2002.188.15

Photocopied letter from Edinburgh solicitors Lindsay Howe & Co dated 20/3/1893 to the Duke of Argyll`s chamberlain.

Advice about the selling of a cottar`s house in Balephuil by relatives of the deceased and a family of cottars setting up residence in a byre in Balevullin.

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Assumed illegal occupation of a house in Balephuil in 1893

Photocopied letter from Edinburgh solicitors Lindsay Howe & Co. to the Duke of Argyll`s chamberlain advising him that the selling of a deceased cottar`s house in Balephuil by relatives is illegal and that the current occupier could face legal eviction if not departed within 48 hours of notice.

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