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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3175/241
TitleLetters to Lord Caithness from his wife, M. Caithness
Date1755 - 1758
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionPapers of Earls of Caithness: letters to Lord Caithness from his wife, M. Caithness. Earl not giving Dolly a shilling; her shouting at mother; Lord Caithness' fear that she will keep Dolly from him; accusations of meddling with Dolly's place in Mrs. Petullo's house; Caithness forbidding Dolly to see mother; reaction to Caithness wanting news of his wife; death of Lord Dalmeny; comment on Dolly's company, such as Lord Woodhall; Rosebery family debts; returned letter, Crichton told to tell her not to write; attempts to see Earl, wanting to see Dolly, who is ordered by her father to see her mother but refuses to do so; complains of 16 years left to herself, 1757.

[Some of the documents are in a very fragile condition.]
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