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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3175/Z/49
TitleFamily papers of George Duff
Date1734 - 1778
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionFamily papers of George Duff:
Tack of all teinds, parsonage and vicarage of towns and lands of Meikle Inverlochtie, Little Inverlochtie now called Milntown, and Whitefield and Newlands all in Elgin, with responsibility for ministers' stipends, schoolmasters' fees, church and churchyard building and repairs, for 19 years, for 40 merks Scots per annum, George II to William Duff of Braco, 26 July 1734 [seal missing];
Letter to Gibson Dalzell, London from Sam Howat, Lucky Hill, Jamaica, 10 October 1755 concerning sale of land on White River etc.;
Settlement on marriage of Frances Dalzell and George Duff, 14 March 1757;
Part will of Gibson Dalzell, died without appointing executors, two children, Robert (infant) and Frances (married to George Duff), Frances obtained executry and assigns Sun Fire shares and scotch mine stock with lease of Coal Meter's place in London to John Maule and Francis Wilson on trust, date cut off [parchment cut];
Will of George Duff, 15 September 1764;
Disposition by George Duff of estate to eldest son and heirs, or next son and heirs, and bond of provision for younger children, 9 March 1767, with papers summarising value of Moray estate, 1762, 1765, letter from Archibald Duff, 1765, Tack of part of Inverlochtie Lord Fife to John Murdoch younger, 23 May 1763;
Copy further case and opinion on the will of Gibson Dalzell on the death of Mrs Duff and her will or instrument of appointment, 1778 concerning inheritance of Jamaican estate by her children.
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