Legal document - discharge of rent - between Mrs. Eleonora Russell and Mr William Robertson

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1761
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1796
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 0.05 folder

Scope and Content

Ms document on stamped paper, 'For Receipts. Fourpence' and 'Halfpenny sheet', 'writtem by William Murray Jun'r writer in Edn'r...'. The document concludes:
'...and of which years annual rent I hereby discharge the said Mr. William Robertson...'.

The document is signed by Eleonora Russell in Edinburgh 21 September 1796. It was witnessed by: John Russell, apprentice to Mr. James Dundas, Clerk to the Signet; and, William Murray.

Administrative / Biographical History

Mrs Eleanora Russell was the daughter of Dr. William Robertson (1721-1793), Principal of Edinburgh University, and widow of John Russell (1753-1792), Clerk to the Signet.

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Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie, 29 July 2016.