Microfilm of assorted papers of the family of Cameron of Fassifern
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook containing memoranda on sales of crops and cattle, 1783, 1786, and notes of receipts of rents, 1849-1863 (Acc.9174/14);
Miscellaneous estate papers, [circa 1760, ?1742-?1853], including tenants’ petitions and memorials, tacks, notes on crop-rotation, advertisements for sale or lease of farms, both manuscript and printed, a memorandum in John Cameron of Fassifern’s hand concerning the running of his estate during his exile in England and ‘A Scheme for Carrying on some Branches of Trade at Corpach’ (Acc.9174/15);
Accounts and receipts, 1656-1711, concerning Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and his household and estate; Accounts and receipts, 1722-1752, of Donald Cameron of Lochiel and of Lady Lochiel, concerning household and personal expenditure, some in Lochiel’s hand (Acc.9174/16);
Notebook of accounts, 1754-1777, concerning livestock owned by John Cameron of Fassifern and his tenants, and debts due to him (Acc.9174/20);
Notebook, 1785-1789, containing accounts and memoranda concerning livestock, woods, tenants and expenditure on roads of (?) Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern (Acc.9174/22).
Memorial, 1730, for Ewen Cameron, Tacksman in Camiskean (Acc.11137/2);
Precept of warning against tenants of Inverscadle, 1732 (Acc.11137/3);
Papers related to Glendessary, 1737-1749; marriage contract, 1767, Isobel Cameron; testament of Cameron of Drimnasallie, 1759 (Acc.11137/7);
Testament, 1775, of Mrs Jean Cameron (Acc.11910/26);
Proposals, ?1st half of 19th century, for the future management of the mines at Strontian (Acc.11910/36).
Dates
- Creation: 1656-1863.
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
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
542 frames.
Existence and Location of Originals
Acc.9174/14, 15, 16, 20, 22; Acc.11137/2, 3, 7; Acc.11910/26, 36.
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
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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