COLLECTION NAME:
              
                  Charting The Nation
                
                
              Record
                          
                      Work Record ID:
                    
                    
                        0042901
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Shelfmark:
                    
                    
                        PC12/1701-04/15
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Holding Institution:
                    
                    
                        National Archives of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Title:
                    
                    
                        Act of Parliament In Favours of John Adair and Captain Slazer.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Imprint:
                    
                    
                        Edinburgh, 16 July 1695.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Associated Person
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Slezer, John (d.1714)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Associated Person
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Date:
                    
                    
                        1695
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Description:
                    
                    
                        This Act of Tonnage was awarded to Adair and Slezer as a recompense for their services im mapping and describing the country, '...Considering the great use and necessity of Exact Maps, and Descriptions of the Coasts and Isles of Scotland, and that both Northern and Western Islands: And likways considering how much the finishing the Ancient and present State of the said Kingdom, and the most considerable Prospects thereof tend to the Advantage, Honour and Reputation of Scotland'.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Work Type:
                    
                    
                        Printed text
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Material:
                    
                    
                        Paper
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Technique:
                    
                    
                        Uncoloured
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Rights Statement:
                    
                    
                        Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro File Type:
                    
                    
                        Cropped Tiff
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        13353368
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Title:
                    
                    
                        Act of Parliament In Favours of John Adair and Captain Slazer. [1 of 2]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        3715 x 3619
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro ID Number:
                    
                    
                        0042901c.tif
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Old ID Number:
                    
                    
                        00002515
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Capture Date:
                    
                    
                        01/03/2001
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    Act of Parliament In Favours of John Adair and Captain Slazer. [1 of 2]
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