Articles in the category of #Pitcalnie Papers
An interesting letter to Lady Pitcalnie from Elizabeth Mackenzie, dated 1757, with a very early reference to inoculation in the Highlands. This was likely for smallpox, which according to the Statistical Accounts for Tarbat, "carried off 75 children" in 1756.
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A letter, sent by Lady Naomi Ross, giving instructions regarding the purchase of Tea in 1758.
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Two letters between Colquhoun Grant (pictured) and Lady Pitcalnie, which were written in 1757, concerning the possibility of raising a Company of soldiers in return for a pardon for the exiled Jacobite Malcolm Ross.
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The Pitcalnie Papers: the last two letters sent between Malcolm Ross and his stepmother Naomi Ross, Lady Pitcalnie. Malcolm's letter was sent from Dunkirk in France on January 26th, 1762 shortly before his death, Naomi's reply was likely never received by Malcolm.
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A letter from Thomas Ross of Calrossie (pictured) to Alexander Ross of Pitcalnie. Thomas writes concerned, that if the tenants at Kincardine continue to wear the Highland Dress at 'Kirk and Mercat', it will result in a visit from the 'Troops.'
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Malcolm Ross of Pitcalnie, who was wounded at the Battle of Little Ferry, writes to his father the chief of Clan Ross whilst in exile in Rotterdam.
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Transcriptions of letters from the Pitcalnie Papers showing that Ross-shire was being targeted by unscrupulous military recruiting parties during the year 1778.
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An article packed with 18th-century history, written by Rosemary Mackenzie, from a talk she gave to the Inverness Highland Family Society in January 1989.
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An interesting letter, written by Miss Kathleen Lyon concerning Malcolm Ross of Pitcalnie hiding at Amat House in a secret room after the Battle of Little Ferry, 15th April 1746.
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