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Scottish peer who planted millions of trees: John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Captn Ross Rayley R. N.’ apparently regarding the sale and transportation of timber.

réf. 26016 — ‘Dunkeld Perthshire Scotland Novr: 3d 1828’. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium. Thirty-six lines of text signed ‘Atholl’. Text complete except for address of recipient on grubby and worn paper. Folded three times. The letter has been trimmed at the foot resulting in some loss to the address of the recipient which appears to read ‘Captn Ross R. N. / 160 New Bond Street’. This is presumably the ‘Rayley sic Captain R.N. 160 Bond-street’ who in 1832 was listed among the proprietors of shares in London University. The Duke’s handwriting is execrable. The letter appears to concern the sale of ‘a Small Cargoe’ of ‘Lovets Timber’ and its transportation to ‘Union Dock’ ‘sending to Perth and Shipping for London’. Appears to end with ‘. The Timber required for my House is fell’d’. ‘Dunkeld [Perthshire, Scotland] Novr: 3d 1828’. unknown