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Stivens Letters, Vol. 1: letters of Andrews Stivens, Lieutenant on board 'H.M.S. Lenox' at Spithead and afterwards of 'H.M.S. Louisia' to William Mowat, merchant in Stonehaven, his brother-in-law, 1735-1739 and of William Mowat to his wife Christine Stephan, c.1717-1732. Also includes: Will of Robert Stivens, merchant in Aberdeen, 1741 and of Andrew Stivens, 1739. Letter, 5 December, 1785, Francis Dauney, Episcopal Clergyman in Kingston, Jamaica, to his sister Margaret Dauney, wife of Rev. John Shand, Minister of Kemnay, Kintore. Writs and correspondence relating to Alexander Forbes of Blackford. Genealogical notes and references to Stivans mortification. Transcribed c.1906.

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Dean Christie was born in 1858, the son of the Reverend William Christie, the incumbent of Fochabers and Dean of Moray. He was educated at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh Theological College, being ordained in 1881. Following curacies at Leith, and Hornsey, London, he became the incumbent of Stonehaven in 1890, where he remained until his death in 1931. He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Brechin 1904-1916, and was synod clerk 1909-1917. In 1917 he became Dean of Brechin.

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Dean Christie was born in 1858, the son of the Reverend William Christie, the incumbent of Fochabers and Dean of Moray. He was educated at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh Theological College, being ordained in 1881. Following curacies at Leith, and Hornsey, London, he became the incumbent of Stonehaven in 1890, where he remained until his death in 1931. He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Brechin 1904-1916, and was synod clerk 1909-1917. In 1917 he became Dean of Brechin.

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