Includes list of settlements; Reports of the Auditors; investments in Forfar Water; the Albert Institute (in liquidation); matters of management relating to the Kilmaron estate, including abatement of rents and the sequestration of tenants; correspondence relating to the settlement on Mrs E. Armistead and the resignation of her husband Mr G. Armistead as a Trustee. [12 items, 23 pieces]
Drawing of grate for billiard room; includes three letters from G.H Nicolls and company, Ironmongers, Dundee to Peter Carmichael regarding a delay in the construction of the hot air stove; also includes one letter from Stuart and [Smilk], Roscoe place, Sheffield to G.H Nicolls and company citing the need to make new models as the reason for delay. Originally numbered 20. Coloured drawing. 21 August - 6 October 1879 Architect/Engineer: [Stuart and [Smilk], Roscoe place, Sheffield]
Drawings of different shapes such as pentagon, hexagon, heptagon etc. Also shapes titled torus, ovolo, caveta, cimarecta, cimareversa, quirked cimeraversa and tor or great batton. Drawing number 1. Originally numbered 32. (No Date) Architect/Engineer: W. B. Carmichael
Album of photographs of Dundee, c.1873-1880; with photograph of Frank Henderson, Convener of the Improvement Committee of the Dundee Police Commissioners, 1871-1880. [54 photographs in sepia] Bookplate: Ex libris Arthurstone.
Plan of west entrance gate for Arthurstone and side railings for same. Originally numbered 15. Coloured wash. 14th March 1870 Scale: 12 inches to 28 feet
Plan of proposed entrance gate to the north-east of Arthurstone gardens including elevation and ground plans; also sketch of stable or shelter house for horses and cattle (to be put up in the north-east corner of Pond park). Originally numbered 19. Ink and pencil sketches. 25 October 1876 Scale: 1/2 inch to one foot
Contains notification of death and intimation of the funeral at Kettins, 25 April 1881. Instructions to printers in Dundee dated 21 April regarding funeral letters with list of those to be invited. Also notes pertaining to the funeral arrangements of Peter Carmichael's daughter, Grace Margaret Carmichael, 12 July [1873].
Contains notes regarding funeral arrangements and intimations; a notice of her death signed by Peter Carmichael with additional note of the death of William Baxter Carmichael on 6th July 1877 and his burial beside his sister in the churchyard of Kettins, includes sketch of headstone.
Contains intimations of the funeral of 'my wife Margaret Carmichael' at Kettins on 8 May, 1871, signed by Peter Carmichael and note of her death at Arthurstone on 4 May 1871.
Contains intimation of funeral of 'my son William Baxter Carmichael' at Kettins on 10th July, 1877 together with notices of his death at Arthurstone on 6 July, 1877, signed by Peter Carmichael together with list of those to whom intimations were sent.
Estimates and receipted accounts for work carried out on stable, cart shed, steading and dovecot at Arthursone. Includes sketch of dovecot. Local contractors: David Reid, Ley of Haliburton; Alexander Reid, Coupar Angus; Charles Crichton, Meigle; Ross and Wallace, Coupar Angus; C. E. Anderson, Coupar Angus. [7 pieces]
Estimates, together with and notes of work to be carried out on the Arthurstone estate, particularly with regard to building repairs and fencing, . [15 pieces] 1877
Items include: Sales vouchers for livestock sold at auction by H. Hopkirk & Co., Coupar Angus, and Peter McIntyre, 6 High Street, Dundee (includes a note of market dues and cost of transporting cattle by Caledonian Railway Company). Also, roup of grass parks let by Peter Carmichael, sales of turnips and hay auctioned by Peter McIntyre; sales of horses auctioned by MacDonald, Fraser & Co., Perth, and also by private treaty to James Robertson, 45 Perth Road, Dundee. Letter from William Stephen to Mr Gow, Arthurstone, regarding the purchase of cattle from Peter Carmichael together with a request for a 'luck penny'. Roup roll of farm articles and stock sold at a displensing sale at Ardler (November 1883), under the auspices of James Wilkie, solicitor, Kirriemuir. Vouchers for the sale of raspberries, strawberries and blackcurrants to James Keillor & Son, Dundee and the purchase of poultry by William Campbell, butcher and game dealer, Dundee. Vouchers pertaining to the sale of trees to Baxter Brothers and Company, Dundee. Account with William McIntosh together with measurements in respect of his rent of garden ground at Ardler. Dividend warrants pertaining to investments in the following companies: Commercial Banking company of Sydney Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales Bank of Australia Great Western Railway Great Northern Railway company North Eastern Railway Highland Railway Company North British Railway Union Bank of Australia Panama Canal Obligations (per Seligman Brothers, 3 Angel Court, London.) North Sea Steam Shipping Company Limited Caledonian Railway Company The National Bank of Scotland's Office, Dundee Also interest and dividends collected on behalf of Peter Carmichael by Shiell and Small, solicitors, Dundee. Interest and repayments of personal loans by D. Bruce Peebles, Tay House, Bonnington, Edinburgh, and Dr Schaefer, Seaton House, St Andrews. Details of payments with regard to Peter Carmichael's 14/64 share in the vessels SS Spey and SS Garry in respect of voyages in 1880 and 1881, (voyages include destinations in the Baltic). Agent: James Mitchell, Dundee.
Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God to be used on Sunday, the fourth of August, 1918, The Fourth Anniversary of the Declaration of War'. Leaflet issued under the authority of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York by the society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Notice of and invitations to the funeral of Peter Carmichael held on Wednesday 13 May 1891 at Kettins, issued by his nephew, James Carmichael on 7 May. Includes list of those invited and arrangements for transport from Dundee. Includes a newspaper announcement of the death. Notes on the planning of the funeral. Letters of sympathy and regret. Also notice of the death of Mrs Carmichael at Arthurstone on 4 May, 1871. [24 pieces]
Sections across the grounds of Arthurstone, taken with the view for a supply of water to the residence. Originally numbered 8. No colour. 3 August 1837 Scale: 100:2000 (in feet for plan and length of section) 10:100 (in feet for heights of section) Architect/Engineer: William [Blackcullen]
