Manuscript Documents

Manuscript Documents, Manuscript Documents A collection of documents relating to the Craufurd, Chalmer and Campbell families, 1780–1890s. Manuscript documents on paper and vellum, including marriage documents, letters, deeds, probate documents, accounts, etc. (Qty) Two families joined by two Campbell sisters. Examples include: on the Craufurd side, the 1792 Paris embassy marriage of James Craufurd and Mary Campbell: the deed of trust in two copies, each signed as witness by William Huskisson (later President of the Board of Trade, then private secretary to the Ambassador, Earl Gower), with the certified embassy register - certification signed by Earl Gower himself ("Gower Sutherland"), Huskisson again a witness - the French contract and translation, and Craufurd's Paris letters. On the Chalmer side, the 1780 Edinburgh marriage contract of James Chalmer, W.S., and Elizabeth Campbell (Mary's sister), signed as witness by George Constable of Wallace-Craigie, Scott's original for Jonathan Oldbuck in The Antiquary; the family's vellum wills and Prerogative Court probates; and a run of Stables trust papers with London and Ascot property, including a priced 1867 Chancery sale of Soho freeholds. An interesting family archive. Manuscript documents on paper and vellum, including marriage documents, letters, deeds, probate documents, accounts, etc. The Antiquary

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