Letters and papers relating to contracts for new machinery and repairs at City Mills, Perth, the fees charged for registration of deeds and searches of the burgh register of sasines and council business, 1882

• Reference:GB 252 PE/16/Bundle147
• Dates of Creation:1882

• Scope and Content

  Letters written mainly to William MacLeish, town clerk and Robert Keay, assistant town clerk, Perth. Includes:

  Letter from John Pullar & Sons, Perth to William MacLeish, clerk to the police commissioners, Perth acknowledging receipt of £5 "as a gratuity from the insurance coys for services rendered by our Fire Brigade on the occasion of the fire at City Mills on 6th December last", 1 February 1882.

  Letter from Major Aitken, Perth to [William MacLeish], Perth acknowledging receipt of money from town council for damaged uniforms and £5 from insurance companies for the N.C.O.s and men who fought the fire at the City Mills, 3 February 1882.

  Letter from George Kyd, Perth to William MacLeish, Perth relating to the removal of dung from the North Inch. Claims that Baillie Gow holds a grudge against the bowling club because he was "ignominiously blackballed" on applying for membership, 11 February 1882.

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