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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.
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Part 2, Folios 69-75. From (2) Duncan Forbes. The petition of Hugh Ross, a merchant...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/62/91B
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Part 2, Folios 69-75. From (2) Duncan Forbes.
The petition of Hugh Ross, a merchant of Tayne [Tain, Ross-shire] now in Gottenburg [Sweden], seeking clemency for killing his former friend and kinsman, Hugh Ross of Achnacloich [Inverness-shire] in a duel near the deceased's house. The quarrel arose from the election of magistrates in 1720. (1) Affidavits concerning the incident from William Ross, merchant and baillie of Tain; Donald Ross, baillie of Tain, mentioning the surgeon Alexander Ross and the late Doctor Paterson; Alexander Stewart, baillie and merchant of Tain, mentioning the deceased's brother Robert Ross; and Rodorick [Roderick] Dingwall of Cambuscurrie [Ross-shire]. Sworn before James Fraser of Achnagarn [Inverness-shire], sheriff depute and justice for Ross-shire. (2) Report of the Lord Advocate in favour of the petitioner, dated on 7 October 1726.
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