William Fraser
Published: 2016-09-30
Total Pages: 374
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Excerpt from History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, and of Their Kindred, Vol. 2 Sir Alexander resided at Pittarrow for the long period of forty years and upwards. In 1663 he conveyed his estates to his eldest son David on his marriage; and after this he continued until his death to live in comparative retirement, leaving the management of the estate to his son as the proprietor. Under the marriage - contract Of his son Sir David, Sir Alexander, however, reserved power during his lifetime to burden the lands conveyed to his son with the sum of merks Scots, for the payment of his debts, and for provisions to his younger children. He also reserved to himself the liferent of a part Of the barony of Pittarrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.