Legal correspondence and papers of John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709)., 1682-1760, undated.
Scope and Contents
MSS.6414-6415 contain general McFarlane correspondence, including (in MS.6414) a small amount of material relating to John McFarlane's father, also John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1678).
MS.6415 contains forty-one letters of Duncan Forbes, of Culloden.
MSS.6416-6418 contain over 300 letters of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, one of McFarlane's principal clients, as well as letters to him and a few legal papers concerning his affairs. Additional Lovat material has been added to MSS.6416-6418.
Dates
- Creation: 1682-1760, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
5 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Separated Materials
MS.6409, one of the volumes bound in the nineteenth century, also contains some miscellaneous John McFarlane material.
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Repository Details
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