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Page 39
... farm of Mount Oliphant , a few miles west of Alloway , in 1765 , and when , through no fault of his own , he found himself unable to make it pay , he took in 1777 , at a grossly inflated rental , the farm of Lochlie , some ten miles ...
... farm of Mount Oliphant , a few miles west of Alloway , in 1765 , and when , through no fault of his own , he found himself unable to make it pay , he took in 1777 , at a grossly inflated rental , the farm of Lochlie , some ten miles ...
Page 49
... farm house with William and Agnes Burnes . Robert and Gilbert had to take their share of the farm work ; Murdoch testified that Robert was doing a man's work on the farm by the time he was fifteen . He must have been doing heavy enough ...
... farm house with William and Agnes Burnes . Robert and Gilbert had to take their share of the farm work ; Murdoch testified that Robert was doing a man's work on the farm by the time he was fifteen . He must have been doing heavy enough ...
Page 72
... farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my brother and me such wages for our labour as he gave to other labourers ' ) and so they were preferred creditors . This device enabled them to extricate themselves ...
... farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my brother and me such wages for our labour as he gave to other labourers ' ) and so they were preferred creditors . This device enabled them to extricate themselves ...
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