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Legal documents.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:

Legal papers concerning General Fletcher's Trust., 1752-1839, undated.

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Identifier: MS.16783
Scope and Contents

The papers concern property in Prestonpans, 1752-1831 (folio 1); a bond of credit by the trustees of the Stirling-Drymen road, 1795-1839 (folio 35); the Reverend Andrew Johnston, 1805-1808, 1822 (folio 151); the teinds of Harvieston and James Dewar of Vogrie, 1808-1817, 1836 (folio 24); and a bond to Cameron of Locheil, 1817-1818 (folio 310).

Dates: 1752-1839, undated.

Legal papers concerning Hannagalla Coffee Plantation, Ceylon., 1844-1865.

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Identifier: MS.19227
Scope and Contents In 1844 Bruce Bremner, his brother Dugald, and Alexander Geddes, an Aberdeenshire farmer, entered into partnership to purchase and cultivate this plantation, Geddes being the resident partner. Included here are copies of the 1844 agreement (folios 1,6), and of the case between Bruce and Dugald Bremner v Mrs Bathurst Geddes, widow of Alexander, in 1854 (folio 9), there are also plans of the Hannagalla estate, 1854, 1856 (folios 6-19), and insurance policies for Hannagalla coffee shipped from...
Dates: 1844-1865.