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  <dc:title>Douglas of Glenbervie and Nicolson of Glenbervie: papers</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Writs of land and other land-related documents (lands in Auchtochter, Ballencrieff, Blairs, Dilivard or Dullivard, Drumlithie or Drumlethy, Fordoun, Glenbervie, Haukhill, Inchbreck, Knockbank, Mergy, Mondynes, Newbigging, Pitdrichie, all in Kincardineshire) 1490 - 1819; Lists of Glenbervie writs borrowed by Sir William Fraser, 1898; Papers relating to the chaplainry of Drumlithie in the parish church of Glenbervie, 1570 - 1590; Legal papers, 1555 - 1835; Accounts, 1705 - 1773; Correspondence on estate business, personal and financial matters, 1720  - 1886, 1900 - 1917; Personal correspondence of Nicolson and Monboddo families, including letters from Sarah Siddons, Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, Thomas Chalmers, etc., 1782 - 1845; Personal and business correspondence of the Burnett family, 1785 - 1847; 'Memoir of the Irvines of Monboddo' by Mrs Helen Burnett and sketch for a memoir of Lord Monboddo, with other genealogical papers, mostly 19th century; 'Life of Bishop William Nicolson' by Rev. George Bennett, 1924 - 1925; Genealogical material on Nicolson, Burnett and Johnston families, 1729 - 1927; Poor Law material, 1845 - 1898; Miscellaneous printed material, 1785, 1804; Printed and manuscript notes on history of Glenbervie area, 1844 - 1974; Portraits of Mrs William Barclay Grahame, niece of Lord Dundonald, Sir Robert Graham of Morphie and an unnamed gentleman.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1490-1925</dc:date>
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