Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1035
Title	Letter from Sir William Anstruther, Bart.; 27 Jan. 1711/2
Date	27 January 1712
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that the information is laid by the ghost of Sir William Anstruther; refers to 'poor John Adam our macer'; details the events of an escape from a shipwreck?; says that when he reached the shore he had a 'true view of justice'; comments on a place where judicial appointments go to the most deserving and not those favoured by the Court; says that this results in an improved system of justice; complains of a system where the system is manipulated so that the guilty go free and other abuses exist. Old Style dating on letter. Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
Term	shipwrecks, unspecified
	appointments, legal, complaints of favour
	justice, abuse of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29867	Adam; John (fl 1712); -; macer	fl 1712
NA29868	Anstruther; William (-1711); Baronet; judge; M.P.; cr. Bart. of Nova Scotia 1694; Lord of Justiciary	-1711
NA29869	-; - (fl 1712); damage to document has resulted in loss of name of recipient	fl 1712