Correspondence and papers chiefly of and concerning the family of Dr Angus Macdonald., 1744-1825, undated.
Scope and Contents
Included are letters of Angus Macdonald to his father, Angus Macdonald of Gellovie (succeeded 1744), letters of the Chevalier de Johnstone and his son concerning the Merkland of Moffat to Dr Angus Macdonald, letters of Christian Dundas and her brother, Henry (later 1st Viscount Melville), to Anne Ord, letters of Walter Boyd, the financier, Sir Walter Farquhar, the physician, and Charles Butler, the Catholic leader, to Dr Angus Macdonald, and genealogical and devotional papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1744-1825, undated.
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Extent
131 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s, 17 June 1974, lot 167.
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Repository Details
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