Letter to Dr. Duguid 1746
Date Added: 22 January 2009
Year: 1746
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2007_266_18 | ▶
Picture No: 6348
Transcript by Miss Lyon of letter from McAllister, London, 1st August 1746, to a Dr. Duguid. Mentions John Gray of Rogart. Single sheet.
Dimensions: Width 203 mm - Height 252 mm
1 Comment
This letter is from William McAllister, one of the Earl's Captains of Militia in the '45 and "Dr Duguid" or whatever it says is really "Dear Dugald" as the abbreviation Dr was commonly used for the traditional greeting at the beginning of a letter in those days. So this is to Old Dugald Gilchrist the original factor for the Earl at this time. The subject is about the distribution of prize money captured when the militia retook Dornoch from the Rebels and found a cache of money. It turned out that Robert Gray of Creich another Captain and factor for the Earl, typically, received more than his share.
Comment left on 08 April 2009 at 14:52 by Allan P. Gray
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