| Description | Collection of manuscripts relating to persons belonging to, or property in, Aberdeen and the surrounding area: Ratification given at 'ffyvy' by Geillis of Murray, Lady of Culbyne, respecting charter of lands, 1438; Charter respecting tenements in Aberdeen, 1547; Instrument of sasine respecting lands on the south side of Aberdeen, 1602; Charter by Alexander Rutherford of Rubislaw, provost of Aberdeen, respecting land in the burgh of Aberdeen, 1605; Instrument of sasine, 1644; Contract, 1659; Letters of apprising, 1662; Crown charter of Confirmation, 1682; Ratification granted by the Estates of the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh respecting charter of lands in county of Aberdeen, 1681; Instrument of sasine, 1686 and 1727; General Retour respecting subjects on the east side of the Guestrow, Aberdeen, 1752; Autograph letter by 4th Duke of Gordon regarding recruitment for Aberdeen Volunteers regiment, 1794; Receipt granted at Aberdeen for cess and rogue money, 1800; Diploma granted by the Burgh of Kintore, 1802; Pedigree of 'the Gregorys' (copy), 1869; Impressions of two seals: the seal of the ancient burgh of Old Aberdeen and the official seal of Queen Pomare, not dated; Passport issued by the Foreign Office to British subject travelling on the Continent, 1854. |