| Description | Envelope containing:
List of gentlemen present with James Calder and participating in a wager of a tappit hen and supper, to be paid by the last of them to marry to the others, within three weeks of the last marriage;
Bill from George Moir, Old Ship Tavern, Shiprow, Aberdeen, to James Calder, for oporto [port], zerry [sherry], porter, brandy, small beer and dinner, 10 February 1792;
List of 42 gentlemen who dined with James Calder at Gordon's New Inn, along with their trade or profession and some pencil notes of their parishes, 5 November 1795;
Bill from William Gordon, New Inn, Aberdeen, to James Calder, for entertainment, port, sherry, claret, porter and beer, brandy, almonds and raisins, and broken glass, consumed 5 November 1795, written 30 November 1795.
Apparently the papers were referred to in Mr. John Smith's brief memoir of Mrs. Emslie dated 1884 (see AET/AFOA/9/3) |