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  <dc:title>Letters to Lord Fife and Stewart Souter and associated documents</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letters to Lord Fife. Subject matter and correspondents include:
Election Banff: W. Grant; 
Local: George Robinson, Alexander Johnstone - state of poor, Montquhitter, January 1801; Local-Militia: George Abercromby, Alexander Duff, William Abercromby, Alexander Milne, Portland, H. Donaldson, D. Macdowall Grant; 
Personal: John Watt - comment on Rose's 'ridiculous claim', Berkeley - inflammation of eyes.

Copy of militia act, 1797; 
Returns Strathisla and Boyn, Keith, Balveny, Newmill, Enzie; 
General return, [1798].

Letters to Stewart Souter. Subject matter and correspondents include: 
Business: James Laidlaw - feu charters for Ashliesh, Monaughty, Kinnairdy and Melrose, Patrick Duff - sending documents about land in appointment of commissioner of supply; 
Estate: William Reid, P. Duff, Alexander Stuart, A. Chisholm; 
Local-Militia: S. Souter - errors in returns; 
Personal: Robert Bartlet, T. Kyle - conduct of Geddes, gardener, Buchanan House.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1797-1801</dc:date>
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