Notebook containing 'Selectae Disputationes Logice', probably dictates or lecture notes, begun 23 March 1678; and accounts, 1681-1691, of the West Nisbet estate, in the hand of John Carre of Cavers and Nisbet., 1678, 1681-1691.
Scope and Contents
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Dates
- Creation: 1678, 1681-1691.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
132 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
90 + 42 (inverted) folios.
The 'Selectae disputationes logice' is on folios 2-60. The accounts are on folios 63 verso-87, and 1-42 inverted.
Custodial History
On folio 1 are scribbled signatures of John Carre, James Alexander and Andrew Carre (1717).
Separated Materials
For further accounts concerning the Nisbet estate, see MS.5413.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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