| Description | Account book of John Gordon of Buthlaw, advocate. Contents include:
Accounts of rents of lands of Buthlaw and Thundertoun (Longside, Aberdeenshire), crop 1752-62, Thomas Thomson in Parkhill, factor (pages 1-25).
Accounts and rentals, Newtyle (Foveran, Aberdeenshire), crop 1753-61, George Doverty in Parkhill, factor (pages 79-99).
Accounts: John Gordon of Buthlaw with Patrick Sandilands, merchant, Aberdeen. Includes transactions on behalf of Gordon’s sisters and factors (pages 145-157).
Accounts of rents of lands of Cairness, Cairnglass and Invernorth, from purchase by George Barclay, merchant, London, and intromissions of factor William Fraser, John Gordon acting for Barclay. Estate was taken over by James Barclay on his brother’s death in 1756, John Gordon acting as his commissioner and trustee and William Fraser continuing as factor (pages 179-212).
Sundry accounts: John Gordon of Buthlaw for himself or representing deceased Charles Gordon of Buthlaw with executors of deceased Thomas Gordon, merchant in Aberdeen, with note of payments to relatives including George Barclay and others (pages 235-242).
(Volume, measuring 24 x 36 cm, roughly bound in linen over boards with one set of leather ties preserved.) |