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Adam, William, (1689-1748), architect

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Surname: Adam
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1689-1748
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P161608 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P131 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for William Adam
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
family papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1454
NRA 9954 Adam
2
1744-1747: Rosneath drawings
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.17878
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [13e]
3
18th cent: papers rel to work for Lord Tweeddale (with John Adam)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.14551
NRA 13563 Hay

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [47e]
4
1721-1746: misc accounts for work at Hopetoun House, with some papers of James, John and Robert Adam
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS888
NRA 17684 Hope

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [53a]
5
c1720, 1743: receipt book and letters to Sir A Grant
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD345/1158, 1377
NRA 10160
6
1740-1742: letters to Duke of Hamilton
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA(S)2177/C3
NRA 10979 Hamilton
7
1723-1741: letters to Sir John Clerk
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD18/4719-36
NRA 29182