| Description | 'Inventary of a parcel of gold and silver coins or medals ... lodged with ... James Jopp esq., Provost of Aberdeen on ... the fifth of January 1778 by Joseph Simpson coalcarrier in Aberdeen who ... declared that his wife ... had found the same ... in ... the stable of Lady Forbes of Fintray (Aberdeenshire); and which ... are claimed by William Fraser esq. jun., ... as his property ...'; endorsed: 'Inventary of the coins delivered back to me by the magistrates, January 9th 1778'. |