Letter-book of Charles Strachan, of Charles Strachan and Company, traders, Mobile, Alabama.
Scope and Contents
The letter-book consists chiefly of commercial correspondence, addressed from Mobile, and illustrates the trade carried on in southern North America, and with Great Britain. In 1768 Charles Strachan succeeded to his grandfather’s estate at Kinnaber, near Montrose, and assumed his grandfather’s name of Fullarton (folios 45, 49). From 1770 his letters are addressed from Kinnaber.
Dates
- Creation: 1763-1776.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
60 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
60 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1928, by Andrew Spence, National Library of Scotland.
Physical Description
Vellum boards.
Genre / Form
- 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
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