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Papers of William and Charles Bruce of Wick
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The Bruce's were prominent in local contemporary affairs and also cultivated an interest in local history. William was Provost of Wick 1836-1838 and 1839-1843. He died in 1851 and his son Charles in 1897. The following papers fall into three categories: personal and official correspondence and accounts; original legal or financial documents (probably collected by them in their official capacities, but not contemporary with them, mostly 18th century); their own notes and transcripts on matters relating to local history. The sections have been listed in the order noted above. |
Personal correspondence and accounts
| Reference Number |
Description |
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| P250/1 |
John Sheppard letters 1841. Letters to William Bruce from various sources regarding the death of John Sheppard, 1841. Also copy of outgoing letter from Bruce, 17 April 1841, to the Reverend William Adams of Hartshead in Essex. 17 letters (if including the contemporary copy); 2 with separate envelopes |
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| P250/2 |
Receipts and accounts 1850-1860. Receipts from George Simpson, fishcurer and ropemanufacturer in Wick, paid to William Miller as collector on behalf of the magistrates of Wick. |
3 items |
| P250/3 |
Legal correspondence re effects of John Sheppard 1861. Letters (from G Coope at Lincolns Inn Fields) and copy letters relating to costs incurred checking the effects of the above and other legal matters relating to his death (Sheppard was formerly provost of Wick, see P250/1 above). 8 letters, one envelope |
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| P250/ 4 | Letter to Town Clerk, 1874. Letter from M. MacLennan [High St] to William Miller, Town Clerk, re settlement of an account | 1 item |
P250/5
MacLeod of MacLeod letters 1874-1879
Letters to Charles Bruce from
MacLeod of MacLeod re the latter's holdings in the British Fisheries Society
1874-1879
9 letters; 1 envelope, 1 unidentified list of
figures
P250/6 Publications and condoleances 1888-1897
Charles
Bruce correspondence with Thomas Sinclair re his publications on local history;
letters of condoleance to Bruce's children upon his death in 1897. Some of
the letters from Sinclair
tie in with documents, transcripts and drafts listed below
31 letters; 18 postcards; 6 groups of notes
Original
documents collected or inherited
P250/7 Disposition in favour of George Petrie 1743
Disposition
of the houses of Meikle sold to George Petrie, merchant in Wick, by William
Calder, son of the late John Calder, bailie of Wick, 1743
1 item covering two separately folded sheets
P250/8 Letter from Mr Calder to Hugh Campbell 1761
Letter
regarding the tenement held by Grisall Calder (sic) of Calhells(?)
1 item
P250/9 Letter from John Campbell re house letting 1768
Letter of
John Campbell to Mrs Campbell, his mother, of Lochininear, Thurso, authorising
her to act on his behalf re his properties in Wick
1 item
P250/10 Grizell Calder sasine 1771
Notarial
instrument drawn up by James Campbell in favour of Grizell Calder
1 item
P250/11 Disposition by Donald Robertson 1774
Grant by
Donald Robertson, shipmaster, to Isobell Gunn his wife to secure her a
settlement after his decease; separate document of sasine
2 items
P250/12 Marjorie Robert sasine 1793
Sasine in
favour of Marjorie Robert, 20 May 1793, re lands in Achies
Outsize document with part of the last few lines frayed and missing
P250/13 MacIvor and Macvicar charge against Mrs Christian
Bowie or Craig
Summons
of adjudication against the heritage of the late Alexander Bowie, Wick, by
McIver McVicar and MacCorquadale of Liverpool, 20 June 1817
Local history
notes and transcriptions
P250/14 Master of Berridale 1636 charter
Transcript
by Bruce. Copy charter of 1636 document of Andrew Mowatt on the Stewarttis
tenement in Wick. Original signed by J Sinclair, copy apparently made 1877
P250/15 Curing stations at Pulteneytown etc
Transcript
of evidence on the curing stations at Pulteneytown Harbour and before a
Committee of the House of Lords, 1862. Also notes giving a general history
of Wick
P250/16 Earls of Caithness
Notes
on the Earls of Caithness in the 16th-19th centuries) and on St Fergus
P250/17 Miscellaneous local history notes
Notes
including biography of Rev. David Gunn b.1773 and notes from the Convention of
Royal Burghs, 1667
P250/18 Scottish parliament and miscellaneous
Transcripts
from the Scottish parliament, 1669, and miscellaneous local history notes