| Description | Papers of Commissioners of Supply of Aberdeen, mainly concerning taxation: [Extract] record of agreement between Brethren of Gild and Craftsmen of Aberdeen for regulation of disputes, 1587; Horn and Poinding, Alexander Leslie, Collector, 1695; Extract appointment of George Logie as Treasurer of Aberdeen, 1697; Act of headcourt of Aberdeen to levy taxation on the town and election of taxers for stenting of the tax, 1697; Case papers against Patrick Gordon, merchant, who was not declaring full amount of his Trade: and thus not paying sufficient tax, 1698 - 1701; Protestations of brewers against Magistrates and Council of Aberdeen concerning tax on beer, 1705; Horning, Commissioners of Supply of Aberdeenshire against Archibald Forbes of Puttachie and Alexander Forbes of Ballogie, 1714; Bond, William Fraser against George Keith and Andrew Couper, Fraserburgh, 1715; Declaration by Robert Thomsone and George Urquhart concerning exchange of horses, Forglen, 1716; Petition of Magistrates and Council of Abereen concerning dispute with Principal and Masters of Marischal College over patronage of professorship of Mathematics founded by Doctor Liddel, 1613, 1727, with draft reply. |