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Murray Family Papers

The Murray Family Papers seem to all have reference numbers that begin "GD 10 ".
It is likely that all the original documents were handwritten. Sometime in the 1970s a number of these documents were transcribed and typed onto double-sided fullscap paper using an old manual typewriter.

We have acquired a number of these typed transcriptions which we have scanned, put through an optical character recognition program and then manually checked for transcription errors.

Click on a reference number to download a .pdf file which is a typed transcription of the contents.
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Here is an index to the catalogue of the various categories of documents that exist in the National Archives.

Reference	Description
GD 10 543	1729. Alexander Murray petition for funds to build bridge across River Fleet.
GD 10 884	1787. Abstract of Mr Murrays Annual outgoing and his yearly Income in Scotland 19th July 1787.
GD 10 1016	1708. Contract for Adam Miller to maintain houses at Plunton, Cally & Broughton.
GD 10 1032	1715. Lease of Plunton Lennox inc. Plunton Castle
GD 10 1040	1717. Statement that 'The Big House' in Gatehouse wa tenantable.
GD 10 1053	1734. Estimated bill to repair the 'big house' currently occupied by the family of William Milligan, deceased.
GD 10 1086	1759. Tacks of Parks of Cally 1759 onwards.
GD 10 1087	1761. Trespassing on Parks of Cally.
GD 10 1091	1775. Memo by James Murray re Management of his Estate During his Absence
GD 10 1188	1760. No. & sizes of windows needed for Cally House.
GD 10 1189	1789. Account for carrying stone to 'The Temple'.
GD 10 1253	1763. 'Tack' agreement between James Murray & William Johnstone for 38 years.
GD 10 1261	1766. Estimated cost of the 'New Inn' at Gatehouse.
GD 10 1263	1773. Letter from John Syme to Postmaster General for Scotland about siting of post office in Gatehouse.
GD 10 1264	1779. Insurance for 'Inn at Gatehouse'.
GD 10 1265	1784. Tack James Murray & John Hunter, baker for 15+ years. re 2 fields near Boatgreen.
GD 10 1425a	1769 - 1772 Rental of Estate. Summary of land / farm rents in Girthon, Gatehouse & Anwoth
GD 10 1425b	1769 - 1772 Rental of Estate. Summary of land / farm rents in Tongland, Twynholm, Rerrick, Borgue, Whithorn & Sorbie.
GD 10 - - - -	1794. Minute of Lett of the Mills of Barlay