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The Magistrates of the United Towns of Port-Glasgow and Newark

Org Type
Government Body
Organization Function
Burgh administration
Organization Biographical Notes
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
Organization Biographical Info
The National Archives, Kew
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Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow

Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Bank
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Robert Cowan and Company

Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Merchants
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William Cuming & Son

Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Bank
Organization Biographical Notes
Founded between 1750 and 1760. Thomas Cumming was married to Janet Chalmers, a cousin of William Miller, Lord Glenlee
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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.
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Murdoch, Warroch, and Company

Organization Name
Peter Murdoch
Org Type
Partnership
Organization Function
Brewers
Organization Biographical Notes
Founders of the Anderston Brewery.
Organization Alias
Murdock, Warrock, and Company
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Vice-Admiralty Court of Grenada

Org Type
Government Body
Organization Function
Judicial
Organization Biographical Notes
Held jurisdiction over maritime affairs in Grenada.
Organization Biographical Info
The National Archives, Kew
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Henry White & Company

Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Trade
Organization Biographical Notes
Operated in New York
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Kinnear and Son

Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Insurance Brokers
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John Walker, & Co.

Organization Name
John Walker
Org Type
Company
Organization Function
Trade
Organization Biographical Notes
Acted as agent of William Alexander & Sons
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The Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive is a multi-institutional collaborative initiative featuring Session Papers held by the Arthur J. Morris Law Library at the University of Virginia School of Law and the Library of Congress. The documents are hosted by the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh. 

The project is made possible with generous investments from the Horatio and Florence Farmer Fund at the University of Virginia School of Law and the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. 

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