Item
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Item
Petition for mercy by Thomas Drummond, surgeon, of Perth [Perthshire] and formerly...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/6/68
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- 1716 Dec 18
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Petition for mercy by Thomas Drummond, surgeon, of Perth [Perthshire] and formerly of Machany [or Machiney, Blackford, Perthshire?], mentioning his imprisonment by the Jacobites at Ochterarder [Auchterader, Perthshire]. Enclosing:
1. Affidavit in favour of Drummond made by George Clarke, of Burnside, Blackford [Perthshire], yeoman, and John Lawson of Fermtown, Blackford [Perthshire], yeoman, mentioning the petitioner's apprenticeship with Mr Creighton of Dundee [Angus], his residence with apothecary Baily Fleming in Perth [Perthshire], and his forced involvement with the rebels.
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