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Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17887 [Mf.MSS.184]

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) MS.E 111. Accounts of General Henry Fletcher as colonel of the 35th Regiment with his agents Gray and Ogilvie (later Ross and Ogilvie), 1775-1794 and 1794-1798;

(ii) MS.B 83. Labourers' wages, 1750-1765;

(iii) MS.C 203. Cottars' book, 1780-1802, detailing rents and repairs;

(iv) MS.C 204. List of letters received by Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, November 1755-April 1764, with (inverted) a list of prints;

(v) MS.K 17. Notebook of General Henry Fletcher, 1779-1784, mostly on estate matters; similar to MS.17893;

(vi) MS.109.1. Account-book of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, 1755-1760;

(vii) MS.109.2. Saltoun crop-book, 1768-1770;

(viii) MS.109.3. Estate notebook, 1768-1774;

(ix) MS.109.5. Receipts to General Henry Fletcher and other notes on estate matters, 1779-1783;

(x) MS.109.6. Account-book of Ann Griffith, servant apparently in London, 1764-1770.

Dates

  • Creation: 1750-1802.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

1 Reels

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1972.

Existence and Location of Originals

The original notebooks are now in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

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