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Deserters

Poor McLeish and Ferguson, declared deserters. There are orders to search for them and for them to be “used as such”, whatever that means. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.

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Lord Arbuthnott’s Creditors

I would love to know more about the intricacies of this. I thoroughly enjoy the cautiously polite wordiness, and the use of the term ‘denude‘, as used within Scots law. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.

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Master Hair-Dressers

I regret to inform you that, if you frequent the premises of any of the master hair-dressers in or about Edinburgh, then from hereon in your appointments will be subject to a small rise in price. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.

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