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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3861/2/4/3/2
TitleMemorial, counsel's opinion, and evidence on the salmon dispute
Date1823 - 1825
Extent2 items
DescriptionPapers in the dispute on the continued provision of salmon to the bedesmen:

1. Memorial for the managers of Bishop Dunbar's Hospital on the question of the annual provision of salmon to the bedesmen, setting out the position of the bedesmen at that time and arguing against the proposal by the proprietors of the fisheries to discontinue the provision of salmon, with opinion of Counsel (Mr George Cranstoun) on the bedesmen's rights to the continued provision of salmon, 27 October 1823

2. Notes of the evidence of eight witnesses on the provision of salmon to the bedesmen, 1825 (Another copy in MS MS 3861/2/4/3/1).
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