New Spalding Club > Records of Invercauld MDXLVII - MDCCCXXVIII [1547- 1828]

soo records of invercauld.
William Murray.
William Murray, a gentleman from Bay City, Mich., U.S.A., states
that it is a tradition in his family that an ancestor lived in Braemar ;
that on the rising in 17 15 he refused to join in the rebellion ; and that by
the orders of the Earl of Mar his house was burned, and he had to flee
the country. Mr. Murray is a cousin of Dr. Murray, the Editor of the
famous New English Dictionary. Mr. Murray gave me the information
— iSth June, 1900.
Invercauld might have suffered in like manner had he not joined.
The following papers and documents are here inserted as not strictly
falling under any of the headings in the Estate Papers, or discovered too
late for insertion in their proper places ; while others, though not
specially relating to family matters, have been thought to possess some
general or private interest sufficient to warrant their being noticed. They
are arranged as far as possible in alphabetical order.
" AccOTT. The much honoured the Laird of Invercauld to George
Forbes, Youngest.
Dec. 7th To a lump sugar 10. 39 lb. @ 8d. .£'1512 o
„ 9th To a loaf Candy brod 10. 35 @ iid. i 19 o
To 22 pints Porter @ 5 5100
To 4 dozen Corks — 40
Deer. 31st 1741, Received the contents and all precedings by George
Forbes, Youngest."
These accounts seem to have been kept with great strictness even to
the smallest matters, e.g. : —
"Aberdeen March 26th 1741. Received of the Honble. John
Farquharson of Invercauld Eighteen pounds Scotts money for the
Caledonian Mercuray from, the first of March seventeen hundred and
fourty to the first of March seventeen hundred and fourty one, and
Discharges the same and all precedings by Jean Simson."
Accounts and Discharges. These are a collection of discharged
accounts, mostly for ministers' stipends and schoolmasters'
salaries ; but the parcel contains other discharged accounts
from merchants in Aberdeen and elsewhere. Some of
these are rather interesting. The following may serve as
examples : —