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  <dc:title>Letters to the Earl and Countess of Kintore</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Correspondence to the 5th Earl from: Lord Inverury; Lady Mary Keith, his daughter; William Ritchie, Lord Inveruury's tutor; Lady Kintore; and Inverurie Town Council, mainly concerning social and domestic matters.

Including:

Letter from Inverurie Town Council requesting leae of "the Davah" 1798

Letter from William Ritchie regarding the Earl's attempts to procure a Chair of Hebrew for him 1793

Accounts, chiefly for alcohol, with the Magistrqates of Inverurie 1797; Letter to John Keith, the 3rd Earl, from Jean Keith, his sister, renouncing all claims to a share in the estate of her mother 1730; letter to Lord Haulkerton from the master of Haulkerton at Gluekoff in the Rissian Empire describing the circumstances of a meeting between General Keith and and the Turkish army leader the Serasker Bender on the Turkish - Ukrainian border, without giving details of the discussions, 27 November 1740;  

Correspondence addressed to Lord Inverury from: William Ritchie; Anthony Keith, his son; Lady Inverury, his wife; Mary Keith, his sister; and the Countess of Kintore, his mother; concerning family and personal matters.

Also copy letters concerning personal and household matters.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1788 - 1804</dc:date>
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