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Part 1, Folio 63. From Guillaume [William] Sutherland. To George I. Petition of...

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Reference SP 35/77/57
Date 1716 Jan 1 - 1716 Dec 31
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Part 1, Folio 63. From Guillaume [William] Sutherland. To George I.

Petition of Guillaume [William] Sutherland, merchant in Edinburgh, stating his losses in His Majesty's service during the [Jacobite] rebellion; including his ship and cargo sinking near Fraserburgh in Scotland, and asking for immediate relief and the first place that might become vacant in the Royal Household or in the Customs. Mentions the Duke of Argyle [Argyll], Lord Justice Clerk [James Erskine, Lord Grange], Patrick Strachan of Glenkindy, George Bailly Esquire, and Lord Strathnaver [William Gordon].

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