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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3175/2377
TitleCorrespondence, vouchers, loan and legal papers: Sir Alexander Cumming
Date1679 - 1724
Extent1 box (9 bundles)
DescriptionSome written in latin/French/Dutch
Many documents sent to and from London, particularly Westminster, Piccadilly and Chelmsford.

Bundle 1: Accounts (1709- 1720)

Bundle 2: Correspondence and burgess ticket for Aberdeen(1692 - 1720). Correspondents include William Gordon, Robert Pantoure, Samuel Harrsion, Charles Stephan, sisters Mary Bruce and Helen Charteris, and others. Burgess ticket for Alexander Cumming in vellum (Latin), 1692.

Bundle 3: Accounts of the jointure of Mrs Mary Dennis and Dorothy Dennis (1709-1719)

Bundle 4: Accounts and receipts, Mrs Mary Dennis (1709-1720)

Bundle 5: Financial statements, 1703 -1722.
Includes inventory of Mrs Dennis' goods (1722); jointure accounts of Dorothy Dennis/Mary Dennis and Alexander Cumming; list of Drums' credtors and list of debts owing by Drum (1719)

Bundle 6: Discharges and receipts (1697-1718).
Includes Renunciation and discharge, George Moss to Alexander Coulter, 1697

Bundle 7: Assignations and legal papers (1690-1724)
Includes 3 printed statements of case before House of Lords: Alexander Cumming vs Thomas Brand of London, merchant (1724) re subscriptions to South Sea stock; Summons of Adjuration, Grahame vs. Gordon (1694)

Bundle 8: Accounts and diligence papers (1682-1710)
Includes decreit, John Burnie vs. Alexander Cumming & James Gordon (1708); letter of horning & poynding, Birnie vs Cumming (1706); inventory of legal papers following upon the lady Brauhille's contract of marriage (1699)

Bundle 9: legal papers (1696-1724)
Includes inventory of writs of Glenbucket (1723); instrument of intimation, Arthur Irvine vs. tenants of Drum (1718/1719); certificate for the parish of Petercouter (1697); guild & burgess ticket (vellum) to Sir Alexander Cumming by burgh of Montrose, August (1696)
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