Abstract
February 10, 1759 Memorial of the Udalmen and Proprietors of Lands in Orkney, arguing that the Crown-rents' weights must be reduced to their just standard derived from Norwegian customs
Appendix (from p. 89)
- Table showing the Prices of Beef in Edinburgh, compared with the Prices of Wheat, and the Wages of Labour, 1726 to 1775.
- NUMBER I. Table showing the Prices of Beef in Edinburgh for distress Years, together with the Prices of Meal, and the Wages of Labour.
- NUMBER I. Table showing the Price of Bear in Fife, for fifteen Year periods, 1621 to 1755.
- NUMBER II. Table showing the Price of Malt and Meal in Orkney, during the former Part of the last Century (1613–1653).
- NUMBER III. Table showing the Price of Malt and Meal in Orkney, from 1697 to 1712.
- NUMBER IV. Table showing the Price of Malt and Meal in Orkney, for thirty-two Years from 1723.
People in this document
- Sir Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee, 1st Baronet of Glenlee
- Alexander Stewart, Earl of Galloway
- John Traill, of Westness
- William Balfour, of Trenabie
- Archibald Stewart, of Brough
- Thomas Traill, of Westove
- John Traill, of Elsness
- Thomas Mackenzie, of Groundwater
- David Covingtree, of Newark
- Jerom Denison, of Noltland
- Thomas Traill, of Tirlot
- Thomas Loutit, of Tenston
- Patrick Fea, of Airy
- Robert Scola, of Odiness
- Sir John Buchanan, of Scotscraig
- George Traill, of Hobbister
- Sir James Stewart, of Burray
- Henry Legat
- James Blaw
