Scope and Contents Scrapbook entitled 'A Collection of pamphlets etc. on the Earldom of Mar' containing pamphlets, letters, reports, transcripts, and newspaper cuttings related to the controversy regarding the Earl of Mar title that took place during the years 1875-1885, opposing Walter Henry Erskine, Earl of Kellie, and John Francis Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of Mar. The texts collected in this scrapbook clearly defend the latter.The dispute spanned over 10 years, and was between Walter Henry Erskine,...

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Newspaper cutting entitled 'Claim to a Baronetcy: Curious Narrative' about the claim made by John Ford, musical instrument repairer, Philadelphia, United States of America, to the baronetcy of Sir James Robert Carmichael.