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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
15 Sep 1786 John Richardson Esqr David Hardy footman 1 1 £1.5.0
Docter R Wood Patrick Stobie Riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
James Murray Esqr Batchr [Bachelor] John McNairn Riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Mungo Murray Batchelor Patrick Ferguason Riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
John Burt Donald Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
18 Sep 1786 James Duncan John McDonald footman 1 1 £1.5.0
20 Sep 1786 James Christie Robert Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
21 Sep 1786 John Campbell Alexander Dun Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Thomas Marshall Alexander Davie Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
David Smith Esqr James Dou
David Simmie
footman
Gardner
2 2 £2.10.0
Docter J Stewart Batchelor John Patterson Riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
12 3 12 £18.15.0
Prooff
3 at £1.5.0 £3.15.0
12 at £1.5.0 £15.0.0
£18.15.0 £18.15.0

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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants in the Town of
Perth fro the 5th. April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by Laurence Buchan Surveyor


Perth 12 December 1786 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby
certify that upon careful Examination of the foregoing several Rates and Duties I find they
amount in Whole to Eighteen pounds fifteen Shillings st [Sterling] and this date I delivered
to Mr Patrick Miller Collector of the said duties for the Town aforesaid an Exact duplicate
of the Above Acct [Account] duly Examined and Compared with the foregoing Notes being left with
the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses to which their returns were made
Laurence Buchan Surveyor

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