| Description | Correspondence to the 5th Earl from: Lord Inverury; Lady Mary Keith, his daughter; William Ritchie, Lord Inveruury's tutor; Lady Kintore; and Inverurie Town Council, mainly concerning social and domestic matters.
Including:
Letter from Inverurie Town Council requesting leae of "the Davah" 1798
Letter from William Ritchie regarding the Earl's attempts to procure a Chair of Hebrew for him 1793
Accounts, chiefly for alcohol, with the Magistrqates of Inverurie 1797; Letter to John Keith, the 3rd Earl, from Jean Keith, his sister, renouncing all claims to a share in the estate of her mother 1730; letter to Lord Haulkerton from the master of Haulkerton at Gluekoff in the Rissian Empire describing the circumstances of a meeting between General Keith and and the Turkish army leader the Serasker Bender on the Turkish - Ukrainian border, without giving details of the discussions, 27 November 1740;
Correspondence addressed to Lord Inverury from: William Ritchie; Anthony Keith, his son; Lady Inverury, his wife; Mary Keith, his sister; and the Countess of Kintore, his mother; concerning family and personal matters.
Also copy letters concerning personal and household matters. |