Acc.10853 April 2007 Inventory Acc.10853 Sutherland Estate Papers National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected] © Trustees of the National Library of Scotland Titles, policy papers, Leases, Rentals, Registers of Demands, Specifications for building works and other papers, largely 1772 -1921, undated, of the Sutherland Estates. The papers described here form the second deposit of Sutherland Estates papers for the years 1861-1921 although there is some later material. The main series of estates papers for these years have been deposited as Acc.10225. Included here are the Rentals for the Dunrobin Management previously thought to have been lost. The Registers of Demands for building works and payments, 1861-1923, are of particular interest. There are also extensive series of leases and Specifications of building works to be carried out on properties belonging to the Sutherland Estates. Other material includes papers relating to Helmsdale Harbour, Sutherland Technical School, and household inventories of Dunrobin Castle, 1907. For family and estates papers of the Scottish properties of the Earls and Dukes of Sutherland up to the death of George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland in 1861, see Deps.313-314. After the marriage of Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland in 1785, the estate was managed from Trentham and London with local Factors based in Sutherland. Policy papers and material relating to Sutherland Head Office are held with the archive of the family’s English estates at Staffordshire Record Office. Family and policy papers post-1785 deposited in the National Library of Scotland have been transferred to Staffordshire Record Office. Papers relating to the Sutherland family’s Scottish Estates formerly held at Staffordshire Record Office have been transferred to the National Library of Scotland as Acc.12173. Deposited 1993. 1-2 TITLES 3-262 POLICY PAPERS 263-433 LEASES 434-489 RENTALS 490-507 REGISTERS OF DEMANDS 507-588 SPECIFICATIONS 589-620 HELMSDALE HARBOUR 621-660 SUTHERLAND TECHNICAL SCHOOL 661-667 DUNROBIN CASTLE 670-681 IMPROVEMENTS 1-2 TITLES 1. `Inventory of Title Deeds of the Sutherland Estates, 1828'. Inventory A - the Charter Room copy. With annotations, 1829. 2. `Inventory of Titles sent to Dunrobin Castle, 1848'. With annotations to 1902. 3-262 POLICY PAPERS 3-12 Papers of James Loch 13-68 Correspondence with Head Office 69-71 Minutes of Factors' meetings 72-159 Factors' notebooks 160-262 Reports of Factors and Ground Officers 3-12 Papers of James Loch (Transferred to Staffordshire Record Office, Nov. 2002. Photocopies in the box) 3 Drafts and copies of letters, accounts and memoranda, 1816-1818, largely of James Loch, relating to the Sutherland estates. 4 Drafts of letters, memoranda, rentals, and notes, 1816-23, concerning reductions in rent. With lists of places in the Orkneyinga Saga and the 1851 Orkney census, 1853. 5 Letters, memoranda, draft rental for Lairg and Rogart, and notes, 1822-3, concerning rents. 6 Correspondence and notes, 1822-8, concerning reductions in rents. 7 Drafts and copies of letters, accounts and memoranda, 1823-1827, largely of James Loch, relating to the Sutherland estates. 8 Letters to James Loch, and reports of Laidlaw and Horsburgh, 1826-7, concerning Sutherland farms. 9 Letters, accounts and memoranda, 1827-52, largely concerning wool. With copies of The Inverness Courier and The InvernessJournal, 1828-33, giving the price of wool. 10 Letters, 1832, concerning cholera. 11 Draft `Report of the Condition of the Estates of Sutherland and the Reay Country made during Mr Loch's tour and inspection', 1835. With circular letter to tenants, 1833. 12 `Report by Andrew Hall on the Sheep Farms in the Dunrobin Management in obedience to instructions from James Loch, MP', 1849. 13-68 Correspondence with Head Office Letters, 1879-1920, from Head Office to the Dunrobin and Tongue Factors 13-25 Letters, 1879-85, to Joseph Peacock 13 Jan - Jun 1879 14 Jul - Dec 1879 15 Jan - May 1880 16 Jun - Dec 1880 17 Jan - May 1881 18 Jun - Dec 1881 19 Jan - Apr 1882 20 May - Dec 1882 21 Jan - May 1883 22 Jun - Dec 1883 23 Jan - Jun 1884 24 Jul - Dec 1884 25 Jan - Jul 1885 26-54A Letters, 1885-1911, to Donald MacLean 26 Aug - Dec 1885 27 Jan - Jun 1886 28 Jul - Dec 1886 29 1887 30 Jan - Jun 1888 31 Jul - Dec 1888 32 Jan - Jul 1889 33 Jul - Dec 1889 34 1890 35 1891 36 1892 37 1893 38 1894 39 Jan - Apr 1895 40 May - Dec 1895 41 1896 42 1897 43 1898 44 1899 45 1900 46 1901 47 1902 48 1903 49 1904 50 1905 51 1906 52 1907 53 1908 54 1909-12 54A 1911 55-68 Letters, 1911-20, to John Morrison 55 1911 56 1912 57 Jan - May 1913 58 Jun - Dec 1913 59 Jan - Apr 1914 60 May - Dec 1914 61 1915 62 1916 63 1917 64 1918 65 Jan - Aug 1919 66 Sep - Dec 1919 67 Jan - May 1920 68 Jun - Dec 1920 68-71 Minutes of Factors' meetings Minutes, memoranda and notes of and for Factors' twice yearly meetings, 1888-1920. See also Acc.10853/72-159, for notes concerning business discussed at Factors' meetings. 69 1888-92 70 1983-99 71 1903-20 72-159 Factors' notebooks Notebooks, 1885-1918, nd, of Donald MacLean and John Morrison. Many of the notebooks include memoranda of business discussed with the Duke of Sutherland and Lord Stafford. 72 Aug - Nov 1885 73 Dec 1885 - Feb 1886 74 Feb - Mar 1886 75 Apr - May 1886 76 May - Jul 1886 77 Jul - Sep 1886 78 Sep - Oct 1886 79 Oct - Dec 1886 80 Dec 1886 - Jun 1888 81 Jan - Jun 1887 82 Jun - Sep 1887 83 Sep 1887 - May 1888 84 Jul 1888 - Oct 1889 85 Oct 1889 - Dec 1890 86 Sep - Nov 1889 87 Sep - Nov 1891 88 Aug - Oct 1891 89 Oct - Nov 1891 90 Aug - Sep 1892 91 Dec 1892 92 Apr - May 1893 93 Jul - Sep 1893 94 Apr - Oct 1894 95 Oct - Nov 1894 96 Dec 1894 - Aug 1895 97 May 1895 98 Aug - Sep 1895 99 Sep 1895 - Oct 1896 100 May 1896 - Aug 1898 101 Apr - Oct 1896 102 Jun - Oct 1897 103 Feb - Apr 1898 104 May 1898 105 May - Jun 1899 106 Aug - Oct 1898 107 Aug 1899 108 Aug - Sep 1899 109 Jan -May 1900 110 Feb - Jun 1900 111 May - Sep 1900 112 Sep - Nov 1900 113 Aug 1901 114 Aug - Oct 1901 115 Mar - Apr 1902 116 Apr 1902 117 Jun 1902 118 Jun - Jul 1902 119 Sep 1902 120 Dec 1902 121 Jun - Sep 1903 122 Sep - Oct 1903 123 Dec 1903 - Jan 1904 124 May 1904 125 Jun 1904 126 Aug 1904 127 Oct - Nov 1904 128 Aug - Oct 1905 129 Jun 1905 - Aug 1906 130 Sep 1906 131 Jan - Apr 1907 132 May 1907 133 Jun - Jul 1907 134 Aug - Oct 1907 135 Oct 1907 136 Feb 1908 137 Mar - Nov 1908 138 Jun 1908 139 Jun - Jul 1908 140 Jul - Sep 1908 141 Sep - Oct 1908 142 Oct - Apr 1909 143 Sep - Oct 1909 144 Sep 1909 - Mar 1910 145 Oct 1910 - Jul 1912 146 Apr 1911 - May 1913 147 Jan - Mar 1912 148 Feb - Mar 1912 149 Oct 1912 - Jul 1913 150 Jan - Jun 1913 151 Oct 1913 152 Jul 1913 - Feb 1914 153 Oct 1913 - Jun 1914 154 Dec 1913 - Jul 1916 155 Jun 1914 156 1915 157 Jan 1917 - Jun 1918 158 undated 159 undated 160-262 Reports of Factors and Ground Officers Monthly and weekly reports, 1848-1918, of the Sutherland Factors and Ground Officers. Incomplete. Some of the reports include Crofters' Applications for Building Materials. 160-192 Factors’ Reports 193-262 Ground Officers’ Reports 160-192 Factors’ Reports 160-178 Dunrobin Factor 160-169 Monthly Reports, 1887-1911, of Donald MacLean [No reports for 1901-1908] 160 1887 161 1895 162 1896 163 1897 164 1898 165 1899 166 1900 167 1909 168 1910 169 1911 170-178 Monthly reports, 1911-18, of John Morrison 170 1912 171 1913 172 1914 173 1915 174 1916 175 1917 176 1918 179-192 Scourie Factor 179-190 Monthly Reports, 1896-1906, of John Simpson 179 1896 180 1897 181 1898 182 1899 183 1900 184 1901 185 1902 186 1903 187 1904 188 1905 189 1906 190 1907 191-192 Monthly Reports, 1908-1913, of Alex Taylor 191 Monthly Reports, 1908-1912, of Alex Taylor. With correspondence of Donald MacLean and Head Office. 192 1909-2913 193-262 Ground Officers' Reports Weekly and Monthly reports, 1848-1919, of the Ground Officers to the Dunrobin, Tongue, Scourie, and Lochinver Factors. 193-238 Dunrobin Management, 1848-1918 193 1848 (abstract) 194 1859 195 1860 196 1861 197 1862 198 1863 199 1864 200 1865 201 1866 202 1867 203 1868 204 1869 205 1870 206 1871 207 1872 208 1873 209 1874 210 1875 211 1876 212 1877 213 1880 214 1881 215 1882 216 1883 217 1884 218 1885 219 1886 220 1887 221 1888 222 1889 223 1890 224 1892 225 1893 Monthly Returns 226 1893 Weekly Returns 227 1894 228 1904 229 1906 230 1907 231 1910 232 1911 233 1912 234 1913 235 1914 236 1915 237 1916 238 1917-1918 238-255 Tongue Management, 1856-1919 238a 1856 (with related correspondence, 1856-1871) 239 1858-1871 240 1867 241 1872-1885 242 1886 243 1887 244 1888 245 1889 246 1890 247 1898 248 1899 249 1902 250 1913 (with memoranda for Ground Officers) 251 1916 252 1917 253 1918 255 1919 256-261 Scourie Management, 1879-1890 256 1879 257 1884, 1886 258 1887 259 1888 260 1889 261 1890 262 Weekly Reports, 1907-1908, of the Lochinver Ground Officers 263-433 LEASES 263-275 General Records relating to the letting of property, to tenants, and leaseholders 263 Drafts of leases, 1811-1847 264 Statements of Tacks and Leases, 1818-1853, undated.