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NRAS189 | Sinclair family, baronets, of Ulbster, Caithness-shire | 1737-20th century |
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Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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800001
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Repository
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Private
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Reference
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NRAS189/2
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Title
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Volume II: 'Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart.'
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Dates
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1737-1836
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Access Status
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Restricted
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Access Conditions
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These records are held privately. All enquiries should be addressed to:
The Registrar National Register of Archives for Scotland HM General Register House Edinburgh EH1 3YY
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Description
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The contents are similar to Box 1, 1737-1836, with a considerable amount of material on the agricultural use of salt, 1827-1836, including:-
fol. 1 An 'account of the spirit displayed by the people of Moravia when Buonoparte approached Vienna, 1796.
fol. 22 'A plan for raising fensible corps for service in Ireland' in the event of the annulment of the Union, 1831.
fol. 33 A 'Memorandum by Sir J. Sinclair on the Huskisson system', n.d.
fol. 46 A MS tract by Sinclair `on the corn laws, the currency, and free trade', c.1830.
fol. 52 Ditto. 'on increasing the production of money in Scotland', n.d.
fol. 56 Ditto. 'on the violent character of the Irish', due to their eating unpeeled potatoes, 1831.
fol. 82 'An account of the battle of Aylau by a participant', n.d.
fol. 145 A MS. of 'a short geography survey of the county of Caithness by Aeneas Boyne, A.M.', 1737.
fol. 177 A recipe for making a pudding with the refuse or fibrous matter of a potatoe, n.d.
fol. 222 An autograph MS. poem by William Thomas Fitzgerald on the perils of a gentleman farmer, 1813.
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File
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Copies
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A microfilm copy of this record is available in the National Archives of Scotland, ref: RH4/49/1
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