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Letter books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books of blank or lined paper on which letters to be sent have been written; also manuscript copies of letters, originally on loose sheets, bound together, usually in chronological order. Not to be confused with letterpress copybooks where the copies are created through a mechanical process.

Found in 1557 Collections and/or Records:

Letter book of the Inverness Courier and two volumes of letters to Dr Robert Carruthers

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10097
Scope and Contents

Includes two volumes of letters to Dr Robert Carruthers, editor of the newspaper.

Dates: 1824-1875.

Letter book of the Royal Aberdeen Volunteers.

 File
Identifier: MS.9363
Scope and Contents

The volume contains copies of correspondence on arms, uniforms, and commissions in the regiment, and copies of the correspondence between Thomas Bannerman, the commanding officer, and the 4th Duke of Gordon, Lord Lieutenant of the county. This includes references (folio 15) to the intended use of the Volunteers to check unrest in the Braemar district in 1787. Also included in the volume are some regimental accounts and a muster roll for 1799.

Dates: 1795-1802.