William Wilson & Son, tartan manufacturers

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Date:	1700-1907
Places:	Bannockburn, Stirlingshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Textiles > Wool
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C103140 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B4230 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1770-1883: papers, mainly corresp but incl letter and order books etc	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 6660-7000, 9662-77, 9803	See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2	18th cent-19th cent: corresp with customers, tartan samples	National Museum of Scotland Library
3	1783-1900: letters, shipping documents, pattern book	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
4	1793-1873: corresp and accounts rel to uniforms supplied to Scottish regiments	National War Museum of Scotland	Boxes 18, 23, 29, Wilson, Jacobite Highland Dress	NRA 30070 Scottish U S Mus
5	c1772-1907: bills, invoices, accounts and orders, papers rel to shipping	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS4241	NRA 44756
6	c1830: tartan pattern book	Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service	GH	See Annual Return 2010