| Description | The letters mostly deal with the details of estate management. There are occasional references to coal mining, purchases of sales of land, and charitable benefactions. Most of the in letters are from James Loch, the Duke of Sutherland's principal agent, giving instructions about estate business. The remaining letters appear to be from clerks or officials in James Loch's office.
The letters are arranged in annual bundles and in chronological order within each bundle. |