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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelSub-series
Ref NoMS 3745/6/1
Alt Ref No1/5
TitleBundle of papers relating to family history, 1748-1949
Date1748 - 1949
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionBundle of typed papers relating to history of Gordons, including:

Excerpt from the Cincinnati Times Star regarding gift of Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie to the Cincinnati Art Museum
Note on the royal prerogative in Britain, Paris, 15 July 1748
Notes on the Abbots of Fearn from a publication on the Earls of Ross, Edinburgh 1850, with further manuscript additions
Letter from editor of Burke’s Peerage to the laird of Letterfourie regarding his inclusion in the 1950 edition of Burke’s Landed Gentry following his recognition by the Lord Lyon as representative of the Gordons of Letterfourie, 14 March 1949
Letter from editor of Burke’s Peerage to the laird of Letterfourie enclosing pedigrees (absent) of the Marquess of Huntly and the Duke of Sutherland as well as Gordon of Letterfourie, 29 April 1949
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