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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3861/2/4/3/1
TitleMemorials and petitions concerning rights of the bedesmen and the original hospital property
Date1754 - 1830
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionBundle with old label "XV untitled Old papers re salmon dispute etc.", containing memorials, petitions and the like relating to the dispute on the provision of salmon to the bedesmen, including notes of the evidence of eight witnesses on the provision of salmon to the bedesmen, 1825 (another copy in MS 3861/2/4/3/2).

Together with a scroll memorial for the town council of Old Aberdeen to the masters of the Hospital of Old Aberdeen, 31 October 1785, discussing the state of properties around the orioginal hospital and asking the managers of the hospital to assist in determining what is town property and what is hospital property so that ruinous buildings may be removed and the best use made of the land. This memorial is included in bundle MS 3861/3/1, q.v.

Also bond, writs and correspondence relative to the properties owned by the Hospital in Old Aberdeen, 1734 - 1823.
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