents
This subfonds contains letters to Anne Urquhart and her settlement of deed:
Letter from Agnes Anderon to Anne Urquart, 29 May 1833
Letter from Joanna C Low to Anne Urquhart, May 1835
Letter from J. Wedderspoon to Anne Urquhart, 21 March 1839
19 letters from Anne Fleming to Anne Urquhart, 1939-1940
Letter from Eleanor Olivier to Anne...
Dates:
1833-1847
Papers of Christopher Anderson (1782-1852), 1791-1852
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-348
Identifier: coll-1835/7
Scope and Contents
This subfonds includes:
Letter from Christopher (aged 9) to his brother Robert Anderson, 26 February 1791
Letter from Bristol from Christopher to his brother Robert Anderson, 13 November 1805
Letter from London from Christopher to his brother Robert Anderson, 11 June 1805
Letter from Christoper Anderson to his 'Dear Christian Friends', 26 September...
Dates:
1791-1852