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Folio 117. Andrew Cockburn, stocking weaver, giving a return address care of John...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/87/3/117

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SP 36/87/3/117
Date
1746 Sept 29
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Folio 117. Andrew Cockburn, stocking weaver, giving a return address care of John Robertson, weaver, two miles from Glasgow [Lanarkshire]; to his uncle Andrew Cockburn, hosier in Johnson's Court London. Asks for [?stocking] frames. Mentions his marriage to Isabell Hope, daughter of shopkeeper in Dalkeith [Midlothian], and their sons William, James and Andrew. Dated at?Tonrhill. Enclosing:

Folio 118. Copy of letter, in the manner of will, to Andrew Cockburn, from his cousin James Cockburn, promising him two frames. Mentions 'William Wilson and his Lady' and 'Sandie'. Dated 31 January 1745.

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Former department reference
Folios 453-454
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