Shaw, Duncan, fl 1817, Sheriff Substitute, Long Island District of Inverness-shire Crofters Estate management Farming Parliamentarians Tenants Land ownership Russell, Claud, fl 1817, legal agent Dundas Robert Saunders-,1771-1851, 2nd Viscount Melville statesman Murray, John, 1755-1830, 4th Duke of Atholl Mackenzie, Mary Elizabeth Frederica Stewart-, 1783-1862 Wentworth, Alexander, 1773-1824, 2nd Baron Macdonald Macdonald, Ronald George, 1788-1873, of Clanranald, MP Macleod, Alexander Norman, fl 1817, of Harris Macdonald, Colonel Alexander, fl 1817, of Boisdale Macneil, Roderick, fl 1817, of Barra Macdonald, Ronald, fl 1817, of Bornish MS 2023/1: Letter, dated 26 March 1817, from Claud Russell, Edinburgh to Rt. Hon. Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. He encloses MS 2023/2, a copy of which was to be presented to the Lords of the Treasury by the Duke of Atholl, requesting Dundas' support for the measure proposed. As an agent for Clanronald, Russell also describes the conditions of tenants. Encloses MS 2015 in confirmation of facts given in memorial. MS 2023/2: Copy of memorial, dated 1817, by Hon. Mary Lady Hood Mackenzie of Seaforth, Alexander Wentworth (Lord Macdonald), Ronald George Macdonald of Clanronald (M.P.), Alexander Norman Macleod of Harris, Colonel Alexander Macdonald of Boisdale, Roderick Macneill of Barra and Ronald Macdonald of Bornish: all proprietors of Hebrides or Long Island in counties of Inverness and Ross, to the Rt. Hon. Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury. Describes in detail conditions in Long Island in Inverness and Ross including islands of Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra. 1817-00-00/1817-00-00 0.01 linear metres http://ica-atom.outerhebridesheritage.org.uk/index.php/papers-relating-to-conditions-in-and-administration-of-invernessshire-and-western-isles-of-scotland;dc MS 2023 English http://ica-atom.outerhebridesheritage.org.uk/index.php/aberdeen-university-special-libraries-and-archives;isdiah Aberdeen University, Special Libraries and Archives Lewis, Scotland Harris, Scotland North Uist, Scotland Benbecula, Scotland South Uist, Scotland Barra, Scotland The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions