Catalogue description SCOTLAND: Miscellaneous: William Nelthorpe encloses replies from Inverness and Wigtown...

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Details of T 1/500/231-235
Reference: T 1/500/231-235
Description:

SCOTLAND: Miscellaneous: William Nelthorpe encloses replies from Inverness and Wigtown Customs officers regarding emigration from the Highlands to the Americas. Rapacity of lairds and a notable deterioration in the climate, which destroyed many of their cattle, are the main reasons why so many have emigrated when the opportunity arose
Date: 1774 Jan 11
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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