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Date Masters & mistresses names & designations Servants names Quality of servants Number of servants Bachelor servants One and two servants Three and four servants Five to seven servants Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty
1785 Burgh of Dumfries
27 Dec 1785 Capt [Captain] Robert Ridal Dumfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
James Ramsay Collector Dumfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
Comisy [Commissary] Thomas Goldy Dumfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
Capt [Captain] John Hamilton Dumfries Groom
Footman
2 2 £1.17.6
Mrs Lathan Dumfries Footman
Gardiner
2 2 £1.17.6
Robert Ramsay Dumfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
John McVity Vinter [Vintner] Dumfries Waiters 2 2 £1.17.6
Capt [Captain] Walter Johnston Dumfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
Thomas Clint vinter [vintner] Waiter 1 1 £0.18.9
William Caruthers Dormoun Dunfries Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
13 13 £12.3.9

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of
Dumfries from 5 of July 1785 to 5 of April 1786 by William Brunton Survr [Surveyor]

Proof
13 Servants at £0.18.9 each is £12.3.9

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing
Several Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to the Sum of £12.3.9 & that upon the 18 March I sent
by Post to Francis Maxwell Collector of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of above act [account]
duly Examined & Compared with the foregoing & I Do make Oath that the above is a just List returned
by the several Inhabitants when requisitions were made of Dates aforesaid
William Brunton

Male Servants Tax
in the Burgh of
Dumfries
from 5 of July 1785 to 5 of April
1786
For the Office

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GS [General Surveyor]

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