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Tipped-in at the front of the volume are a bond, 1497, of the Lordship of Abernethy by George Douglas, Master of Angus, in favour of James Carmichael of Folkartoun (folio i), and a fragment of a document, 1567, concerning John Carmichael of Meadowflat (folio 11).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Financial papers, 1669-1712, being chiefly bonds and discharges of and to the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1700-1712, of financial transactions between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and his children (folio 56);(iii) Papers, 1705-1707, of the executry of Andrew Hay, son of Sir John Hay, Lord Clerk Register (folio 74);(iv) Cypher tables, 1707-1711 (folio 105);(v) Miscellaneous...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...

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The papers concern property in Prestonpans, 1752-1831 (folio 1); a bond of credit by the trustees of the Stirling-Drymen road, 1795-1839 (folio 35); the Reverend Andrew Johnston, 1805-1808, 1822 (folio 151); the teinds of Harvieston and James Dewar of Vogrie, 1808-1817, 1836 (folio 24); and a bond to Cameron of Locheil, 1817-1818 (folio 310).

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The papers concern property in Prestonpans, 1752-1831 (folio 1); a bond of credit by the trustees of the Stirling-Drymen road, 1795-1839 (folio 35); the Reverend Andrew Johnston, 1805-1808, 1822 (folio 151); the teinds of Harvieston and James Dewar of Vogrie, 1808-1817, 1836 (folio 24); and a bond to Cameron of Locheil, 1817-1818 (folio 310).

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The papers concern property in Prestonpans, 1752-1831 (folio 1); a bond of credit by the trustees of the Stirling-Drymen road, 1795-1839 (folio 35); the Reverend Andrew Johnston, 1805-1808, 1822 (folio 151); the teinds of Harvieston and James Dewar of Vogrie, 1808-1817, 1836 (folio 24); and a bond to Cameron of Locheil, 1817-1818 (folio 310).

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...

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Wills, bonds, memorials leases and related papers of and concerning the Borthwicks of Crookston particularly John Borthwick [d.1830] and William Henry Borthwick.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hollond, Spencer Edmund.Letter, 1902, of Spencer Edmund Hollond to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Holloway, Marseille Middleton.Letters, 1846, 1873 and 1887, of Marseille Middleton Holloway to John Murray III. Folios 3-7.Holloway Blount and Duke.Letters, 1909, of Holloway Blount and Duke to John Murray IV. Folios 8-10....

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The papers consist of letters and notes on the genealogy of the Mure of Caldwell family, Ayrshire and their relatives the Bloxham family, Banbury, diaries of Catherine Mure, daughter of William Mure of Caldwell (succ.1776) and legal documents of and relating to the Mures of Caldwell and the Bloxhams.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...