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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to other estates with which the Minto family was in some way involved., 1731-1886.

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Identifier: MS.13307

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers relating to the following: (i) Whitsome Hill, Berwickshire, the property of Hugh Murray Kynynmound, advocate, 1731-1741 (folio 1);

(ii) Invertiel, Fife, the property of Hugh Somervell of Invertiel, Writer to the Signet, father of Isabella Murray of Melgund, 1737-1743 (folio 50);

(iii) Bilton near Wetherby in Yorkshire, relating to newly enclosed land at Bilton owned by John Iveson, but over which Anna Mary Amyand, later Countess of Minto, had granted a mortgage, 1776-1777, 1779, 1782 (folio 121)'

(iv) Melgund Place, a tenement in the Castlegate of Jedburgh, in which the Elliot family had acquired a share for electoral purposes, and subsequently owned outright, 1873, 1876-1882 (folio 139);

(v) Abstract of accounts for Home Farm, Ardington, Berkshire, 1885-1886 (folio 196).

Dates

  • Creation: 1731-1886.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

197 Leaves

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: Undetermined

Arrangement

197 folios.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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