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Copies of letters and reports from Captain John Barlow and other officers commanding detachments of the Buffs in the Western Isles and the Laggan and Loch Rannoch areas.

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Identifier: MS.10691
Scope and Contents

Captain Barlow reports on his searches for arms and Catholic priests in the islands, and on shipping in the area. He also comments on the topography and social conditions, and puts forward suggestions for a permanent garrison, the building of schools and customs houses, etc. Reports from the mainland are chiefly concerned with cattle thieving and the power of the chiefs. The inverted folios contain tables of military posts in the Highlands and Scotland generally.

Dates: 1753-1754.

Miscellaneous papers, relating chiefly to lands and families of Angus, several accompanied by modern transcripts.

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Identifier: MS.3044
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1626-1686, undated, relating to the lands of Ardoch and Craigo in the Parish of Logie-Montrose (numbers 1-42);(ii) Papers, 1550, 1591, relating to Fullartoun of Ardoch (numbers 43-45);(iii) Correspondence, 1668-1759, of David Carnegy of Craigo and his descendants (numbers 46-53);(iv) Letters and papers, 1612-1726, of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Earls of Kellie (numbers 54-63), including 'En acouent of Lady...
Dates: 1550-1855, undated.