Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

Scope and Contents According to notes on folios i-ii and pages 32, 169, Robert Dickson owned the book in 1739; he apparently died in 1744, and Archibald owned the book in 1745 and 1750. It contains a record of sales, chiefly of trees and shrubs but also of other plants, produce, and stock, and notes of agreements of Archibald Dickson, mostly with his servants. From page 210 on, there are, in addition, notes of sheep and cattle bought and sold, and of other farming activities and financial dealings,...