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  <dc:title>Aberdeen connections in Ceylon: collection of papers</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Photos of Ceylon, Burma, India and Mesopotamia by Major J Forgan Grant (MBChb, Aberdeen) and letter from his niece Muriel Keir (widow of Walter Keir) to depositor gifting him the photos. Early 20th century.

2 copy letter books belonging to Russell Scott of Aberdeen and Kandaloya Estate in Ceylon (apparently given to the depositor by Susan Scott  who was born on a tea estate in Ceylon, wife of Malcolm Gray and daughter of Russell Scott), 1920s. Also album of photos of Ceylon including Kandaloya Estate, early 20th century

Printed booklet listing Sri Lankan estates, early 20th century (perhaps connected to the above deposit)

Computer print-out of plantation in Sri Lanka marked with those of a Scottish connection (given to the depositor), 1990.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20th century</dc:date>
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