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A brief look at letters to and from Scottish Banks
18th Century Banking Letters
This area of the site covers letters sent to and / or from Banks for the period up to December 1799.   I have also included other where the content makes reference to a Bank or to Banking.

18th July 1747 - From John Mathias, London to John Campbell Esq., Agent to the Equivalent Company, at Edinburgh.

12th September 1768 - From James Hunter to Sir William Forbes Bart, Messrs Herries & Co, London

21st November 1768 - From Robert Herries to Messrs Herries & Co., London

5th November 1771 - From Andrew Blackburn, Glasgow to David Forbes, Writer in Glasgow ~ links to American War of Independence and Tobacco.

11th November 1791 - From Gilbert Hamilton, Glasgow to William Simpson, Cashier of Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.

15th September 1791 - From James Hog, Cashier, Paisley Banking Company, Paisley to Charles Stewart, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh

 


 

1747 Equivalent Company
1768 James Hunter
1768 Herries & Co.
1777 Andrew Blackburn
1791 Gilbert Hamilton
1791 Paisley Banking Company
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