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Date	Masters & mistresses names & designations	Servants names	Quality of servants	Number of servants	One and two servants	Duty
1787	Town of Elgin
	Mr King of Newmill	Male Servt [Servant]	House Servt [Servant]	1	1	£1.5.0
19 Oct 1787	Andrew Peerey vintner	William Nairn	Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0
	James McIntosh vintner	William Calder	Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0
	Provost Brown	Male Servt [Servant]	Footman	1	1	£1.5.0
	Sir George Abercromey	Male Servts [Servants]	Footman	2	2	£2.10.0
				6	6	£7.10.0
	Proof
	6 Male Servts [Servants] @ £1.5.0 each for a year is					£7.10.0
						£7.10.0

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A Survey of the Male Servants Tax arisen within Town of
Elgin from 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 by Patrick McDonald Surveyor
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I Patrick McDonald Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing Several
rates and duties on Male Servants, I find they amount in whole to Seven pound ten Shillings Sterling and
that upon the Twentieth day of November 1787 I delivered to James Young Collector of said duties for the
Town of Elgin an exact duplicate of the above acct [account] duly examined and compared with the foregoing which
contained my oath that the foregoing inhabitants were duly served with requisition of the dates aforesaid
and that the assessments were made up from the lists and answers now in my possession
Patrick McDonald Surveyor
Sworn before me at Forres 10th Novr [November] 1787 Alexander Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

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