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Legal documents.

 Subject
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:

Letters and papers of John Baird, shipmaster in Leith.

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Identifier: MS.107
Scope and Contents

Consists of ships’ accounts, bills of lading, receipts for lighthouse dues, commercial correspondence, and legal documents. There are only 5 documents for 1720-1726.

Dates: 1720-1733.

Letters and papers of Macleod., 1704-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1383
Scope and Contents

Containd papers of the following: Macleod: of Cadboll, 1726-1757, undated, papers regarding Roderick and a letter enclosing the will of Thomas Neilson, son of the Provost of Edinburgh; of Macleod, 1704-1777; Alexander, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1704-1777, undated.

Letters and papers of Major General Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Coul, 6th Baronet., 1710-1777, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1337
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, 1758-1777, and his journal, 1761-1765, which covers the first period of his service in India, and describes the expeditions against Usuf Khan in 1763 and against Suraja Dowla in which he took part; family papers and letters about the family, 1710-1743, undated.

Dates: 1710-1777, undated.