Jonathan Radcliff, and Company
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Made use of the services of Cumming and Son for their bills on Scotland
Court of Chancery
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Held jurisdiction over all matters of equity in England and Wales.
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Court of Equity
South Sea Company
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Joint-stock company founded to reduce the national debt; created a bubble, which burst at the end of 1720.
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The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing
The Magistrates of the United Towns of Port-Glasgow and Newark
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1695 erected as a separate community from the parish of Kilmacolm; 1775 united with the Burgh of Barony of Newark; 1833 became a Parliamentary Burgh
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William Cuming & Son
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Founded between 1750 and 1760. Thomas Cumming was married to Janet Chalmers, a cousin of William Miller, Lord Glenlee
Hidden Legal Histories Uncovered
The SCOS team traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, to present the digital project at the annual meeting of the Scottish Records Association and to meet with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh Library, who are pursuing a similar initiative.
