| Description | Estate and personal correspondence, 1757-1831. Including:
Jo. Middleton to Sir Thomas Burnett,bt., Edinburgh, 21st June 1760. has made an inventory of writs of Crigie, held blench of the crown, 1686 onwards; only one possible purchaer has asked for a rental; he was told thaat £7500 was the lowest figure to be considered.
Hugh Irvine to Sir Robert Burnett. Drum, 5th December 1826.
Sends plan of schoolhouse (wanting) which agrees very much with what Lady Burnet suggested; only one of the garret rooms is to be lath and plaster, the other being kept for timber; carpenter and mason are confident that they can undertake the work for £230, not including stove, grates, paintingdoors and windows and enclosing garden and playground; this does not incude making a brick floor to the school, which would cost another £5.
Henry Lumsden to Sir Robert Burnett. Aberdeen 19 March 1825.
Cannot attend heritors' meeting; contractor has engaged more men to work on the church in hopes of finishing sooner; Mr Smith is to give a plan for the gates and enclosing wall round the church, to be executed by a country mason.
With other letters from Henry Lumsden relating to payment for building church of banchory Ternan, 1825-6.
William McCall to Sir Robert Burnett. Liverpool, 6th February 1809.
Regrets that recipient's son is rather inclined to dissipation and does not enter heartily into business, though he says he has no aversion to it, but complains that he is given more menial tasks whle the confidential clerks are given the business of consequence.
Hugh Irvine to Sir Robert Burnett. Drum 11th December 1826.
Advertisement to go in the Journal for contractors to build school and schoolhouse in the parish of Drumoak.
Lord Findlater and Seafield to Robert Burnett of leyes. Cullen House, 22nd April 1757.
Wishse settlement of Joh Ogilvie, son of John Ogilvie, minister in Aberdeen, in church of Banchry.
Alexander Ramsay Irvine to Sir Robert Burnett.Crathes, 16th July 1788.
Suggests that recipient should put the Hirn in order; offers £500 towards this end.
Alexaner Ramsay to sir Robert Burnett, his brother-in-law. Manchester Square, 27th February 1810.
Alexander, recipient's son, is safely aboard the William Pitt and waits onlt for a fair wind; the Directors were pleased with his appearance as a stout good looking young man; his expenses in London;"what provoked me most everybody we saw put some new fancy into his head to get to India. I agreed to some of them such as a gun and pistols and luckily we got at a great pawn brokers a second hand gun of Joe Manton's for £34, that will fetch double the money in India if he should wish to sell it. Hats, boots, shoes and cloaths were absolutely necessary but the provision made was as moderate as possible and Alexander was most reasonable himself. |