Taylor papers
- Reference:GB 241 D9
- Dates of Creation:1787-1853
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.45 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Account book and papers of John Taylor, merchant, Kirkwall, 1789-1818; account books of sums due to the straw plaiters, 1823, 1833-1838; letters to and papers of various members of the Taylor family (principally John Taylor, merchant, and George Taylor, lieutenant in the 8th Regiment of the Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles) on business and personal matters, 1791-1857; legal documents, reports and correspondence concerning work of Francis Taylor, land surveyor, in divisions of commonty in West Mainland (Orkney), 1841-1853; papers relating to James Spence (manager for the Kirkwall Commercial Company) and Thomas Graham, Chamberlains of the Crown Lands, 1804-1850; papers relating to the Society School, Glaitness, Kirkwall, 1787-1847; miscellaneous shipping papers (including references to smuggling), 1792-1797.
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Other Finding Aids
Item level catalogue in typescript form held by Orkney Archives;