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Stivens Letters, Vol. 1: letters of Andrews Stivens, Lieutenant on board 'H.M.S. Lenox' at Spithead and afterwards of 'H.M.S. Louisia' to William Mowat, merchant in Stonehaven, his brother-in-law, 1735-1739 and of William Mowat to his wife Christine Stephan, c.1717-1732. Also includes: Will of Robert Stivens, merchant in Aberdeen, 1741 and of Andrew Stivens, 1739. Letter, 5 December, 1785, Francis Dauney, Episcopal Clergyman in Kingston, Jamaica, to his sister Margaret Dauney, wife of Rev. John Shand, Minister of Kemnay, Kintore. Writs and correspondence relating to Alexander Forbes of Blackford. Genealogical notes and references to Stivans mortification. Transcribed c.1906.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Black Book'; notes on Stonehaven Episcopal Church. Extracts from Episcopal records and published works, dated c.1700-1906, concerning genealogies of clergy and others with related notes and correspondence. Includes list of 18th century Stonehaven freemasons. Compiled 1899-1908.

Dean William Leslie Christie

Manuscripts from the Episcopal Chest.

(546) Letter, 22 December, 1740, Bishop Alexander, Alloa [to Alexander Robertson and David Rae]. Refuses to reply to some addresses which he considers disrespectful and sacrilegious. Letter, 15 January, 1747, Alexander Robertson to Bishop Alexander. A critical reply to the previous letter. Includes a note by Bishop Keith which expresses Bishop Rait's fear that the Edinburgh presbyters will not stop short of their brethren in 1638.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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(547) Extracts from a copy of a paper 'in answer to some reflections and to a pretended impartial account by someone of the college etc. - perhaps Mr John Gillan'. No name is given for the author of this work. Quotes Gillan who says the unity of the church was disturbed when certain members tried to introduce the ancient usages and gain proselytes, chiefly Gadderar in Aberdeen.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Commonplace book containing: Letter, London 16 June, 1753, Bishop Abernethy Drummond [to? Bishop Alexander]. As to execution of Dr Archibald Cameron. Extract from Oban Times of 2 and 9 May, 1908 - Dr Archibald Cameron, the last Martyr of the Forty-nine. - Rev. James Gordon's (of Banchory). Reformed Bishop: The Reformed Bishop or XIX Articles. London 1680. Transcribed c.1919.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Peterhead Documents, 1765-1813. Includes: Letters of Robert Kilgour relating to site for new chapel, removal of Mr Sangster from Lonmay, terms of union of congregation under Bishop Torry. Extracts from Centenary Book of St. Andrews, Glasgow. Roll of bishops of Glasgow. Transcribed (with facsimiles), 1911.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Extracts from various publications intended to illustrate the history of the Episcopal Clergy (18th century) in or about Hawick'. Includes: Letter, 14 June, 1909, from J.J. Vernon, Hawick Archaeological Society, to Dean Christie. Pamphlet: The Ecclesiastical Place-Names of Roxburghshire. J.J. Vernon. Hawick, 1907. Pamphlet: Old Melrose. J.J. Vernon. Pages from St. Cuthbert's Church Monthly Magazine, Hawick, 1904-1905, containing articles by J.J. Vernon: 'Historical Notes Teviotdale in the Olden Time', etc.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Transcript: 'A Representation of the State of the Church in North Britain as to Episcopacy and Liturgy and of the sufferings of the Orthodox and Regular Clergy from the Enemies of Both. But more Especially of the Episcopal Churches within the Diocese and Shire of Aberdeen. To which is prefixed (A Disquisition concerning Ecclesiastical Censures, etc.)'. London: printed for, W. & I. Innys. 1718. With explanatory annotations by Christie and others, and index of persons and places. Transcript not dated.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Notes by Nicolas Brett [son of Dr Thomas Brett, Nonjuror] on Keith's Scottish Bishops. "Extracted from Nicolas Brett's own copy [of Bishop Keith's catalogue of bishops to 1688] wherein these notes were inscribed in his own handwriting". Transcribed 1912.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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Transcripts made by Dean Christie from Bishop Robert Forbes 'Folio Book': Copy of a letter from the Rev. William Harper Senior to George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Sketch of Persecuted Church of Scotland given to Mr Walter Ferguson, writer, in 1770 ['Probably the composition of Bishop Robert Forbes']. Copy of a Memorial for the Persecuted Episcopal Clergy in Scotland, Aberdeen, 26 November, 1772 [by Bishop George Innes]. Transcript not dated.

Dean William Leslie Christie

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The Dark Days of the Church, by Farquhar Smith incumbent of Arpafeelie in a series of letters to the editor of The Scottish Guardian. 1874. [Extracts from minutes of United Presbytery and chanonry of Dingwall, 1707]; with index. Transcribed c.1910.

Dean William Leslie Christie

(26) (a) Letter, 29 August 1782. Peterhead. Robert Kilgour to the Presbyters of the Diocese of Aberdeen. Requests advice and approbation regarding his desire to appoint a coadjutor. (b) Letter, 30 August, 1782. Presbyters of Aberdeen to Bishop Kilgour....

(26) (a) Letter, 29 August 1782. Peterhead. Robert Kilgour to the Presbyters of the Diocese of Aberdeen. Requests advice and approbation regarding his desire to appoint a coadjutor. (b) Letter, 30 August, 1782. Presbyters of Aberdeen to Bishop Kilgour. Approve and comply with above desire and recommend Rev. John Skinner at Aberdeen.

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