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Reference NoOA/1/6/3/14
TitleOld Aberdeen Burgh: messenger's confirmation
DescriptionDeclaration by Alexander Murray, messenger of Aberdeen, detailing the process by which John Irving of Seaton has been declared a rebel and put to the horn. Includes detail of Murray administering the symbolic gesture of literally putting someone to the horn: 'and did put him to the horne be thrie blastis of my horne as use is in sic caises'. August 1654
Date1654
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