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GB
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Repository Code
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245
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Repository
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Argyll and Bute Council Archives
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Reference
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NRAS1520
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Title
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Malcolm Family,of Poltalloch, Argyllshire
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Dates
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1620-1837
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Access Status
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Open
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Access Conditions
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Enquiries to Argyll and Bute Council Archives
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Description
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Survey of Duntrune estates, c.1785. Estimates for extending intended Crinan canal to Loch Awe and proposals to carry it on to Perth, 1793. Account for road repairs, 1795. Correspondence and papers relating to improvements on estate, repair and construction of buildings, construction of canal and proposals to erect village at Crinan harbour, proposals for other improvements in the area, etc., 1797-1827. Correspondence and other papers relating to Argyll estate, Jamaica, including news of slave revolt and its suppression, 1760; schedule and lists of slaves, 1797, 1804; shipment of sugar, 1830-2; report on education of slaves on estates, 1837: Correspondence and reports concerning British Fisheries Society, including note of Dutch prisoners desirous of settling as fishermen, 1801. Miscellaneous genealogical, family and other papers, 1620-1837.
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