| Description | Correspondence of the 5th Earl
1. Correspondence addressed to the 5th Earl from: his wife; William Falconer, his brother; William Ritchie, Lord Inverury's tutor, at Groningen, Scorton, Edinburgh, and elsewhere; Maria Rembertina Keith and Catherine Keith, his daughters; Lord Inverury his son; the Hon. Alexander Falconer, at Groningen; Robert Murray Keith at Vienna; and Captain J. A. Suhtenmaz. Chiefly dealing with family matter4s, principally Lord Inverury's education, but including:
2. Letter from William Ritchie, Lord Inverury's tutor in Lausanne, to Wlliam Thomson, c/o Mr Murray, Bookseller, 32 Fleet Street, London, explaining that "there is scarcely an English book to be found in any shop of Lausanne" and asking Mr Thomson to send him a number of textbooks as listed, 25 September 1782
3. Letter from Lord Kintore to Lady Kintore, addressed to "My Dear Chrissie" from "Your Affectionate Kintore" and marked "Anent table linnen", 25 May 1786
4. Leter from Lieutenant William Falconer at New York, mentioning an action in New Jersey at which the 17th Regiment "alone, charged 5000 rebels and repulsed them with prodigious loss", 20 March 1777
5. Letter from J.A. Suhtemaz, "Capitaine de Regiment de Tuyll de Serooskerken en garnison a Zutphen" asking his uncle, the Earl, to help him purchase a commission as major, 25 April 1787 |