Letter and memorial from David Laurieston, to the preceptor and patrons of Hutcheson's Hospital.

  • Laurie, David.
Date:
[1838]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letter and memorial from David Laurieston, to the preceptor and patrons of Hutcheson's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    LETTER AND MEMORIAL FROM DAVID LAURIE, of LAURIESTON, PRECEPTOK AND PATRONS OF HUTCHESON'S HOSPITAL. To the Honourable the Preceptor and Patrons of Hutcheson's speedily disposed of, may lead into a serious litigation betwixt your institution and me. As the business is opened up in the corre- spondence which took place betwixt your clerk, Mr Hill, and my thereby afforded by introducing the letters themselves. Having disposed of a certain surplus feu duty, over property held by me of the Hospital, and transmitted to the agent of the purchaser, a draft of the conveyance and my titles, he discovered a discrepancy in the charter of novo danms, last procured from you, which he required to be rectified. My agent waited on your clerk for the purpose of having this done. But on examining into the matter, Mr Hill found that my duplicand, payable in 1821, stood in his books unpaid, whereupon he refused to rectify this discrap- TO THE