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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042908
Shelfmark:
PC12/1701-04/4
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
Representation [Petition] unto the Lords of their majies privy council Be John Adair anent the survey of Scotland 1694
Creator:
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1694
Description:
Notes Adair's career to date, his appointment by Privy Council in 1682, the lack of a regular income, the Act of Parliament concerning 'the necessitie of a survey of the sea-coast and Isles [1686]', tonnage dues connected therewith, etc. Notes also the purchase of mathematical instruments and the 'bringing over' of Moxon the engraver from Holland 'to whom he paid seventy pounds sterl.' and the navigation of the coasts from 'Sunderland Point in England to Buchan ness in eight large maps including the rivers and Firths of Forth and Tay, lykeways the Firth of Clyde on the west sea in ane large mapp ...'. Mentions an attempt 'some thrie yeirs agoe' [1691] to print the maps by subscription at 20/- shillings per volume, half to be paid in advance on the basis of 6-700 subscribers, but 'of that number not one hundred was procured ...'. With the reply of the Privy Council, 'considering' the work and expense Adair has been put to, appoints a committee to report on the matter.
Work Type:
Manuscript text
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Nautical charts
Reference:
Bannatyne Club Miscellany, v.2, Edinburgh, 1836, pp.353-5.
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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Repro Title:
Representation [Petition] unto the Lords of their majies privy council Be John Adair anent the survey of Scotland 1694 [2 of 2]
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Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
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