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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 1160/1/34
TitleMemorial concerning George Barclay
Date10 July 1755
Extent1 item
DescriptionMemorial concerning Mr George Barclay, merchant in London. Gives account of transactions between him and former partner Thomas Fuller and business in Jamaica, Barclay’s recent illness, marriage to a servant, ‘a popish wench’, when reduced to ‘a state of ‘dottage’. Describes family in Scotland and Jamaica of his brother and sisters, measures taken to take Barclay to Scotland, and attempts of wife to get him back to England. Relatives wish for order for his detention in Scotland and advice on this.
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