| Administrative History | William Kerr and his wife [Nelly] were the parents of Williamina Kerr, who married Lieutenant-Colonel James Stewart of the 42nd Highlanders. Their daughter, Williamina Helen Stewart, married Lieutenant-Colonel James John Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh on 28 November 1827. |
| Description | Family correspondence belonging to Williamina Forbes Leith
Several pages from a journal for June and July 1769 [possibly by William Kerr]
Collection of letters from William Kerr, surveyor, to his wife , including from Stranraer 1769, from Madeira 1779, and from Paris 1781
Letters from William Kerr to his (foster) mother, dated Glasgow 18th July 1778,
Letters from Mrs Williamina Stewart to her mother Mrs Kerr, Edinburgh, 1803 - 1813,
including several letters dated "Camp at Weely", July - August 1803
Letters to Mrs Forbes Leith, Whitehaugh, from various correspondents, including William Kerr,
Mary Anne Farquharson, J. Stewart
Also two quires of pencil sketches and practice pieces, mainly trees, plants and scenery, with some sketches of scenery in Derwentwater "taken when I was there in 1821" |