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Letters and documents of Captain William Leith, Stromness, and his sons.

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Identifier: Acc.4968

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 15 Sept 1798.

Capt William Leith to Peter Leith, 28 June 1800.

Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 3 June 1801.

Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 1 April 1802.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 28 Jan 1804.

Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 8 March 1804.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 5 July 1804.

Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 11 Sept 1904.

Charles Leith to William Leith, 21 July 1805.

Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 28 July 1805.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 20 Oct 1805.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 24 Oct 1805

Charles Leith to William Leith, 26 Nov 1805.

Charles Leith to William Leith, 28 Nov 1805.

James Leith to William Leith, 15 Feb 1806.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 18 May 1806.

James Leith to Capt William Leith, 6 Oct 1806

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 23 Oct 1806

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 2 Nov 1806.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 2 Dec 1806.

James Leith to Capt William Leith, 5 Feb 1808.

James Leith to Peter Leith, 9 Feb 1808.

Capt William Leith to Nicholas Leith, 5 June 1808.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 13 June 1808.

James Leith to William Leith, 26 June 1808.

Joshua Clouston to Nicholas Leith, 21 Aug 1808.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 11 Sept 1808.

Joshua Clouston to William Leith, 11 Sept 1808.

Peter Leith to William Leith, 18 Dec 1808.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 30 April 1809.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 15 June 1809.

William Leith to Capt William Leith, 18 Dec1808.

Christian Robertson to William Leith, 28 Jan 1810.

Capt William Leith to William Leith, 28 Jan 1810.

Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 20 April 1810.

Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 7 Dec 1810.

Joshua Clouston to Peter Leith, 22 Oct 1812.

James Leith to Nicholas Leith, 24 Jan 1813.

Elizabeth [ ] to Peter Leith, 25 April 1815.

Joshua Clouston to Peter Leith, 22 July 1815.

Peter Leith to Joshua Clouston, 24 Aug 1816.

Joshua Clouston to Peter Leith, (-) April 1817.

James Leith to Peter Leith, 8 Feb 1820.

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 10 May [18--].

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 24 July [18--].

Capt William Leith to William Leith, 1 Oct [18--].

Charles Leith to Capt William Leith. Date missing.

Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith. Date missing.

Peter Leith to Capt William Leith. Date missing.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Charles Leith, 18 July 1804.

Testimonial in favour of Charles Leith, 22 July 1804.

Official letters (4) to Nicholas Leith, 1805-1846.

“List of Ships detained by HMS Lynx”, 1808.

Last Will and Testament of William Leith, 2 Nov 1810.

Warrants (2) in favour of Nicholas Leith, 1813-14.

Medical certificate of Nicholas Leith, 22 July 1828.

Dates

  • Creation: 1798-1846, undated.

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Extent

0.00 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited, 1970, by Peter K I Leith, Orkney.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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