Legal, family and miscellaneous papers of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1777-1806, undated.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1787-1802, including accounts, of the trustees of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);
(ii) Family papers, being copies of the marriage contract, 1785, between the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale; a printed ‘Information', 1788, for Frances, daughter of Major William and Lady Catherine Hay, against Robert Hay of Drumelzier; and an inventory, 1789, of the jewels belonging to Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale (folio 81);
(iii) Papers, 1789-1802, including printed legal papers, concerning Allan Macdougall of Gallanach, Writer to the Signet (folio 125);
(iv) Reports, 1796, to the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale as Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian concerning the supply of grain in the various parishes of the county (folio 159);
(v) Papers, 1803-1806, concerning the internment and death at Verdun of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale (folio 226);
(vi) Miscellaneous papers, 1777-1798, undated (folio 254).
Dates
- Creation: 1777-1806, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
275 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
275 folios.
Repository Details
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