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'Succinct account of the family of Calder 1773', being a history of the family of the Thanes of Calder or Cawdor and later of the Campbells of Cawdor down to the death in 1773 of Alexander, third son of John Campbell, 10th of Cawdor.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9982

Dates

  • Creation: 1773.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

18 Leaves ; Quarto.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

35 pages.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1957, by John Calder, Nairn.

Bibliography

The text has similarities to that of Lachlan Shaw in ‘The history of the province of Moray’ (Edinburgh, 1775) pages 113-117, but is fuller, and appears, despite its date, to have been composed later than the printed version.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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