Aberdeen Harbour Board: Application from George Catto, Straloch, for Head Meter position Letter to Mr. Riddel: "Sir, I wish to be a candidate for the situation of Head Meter if my age allows me, being 38. I will thank you to let me know if I can compete. I beg leave to state that I have had considerable experience taking and delivering main coals, lime and bone manure to a large extent in several years and the whole fragments and accounts to keep, and will be recommended by my employers for honesty and steadiness and from here where I have been for the last three years in a confident situation. I am Sir, your most obedient servant, George Catto." 5th September 1840