University of Dundee Archives

MS 105/9
Sub-fonds
1845-1957

Kinross Junction Railway, letter book 1845-1847, draft subscription contract c.1845; London, Midland and Scottish Railway, letter book 1935-1957.

Shiell and Small

Miscellaneous clients

MS 105/10
Sub-fonds
1830-1934

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Single volumes and items, particularly letter books relating to affairs mainly of local businessmen (some unidentified). Clients include Edward C Baird; James Bell & Son, Rope and Sailmakers, Dundee; J C Buist; W Thomson Currie; James Davidson; J A Guthrie of Craigie (Dundee Harbour extension reports and correspondence 1854-1869); Meyer, Milne & Co; William Nicoll; Alexander Ramsay; Ross and Mitchell, Railway Contractors, Edinburgh; O J Rowland, Jute Merchant & Manufacturer; William Small, County Fire Office (1909-1964); Dundee and District Armaments Committee; Dundee New Gas Light Co; Dundee Working Men's Club; Dundee Water Works

Shiell and Small

Minute by Trustees - dated 4 June 1937. (missing)

MS 105/20/63/1
Item
1937.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Minute by Trustees - dated 4 June 1937. (missing)

Shiell and Small

Minute by the Trustees - dated 7 December 1938. (missing)

MS 105/20/63/2
Item
1968

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Minute by the Trustees - dated 7 December 1938. (missing)

Shiell and Small

Marriage-Contract Trust of John Sims Bontein, Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, son of Colonel John Bontein, late of H.M. Indian Army, and Mary Elizabeth Chalmers, youngest daughter of Lieut. General Sir William Chalmers of Glenericht, Perthshire. Dated...

MS 105/20/11
Item
1862-1917.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage-Contract Trust of John Sims Bontein, Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, son of Colonel John Bontein, late of H.M. Indian Army, and Mary Elizabeth Chalmers, youngest daughter of Lieut. General Sir William Chalmers of Glenericht, Perthshire. Dated September, 1862. 1862-1917.

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Marriage-Contract Trust between Thomas Gilroy, merchant in Dundee, and Isabella Angus, daughter of the late James Angus of Dundee. October 1873. Isabella Angus died December 1911.

MS 105/20/31
Item
1873-1914.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage-Contract Trust between Thomas Gilroy, merchant in Dundee, and Isabella Angus, daughter of the late James Angus of Dundee. October 1873. Isabella Angus died December 1911. Also included is "Copy of Assignation by Norman James Gilroy in favour of the Scottish Reversionary Co. Ltd". 1873-1914.

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Marriage-Contract Trust between Robert Lamb, merchant in Dundee, and Janet or Jessie Bell, daughter of James Bell, rope and sail maker in Dundee, dated 29 May, 1867. 1867-1921. Robert Lamb died December 1900; Jessie Bell died June, 1919.

MS 105/20/41
Item
1867-1921

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage-Contract Trust between Robert Lamb, merchant in Dundee, and Janet or Jessie Bell, daughter of James Bell, rope and sail maker in Dundee, dated 29 May, 1867. 1867-1921. Robert Lamb died December 1900; Jessie Bell died June, 1919.

Shiell and Small

Marriage-Contract Trust between George Halley, flaxspinner and merchant in Dundee, and Anne Henderson, daughter of the deceased Henry Henderson, Leather merchant in Dundee.

MS 105/20/34
Item
1863-1875.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage-Contract Trust between George Halley, flaxspinner and merchant in Dundee, and Anne Henderson, daughter of the deceased Henry Henderson, Leather merchant in Dundee. 1863-1875.

Shiell and Small

Marriage-Contract Trust between Edward Cross, formerly Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, now at Shandy Hall, Dripsey, County Cork, and Miss Mackenzie Chalmers, daughter of the deceased General Sir William Chalmers of Glenericht. Dated 17 July, 1865. E...

MS 105/20/20
Item
1865-1928.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage-Contract Trust between Edward Cross, formerly Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, now at Shandy Hall, Dripsey, County Cork, and Miss Mackenzie Chalmers, daughter of the deceased General Sir William Chalmers of Glenericht. Dated 17 July, 1865. Edward Cross died November 1923 and Mrs Cross died August, 1885.

Also includes separate sheets: copy of "Investment Clause in Marriage Contract", dated 1907, copy of "Investment Clause in Marriage Contract", dated 1911 [very similar], and copy of correspondence concerning payment of monies for which the children of the late Mrs Cross are entitled. 1865-1928.

Shiell and Small

Marriage Contract Trust between Roland Ellis Dean, Lieutenant Reserve of Officers, 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and Agnes Traill MacKenzie, daughter of William MacKenzie, Managing Director of Alliance Trust Company Ltd.

MS 105/20/22
Item
1918-1934.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage Contract Trust between Roland Ellis Dean, Lieutenant Reserve of Officers, 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and Agnes Traill MacKenzie, daughter of William MacKenzie, Managing Director of Alliance Trust Company Ltd. Includes on separate sheet "Mr and Mrs R.E. Dean's Ante-Nuptial Contract of Marriage", dated 26 June, 1918, cuttings [pasted in] from the Dundee Advertiser of 28 June, 1918, "Marriage Settlement" [separate sheet] of above, dated 1 March, 1963 showing analysis of holdings and valuations. Also included "Marriage Settlement, Balance Sheet" of Mr and Mrs Dean, dated 5 April, 1962. 1918-1934.

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Marriage Contract Trust between John Gilroy, merchant in Dundee, son of Robert Gilroy, merchant, millspinner and manufacturer in Dundee, and Elvira Matilda Hewitt, under post-nuptial marriage contract, dated July, 1875. John Gilroy died [between Januar...

MS 105/20/29
Item
1894-1911

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Marriage Contract Trust between John Gilroy, merchant in Dundee, son of Robert Gilroy, merchant, millspinner and manufacturer in Dundee, and Elvira Matilda Hewitt, under post-nuptial marriage contract, dated July, 1875. John Gilroy died [between January and June, 1895.]

Also includes Contract of Marriage between Elvira Matilda Hewitt, and Alexander Shields, manufacturer in Perth, dated July 1882. Elvira Matilda Hewitt died March 1911, and Alexander Shields died sometime before her. 1894-1911

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Letter book No. 3. November 1892 - May 1902. [Wet copy].

MS 105/20/42/7
Item
1892-1902

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 3. November 1892 - May 1902. [Wet copy].

Shiell and Small

Letter book No. 3. January 1936 - September 1941.

MS 105/20/12/3
Item
1936-1941

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 3. January 1936 - September 1941.

Shiell and Small

Letter book No. 2. December 1931 - January 1936.

MS 105/20/12/2
Item
1931-1936

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 2. December 1931 - January 1936.

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Letter book No. 2. April 1883 - November 1892. [Wet copy].

MS 105/20/42/6
Item
1883-1892

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 2. April 1883 - November 1892. [Wet copy].

Shiell and Small

Letter book No. 1. [Wet Copy]. April 1895 - March 1912.

MS 105/20/58/6
Item
1895-1912

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 1. [Wet Copy]. April 1895 - March 1912.

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Letter Book No. 1. [Wet copy]. April 1888 - April 1894.

MS 105/20/52/7
Item
1888-1894

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter Book No. 1. [Wet copy]. April 1888 - April 1894.

Shiell and Small

Letter Book No. 1. Trustees of James F. White. [Wet Copy]. October 1886 - July 1890.

MS 105/20/67/2
Item
1886-1890

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter Book No. 1. Trustees of James F. White. [Wet Copy]. October 1886 - July 1890.

Shiell and Small

Letter book No. 1 (Trustees of Alexander Low). June 1878 - March 1883. [Wet copy].

MS 105/20/42/5
Item
1878-1883

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 1 (Trustees of Alexander Low). June 1878 - March 1883. [Wet copy].

Shiell and Small

Letter book No. 1. December 1928 - December 1931.

MS 105/20/12/1
Item
1928-1931

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Letter book No. 1. December 1928 - December 1931.

Shiell and Small

James Duncan of Jordanstone bequest

MS 105/22
Sub-fonds
1887-1934

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Papers mainly relating to the James Duncan of Jordanstone bequest and the proposals to use this to set up an Art College as part of Dundee Technical College and School of Art under the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act: Constitutions and agreements. 1887-1932; Petitions. 1927-1934; Correspondence and notes on case relating to Duncan of Jordanstone Bequest. 1914-1934; Memoranda and reports. 1927-1934; Published legal documents. 1918-1933; Miscellaneous documents relating to Dundee Technical College and School of Art. 1927-1932.

Shiell and Small

Extract registered Discharge by the Trustees of the late John Sharp of Dalnaglar and others in favour of the Trustees of the late John Sharp of Balmuir of legacy and share of residue liferent by the late Miss Christina Sharp, 29 March, 1940. [pp.276-29...

MS 105/20/63/4
Item
1940

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Extract registered Discharge by the Trustees of the late John Sharp of Dalnaglar and others in favour of the Trustees of the late John Sharp of Balmuir of legacy and share of residue liferent by the late Miss Christina Sharp, 29 March, 1940. [pp.276-299]. (missing)

Shiell and Small

Executry of William Blackadder, civil engineer, Glamis, died October 1860.