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Reference Accession
P250/ NHA/P250
Papers of William and Charles Bruce
of Wick
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.
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
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
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 |
