NRS, PC12/1701-1704 (box 4) (also 1688-1701) – Inventories of Miscellaneous Boxes
Misc4
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1. Papers relating to Captain John Slezer & the publication of his Theatrum Scotiae and to John Adam, Geographer, and his Inventory. [1688-1701] 91 items |
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1 |
2 November 1688 |
Letter from Capt. John Slezer to the Lord Chancellor |
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2 |
24 July 1689 |
Letter from Lt. Gen. Douglas to the King providing a character reference for Capt. John Slezer |
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3 |
3 August 1692 |
Report of committee & Act of privy council concerning John Adair. 30 August 1692: Committee to consider the whole affair and put forward proposals for encouraging the work of Adair |
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4 |
March 1694 |
Petition written on the reverse of a printed copy of the front two pages of the Theatrum Scotiae |
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5 |
12 July 1694 |
Petition Of John Adair to the Privy Council 12 July 1694: Committee to consider the petition and give their opinion in the matter to the council |
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6 |
2 August 1694 |
Report of committee concerning the proposed work of John Adair Suggests a duty may be imposed on foreign ships to cover some of the costs of the project |
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7 |
16 August 1694 |
Sederunt of committee concerning John Adair: The Earl of Annandale & the Viscount of Tarbat |
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8 |
15 November 1694 |
Report of the committee concerning John Adair |
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9 |
16 November 1694 |
Report of the committee concerning John Adair for uplifting 50 deficients in the present levies that John Adair may have the penalties. Sederunt: The Earl of Annandale, Visc. Tarbet & Lord Yester |
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10 |
19 February 1695 |
Petition of John Adair & Act of council expressing concern around the delay in payments to him. |
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11 |
10 April 1695 |
Petition of John Adair & Act of council concerning payments |
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12 |
10 April 1695 |
Report of committee concerning John Adair’s petition Sederunt: Earl of Lothian, Visc. Tarbat, Lord Strathnaver and Lord Livinstoune |
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13 |
[undated] 1695 |
Petition of Capt. Slezer requesting the Act of Parliament concerning the exaction of duries from foreign ships be printed and published |
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14 |
[undated] 1695 |
Information of Capt. Slezer to the Committee of Trade |
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15 |
19 June 1695 |
Information [printed] to the Lord High Chancellor & Privy Council appointed as a committee to consider the petitions of John Adair & Capt. Slezer Copy of the report of the Committee of Trade [printed] |
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16 |
16 July 1695 |
Act of Parliament in favour of John Adair & Capt. John Slezer |
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17 |
17 December 1695 |
Petition of John Adair, geographer |
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18 |
26 December 1695 |
The Lord Justice clerk, added to the committee formerly appointed to consider the petitions of Adair & Slezer |
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19 |
11 February 1696 |
Precept detailing payment from of rents in favour of John Adair made by the general receiver |
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20 |
February 1696 |
Draft of a precept on the receiver of rents for payments out of the tonnage money |
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21 |
13 February 1696 |
Act of Privy Council authorising the precepts on the receiver of rents and adding Sir John Maxwell to the committee concerning the matter |
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22 |
20 February 1696 & 13 March 1696 |
Minutes of the committee concerning the precepts in favour of Adair & Slezer Sederunt: Lord Justice Clerk, Laird of Blackbarronie & Sir John Mawell 13 March 1696: The precept considered by the committee for £200 sterling recorded & ordered to be given to John Adair |
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23 |
23 July 1696 |
Petition of Margaret, Countess of Wemyss for herself and on behalf of the whole coal & salt masters of the Kingdom, against the tonnage granted to Adair & Slezer with the associated Act of Parliament |
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24 |
undated |
Petition of John Adair |
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25 |
25 July 1696 |
Report of the committee on the Countess of Wemyss complaints upon the tonnage Sederunt: Lord Ruthven & Frabcis Montgomery |
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26 |
August 1695 |
Account of money received by John Adair since 1 March 1696 Account of money disbursed by John Adair since August 1695 |
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27 |
24 July 1696 |
Account of the collection of an imposition upon tonnage, upon foreigners and upon natives received by Jarviswood from the several collectors preceding 1 January ‘extracted forth of the books 24 July 1696′ |
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28 |
undated 1696 |
Account of tonnage at Port Glasgow from 6 October 1694 – 1 March 1696 |
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29 |
undated 1696 |
Account of tonnage at Dumfries since 1 November 1695 |
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30 |
30 July 1696 |
Report of the committee on the Countess of Wemyss’ complaint |
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31 |
Undated 1696 |
Petition of John Slezer [printed] to the Estates of Parliament – two copies, one signed. |
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32 |
4 September 1696 |
Petition of John Adair regarding payments to be made to him |
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33 |
4 September 1696 |
Memorial of Capt. Slezer [contains estimates of costs] |
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34 |
4 September 1696 |
A particular account of the disbursements made by Capt. Slezer and losses sustained by him in publishing his Theatrum Scotiae. |
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35 |
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Committee appointed to consider the memorial of Capt. Slezer and what payments are to be made to him & John Adair |
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36 |
22 September 1696 |
Representation [2 printed copies] to parliament by Capt. Slezer concerning the publication of the Ancient and Present State of Scotland , by Capt. John Slezer Account of the progress made in the Description of the Ancient and Present State of SCOTLAND |
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37 |
Undated 1696 |
Petition of Capt. Slezer to the Privy Council requesting that he be able to address the appointed committee appointed concerning his progress before they make a report to the council |
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38 |
12 October 1696 |
Report to the Privy Council to lessen the imposition upon the tonnage of foreign ships |
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39 |
31 December 1696 |
Petition of John Adair requesting a warrant be given to the General Receiver to pay the some of 4542 Scots to him
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40 |
12 January 1697 |
Petition [printed] of Capt. John Slezer |
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41 |
12 March 1697 |
Memorial of Capt. John Slezer |
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42 |
12 March 1697 |
Account of disbursements by Capt. Slezer upon account of his ancient & present state of Scotland preceding the act of parliament the Act of Parliament for the tonnage ‘Charges of the first volume are already published’ |
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43 |
12 March 1697 & 17 March 1697 |
Reports of committee appointed to consider the petitions of Capt. Slezer and John Adair |
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44 |
6 July 1697 |
Petition of Hugh Brown [holding a commission from the council to manage the affair of the tonnage] concerning his expenses incurred |
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45 |
Undated 1697 |
Petition of John Adair requesting that boatmen in Port Glasgow, Irving & Ayr be ready to assist him in his work mapping the coasts of Argyle, Kintyre, Islay, Arran, Bute & the inner parts of the Clyde = and that their expenses are covered. |
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46 |
March 1696/7 |
Account of tonnage received by Jarviswood |
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47 |
27 June 1697 |
Petition of Capt. Slezer 27 June 1697: John Adair permitted to answer the petition 6 July 1697: Committee to consider the whole affair and make a report to the council |
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48 |
Undated 1696 |
Memorial of Capt. Slezer to the Committee for the Security of the kingdom, concerning the petition of Archibald Sinclair. |
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49 |
6 July 1697 |
Answers of Archibald Sinclair, John Adair and Hugh Brown to the petition of Capt. Slezer |
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50 |
8 July 1697 |
Memorial for Capt. Slezer |
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51 |
3 August 1697 |
Abbreviat of the tonnage received preceding 1 August and since November 1696 – includes details of receivers who have not paid. |
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52 |
3 August 1697 |
Account of Capt. Slezer’s expenses from the beginning to the completion of his whole book. |
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53 |
5 August 1697 |
Act of Privy Council in favour of John Adair, Capt. Slezer & Hugh Brown for expenses. [2 copies] |
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54 |
23 December 1697 |
Petition [printed] addressed to Patrick Earl of Marchmont, the Lord High Chancellor & the Privy Council. Petition of the skippers and owners of ships in Borrowstouness & Queensferry concerning the difficulties incurred by the imposition of the upon the tonnage by reason of the war, loss of ships and goods, and other calamities that have befallen them. |
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55 |
23 December 1697 |
Representation [printed] of Capt. Slezer in answer to the petition submitted by the skippers & owners in Borrowstouness & Queensferry. |
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56 |
23 December 1697 |
Answers of John Adair, geographer to the petition given in by the skippers & owners at Borrowstouness & Queensferry |
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57 |
30 December 1697 |
Petition of the Countess of Wemyss requesting the imposition on foreign ships is reduced. |
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58 |
29 January 1698 |
Memorial of John Adair |
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59 |
31 January 1698 |
Representation for Capt. Slezer to the committee appointed to consider the petitions of Capt. Slezer & John Adair |
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60 |
5 February 1698 |
Double Act of Parliament in favour of John Adair, Geographer |
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61 |
14 February 1698 |
An account of the tonnage collected at several ports from August 1695 to August 1697 |
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62 |
14 February 1697 |
An account of the charges & discharges of the tonnage |
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63 |
14 February 1698 |
Account of Capt. Slezer’s disbursements including an estimate for finishing the second volume of his ancient & present state of Scotland |
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64 |
August 1695 |
Sea maps by John Adair and an account of money given in & out when doing them. An account of money received by John Adair before the year 1695 An account of the money received by John Adair since August 1696 An account of the money given out by John Adair since August 1696 |
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65 |
25 July 1696 5 August 1697 15 February1698 |
Notes of Acts relating to John Adair & Capt. Slezer |
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66 |
15 February 1698 |
Copy of an act concerning Adair, Slezer & Brown |
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67 |
undated |
Petition [printed] of Capt. Slezer |
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68 |
undated |
Reasons [printed] humbly offered for continuing the tonnage in favour of Capt. Slezer |
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69 |
undated |
Memorial of Capt. Slezer concerning the more effectual bringing in both arrears of the late tonnage imposed in 1695 and the current tonnage imposed in 1698 |
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70 |
13 December 1698 |
Petition of Capt. Slezer requesting financial reimbursement 13 December 1698: Committee appointed to consider the petition 22 December 1698: Continuation of committee |
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71 |
19 December 1698 |
Representation for Capt. Slezer to the Estates of Parliament showing how faithfully he has employed the money received by him out of the tonnage for carrying out his work. & Report of the committee appointed to consider the petition of Capt. Slezer |
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72 |
undated |
Printed version of the above Representation of Capt. Slezer concerning the tonnage & Report if the Committee of Trade |
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73 |
undated |
Printed contents page of the Theatrum Scotiae [2 x printed copies] |
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74 |
14 March 1700 |
Account of money given out by John Adair in his voyage to the Western Isles since 1698 |
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75 |
14 March 1700 |
Petition of John Adair requesting a warrant be issued to the General Receiver to make payment to him |
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76 |
14 March 1700 |
Petition [printed]of Captain Slezer requesting payment from the tonnage fund as per the Act of Parliament [June 1698] [handwritten note added] ‘presented to the high and honourable court of Parliament at the last session |
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77 |
4 April 1700 |
Petition [printed]of John Adair as he has not yet received any expenses due to him, and so the work is in danger of being abandoned |
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78 |
27 March 1701 |
Additional committee appointed concerning the tonnage |
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79 |
17 July 1701 |
Act of council calling for a meeting of the committee concerning the tonnage on Wednesday 23 July |
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80 |
25 July 1701 |
Memorial of Capt. Slezer concerning the tonnage |
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81 |
25 July 1701 |
Memorial of Capt. Slezer concerning the tonnage addressed to the committee appointed to consider the matter |
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82 |
29 July 1701 |
Answers of John Adair to Capt. Slezer’s memorial |
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83 |
undated |
Proposal to the Estates of Parliament [printed]for the release of Capt. Slezer’s five-year confinement from within the Abbey |
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84 |
undated |
The state of Capt. Slezer’s case, with respect to the hardships he lives under for want of what is due to him by the public Presented in four memorials |
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85 |
undated |
Memorial [printed]of Capt. Slezer representing ‘that his Pretentions upon the Tunnage, is not for any gratuitous Gift or Pension from the Government, but is for payment and Reimbursing to him of the Expenses of a workk for which the Government in a manner contracted with him.’ |
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86 |
undated |
Petition [printed] of Captain Slezer for himself and several of his personal creditors |
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87 |
25 July 1701 |
Petition of Capt. Slezer requesting that he be allowed to defend himself against alleged misrepresentations against him in a memorial submitted by John Adair |
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88 |
25 July 1701 & 31 July 1701 |
Report of the committee appointed concerning the tonnage and petitions of Slezer & Adair. Sederunt: Lord High Chancellor, Earl of Leven & Visc. Of Tarbat |
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89 |
undated |
Printed [printed]copy of contents pages of the Theatrum Scotiae |
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90 |
undated |
Petition [printed] of Capt. Slezer to the Estates of Parliament for expenses incurred in the production of various works. |
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91 |
1 September 1698 |
[printed] Act Anent the Tonnage |