Letters, 1832-1853, of John Frederick Gordon (afterwards Lord John Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton M.P.) nephew of Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton M.P. (Lord Aboyne); and correspondence and legal papers, 1834-1862, concerning the Hallyburton estates., 1832-1862.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follow: (i) Letters, 1832-1853, of John Frederick Gordon. (Folio 1.) (ii) Factorial correspondence, 1845-1853, of Robert Newton relating to the Hallyburton estates. Patrick Chalmers (died 1854) was a trustee of Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton of Pitcur. (Folio 55.) (iii) Correspondence and legal papers, 1854-1862, relating to the Hallyburton trust dispositions and to the estates in Forfarshire and at Tarbert, County Kerry. Most of the letters are from Messrs. Lindsay, Mackay & Howe Writer to the Signet. (Folio 87.)
Dates
- Creation: 1832-1862.
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Extent
426 Leaves ; Folio and under.
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426 folios.
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