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Document ReferenceOs C 253
TitleLetter from J. Loch, Dover, Kent, to J.E. Denison; 20 July 1845
Date20 July 1845
Extent4 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionRefers to reception for Denison and George Bentinck; asks Denison to check on garden at Uppat House; demands that Mr Gunn drive Denison to Helmsdale to see the agricultural improvements; askes for progress on new lodge; enquires about new cattle; comments on reduced income from Scottish agricultural counties; comments on progress made in Caithness due to steamer link with South; comments on land drainage and quarrying; contrasts conditions in Caithness with Sutherland; refers to rental system of land; believes rents of Cotters low and cannot understand why they do not extend area of cultivation; believes they have better living standards than peasants in South; refers to construction of roads; comments on investment in land improvements.
Termsocial conditions, Scotland
estate business, rentals
financial affairs, investments
roads
poverty, attitudes towards
quarries
transport, steamers
agricultural improvements
gardens
animals, cattle
agriculture, livestock

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1081Bentinck; W. George F. Cavendish- (1802-1848); Lord; Lord George Bentinck M.P.; son of 4th Duke of Portland1802-1848
NA9829Gunn; - (fl 1845); Mr; estate manager of Duke of Sutherlandfl 1845
NA9828Loch; James (1780-1855); Mr; M.P. barrister and estate manager1780-1855
NA199Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 18721800-1873
Places
CodeSet
PL10075/Haddingtonshire/Scotland
PL10076/Perth/Perthshire/Scotland
PL10077/Fife/Scotland
PL10074/Sutherland/Scotland
PL10079/Kinross/Kinross-shire/Scotland
PL10080/Stirling/Stirlingshire/Scotland
PL10081/Clackmannanshire/Scotland
PL10082/Merse/Berwickshire/Scotland
PL8709/Caithness-shire/Scotland
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