Lieutenant General Sir Frederick William Traill Burroughs
- Reference:GB 241 D19
- Dates of Creation:1830-1945
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:16.00 Units Map
Scope and Content
Factory accounts for estate of Rousay and Wyre, 1840-1889; factory account vouchers for crop 1840-1901; press cuttings books containing information relating to the estate, 1870-1905; books of sheet music, 1864-c1870; accounts and rentals of the estate, 1854; miscellaneous estate accounts, 1848-1903; letters to Burroughs concerning mining at Rousay, 1877-1891; letter of writer unknown containing description of events in the Sikh Wars, 1846; notebook of Burroughs while in 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, 1864; letters and papers concerning Scapa Pier guarantors, 1891-1892; stock account for Trumland Farm crop, 1892; notes by Burroughs on his book collection, c1880; sketch map of farms on Rousay, c1880; material relating to rents and leases for estate, 1848-1901; rent roll of estate, 1873; papers concerning let of Trumland for shooting, 1895, including letters from London-based shooting and estate agency; report as to state of a mill at Sourin, Rousay, 1850; report on proposed improvements, and other papers concerning improvements and alterations, on Rousay, 1875-1903; inventory of Trumland Farm, 1893; draft proposal for a loan over the estates of Rousay and Viera, 1895; papers relating to sale of estate of Rousay and Viera, 1876-1903; papers concerning payment of income tax on farms on estate, 1850-1855; letters to Burroughs mainly concerning eviction of tenants, 1876-1901, letter relating to discovery of a burial chamber at Trumland, 1898; letters to Burroughs concerning mainly family matters, 1840-1879, including the news of George William Traill’s death, 1847; papers concerning Crofter’s Commission, 1883-1901; papers relating to Memorial of the Association of Landowners of Orkney on the Crofters’ Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1889-1896; papers concerning the Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company, 1872-1902; papers relating to fisheries, 1870-1901; papers relating to education on Rousay, 1837-1886; miscellaneous estate papers, c1840-c1900.
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