James Armour form book

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
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1 items and 3.35 Gigabytes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This manuscript style or form book was created by James Armour of Edinburgh, from around 1698 to 1701. The work begins with a "Decreet Arbitrall," but marriage contracts predominate. In addition, there are forms for bonds, wills, a ship's sale, an indenture, a pension, and other matters. The first 287 pages are written in one hand, followed by several blank leaves and eleven pages in a different hand. An abbreviated, six page index is found at the back of the book.

The University of Virginia Law Library made a digital copy of this item.

Biographical / historical:

James Armour was the son of James Armour, a merchant of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1684, the younger Armour was first registered as an apprentice to Alexander Wright, who was a merchant in Edinburgh. He later became a writer [another word for a solicitor] and was admitted a Writer to the Signet on December 2, 1723. Armour later became a burgess of Edinburgh in 1730.

Acquisition information:
In February 1996, this manuscript was purchased from John Rees for the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
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