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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMARISCHAL/1/1/1/2/11
Alt Ref NoMSM 387/1/11
TitleSix letters regarding the loss of the original foundation charter
Date1750 - 1756
Extent6 items
Description'Six individual letters to Professor Francis Skene from James Burnett Esq. (Lord Mont?) about the loss of the foundation charter (original copy, which did not exist in 1716, and illustrating some of its clauses and from Mr W. Gordon Edinburgh about the same, 1750 - 1756. Letters relate to legal case in which the College was engaged in and the effect the lack of the original foundation charter created.
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