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E106/25/1

Peebles 24th November 1802.
Sir,

I take the Liberty of informing you that I
have by this nights Carrier, transmitted to you a certified
Copy of the valuation Roll of this County with a List
of the Freeholders of the County, as they stand upon the
Roll, made up at last Michaelmass meeting on the
5. of October.
As to the valuation Roll, I humbly beg leave to make
the following Observations - The last Cast was made
up in the year 1761 by Mr. Boswell Accomptant in
Edinr [Edinburgh] - In place however of following the plan adopted
by him of stating the cumulo valuation of each Pro
prietor in each Parish without specifying the particular
Lands - I have searched into the old valuation Rolls
Since the 1657, downwards - and where I discovered
the division of the valuation of any particular Lands
I have, in the Book now sent, specified the valuation
of each particular farm, as ascertained by the Commis
sioners of Supply.
In looking into the Books of Supply I find that the
Estates belonging to the Duke of Queensberry and the
Earl of Traquair have been seperately valued - but
the Calculations of each are erroneous - therefore I
was under the necessity of inserting the cumulo va
luation of each of these nobleman's properties in
each Parish in which they are respectively situated
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