SC45/31/11, pp 117-133
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| Testament of James Chalmers, 1853 SC45/31/11, pp 117-133 |
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| At Dundee the twenty third day of De- -cember [In margin] James Chalmers Bookseller Dundee Died 26 May 1853 Lodged 23 Dec 1855 Stamped £60 [Main text] December Eighteen hundred and fifty three In presence of John Irving Hen- -derson Esquire Advocate Commissary Depute of Forfarshire Dundee District Compeared Mr John William Thomson Writer Dundee And gave in the Inventory and Oath And I Will or Testamentaty Writing and Separate paper or Scroll of Codicil afterwitten to the Recorded in the Commissary Court Books Of the Dundee District of Forfarshire in terms Of law and whereof the tenor follows: In- -ventory of the Personal Estate of the late James Chalmers Bookseller and Stationer Dundee, who died at Dundee upon the twenty Sixth day of August Eighteen hundred and Fifty three First. Cash in House at time of deceaseds death £8 .. .. Second Value of deceaseds Household Furniture And Wearing Apparel per Appointment By John M. Beatts Licenced Appraiser Dundee 206 18 .3 Third. Value odf deceaseds Stock in Trade for Mr Beatt’s Appraisement 1269 14 6 Fourth Value of Thirty two shares of the Capital Stock of the Eastern Bank of Scotland At £10 per share 320 .. .. Fifth Value of Three I the Dundee Commercial Bank which is in the course of being wound Up 3 .. .. Sixth. Value of the Capital Stock of The Forfarshire and Perthshire Fire Insurance Company at £13 per share 26 .. .. Seventh. Value of one share of the Dundee Exchange Buildings 8 .. .. Eighth. Ten shares of the former Dundee Gas Lighting Note No value can be put upon these Shares but on the contrary it is probable There may be a call to meet the out- -standing obligations of the Company Ninth. Value of one share of the Tay Ferries .. 2 6 Tenth. Principal sum insured on the life of The deceased with the Norwich Union Insurance Office by their Policy No 7259 £300 .. .. Carried Forward £300 .. .. £1841 15 3 Brought forw[ar]d £300 .. .. £1841 15 3 Add Bonus addition thereto 91 3 10 Deduct amount of sum advanced thereon by the Insurance office to the deceased 150 .. .. 241 3 10 Eleventh Principal Sum Insured on the life of the deceased With the Scottish Equitanble Life Assurance Society Their Policy No. 1807 500 .. .. Add Bonus additions made thereto 26 .. 5 526 .. 5 Twelfth. Book debts due to the deceased at the time of his death 1. Reckoned good for Appendix No 1 £855 20 9½ 2. Reconed doubtful per Appendiz No 2 £181.6/11 and which from the Circumstances cannot be valued at more than 2/6 per pound Inde 22 13 3 3. Considered Irrecoverable and in which no value can therefore be put per Appendix no3 £160.7.3 .. .. .. 878 4 . ½ Value of the deceaseds Estate situated in Scotland 3487 3 6½ (Signed) James Chalmers Funds belonging to the deceased sit- -uated elsewhere then in Scotland. 1. Debt due to the deceased by R. Chalmers & Com-} –pany London } 121 11 7 2. Due by R. Chalmers Esq[uire]. 88 6 8 £209 18 3 9Signed) James Chalmers W[illia]m Reid At Dundee the twenty first day of December Eighteen hundred and fifty three years in presence of William Reid Esquire Commissary Depute for the Commissariot of Forfarshire Compeared per- -sonally James Chalmers formerly resisding in Mon- -trose, now in Dundee, who being solemnly sworn and interrogated Depones That James Chalmers Bookseller Station- -er and Printer in Dundee, Deponents Father, died at Dundee upon the twenty sixth day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty three and the Deponent and Charles Dickson Chalmers residing in Dundee, also a Son of the deceased, and Charles Clark. Merchant in Dundee have entered upon the present And management of the deceaseds personal Estate as my Accepting Trustees and Executors nominated by him upon the Twenty sixth day of September Eghteen hundred and forty Two which is now exhibited and signed by the Deponent And the said Commissary Depute as relative hereto That That the Deponent doed not know of any Settlement or Writing relative to the disposal of the deceaseds personal Estate or Effects or any part of them other than the Will Or Testamentary Writing before specified and a separate Paper dated Twenty sixth May Eighteen hundred and Forty six titled “Scroll of Codicil or Appendage to My Will which separate paper is Autograph of The deceased and subscribed by him, and is also Now exhibited and signed by the Deponent and The said Commissary Depute as relative hereto; That The foregoing Inventory which is signed by the De- -ponent and the said Commissary Depute as relative hereto is a full and true Inventory of all the said deceased James Chalmers wheresoever situated, already recovered or known to the ex- -acting belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of his death; and that the value of the said Estate situated in Scotland is of the value of Three thousand pounds and under the value Of Four thousand Pounds Sterling; All which Is truth as the Deponent shall answer to God (Signed) James Chalmers W[illia]m Reid.- Appendix No.1 Good Debts William Arklay £14 8 7 James Alexander 1 3 5 Dr. Archibald .. 4 .. Pat[ric]k Andrew .. 19 2½ Rob[er]t Alison .. 5 8½ Albion House Library .. 7 6 Alex[ande]r Anderson .. 2 6 Rev[eren]d T.G.T. Anderson 1 8 1 James Aird .. 5 .. Anderson Caird & Co[mapn]y 3 9 .. John Anderson 1 18 .. Miss Anderson 1 18 7 John Brown 10 12 1 Dr. Bell 3 9 2½ Geo[rge] Boyd 17 12 11 J.H. Baxter (the late) 2 3 9 Mrs Bon .. 2 3 Carried Forward £60 9 8½ Brought Forward £60 9 8½ Geo[rge] Burnett 4 18 3 Baltic Coffee Room 1 8 .. Bishop of Brechin 6 13 9 Barrie & Marwick 4 3 2 Alex[ande]r Brown 1 8 2½ W Boyd .. 5 6 James Brown (Shipowner) 2 14 6 P Birrel .. 3 .. G. F How Boyle .. 10 .. Mrs Binst .. 2 .. P Brown ..10 6 Bell & Com[pany] 3 10 .. W[illia]m Brown 1 .. 2½ David Barrie 4 11 3 J.C. Bell .. 3 .. And[re]w Brown 3 6 6 James H. Bell .. 12 4 Tho[ma]s Blyth .. 2 7 David Burns (Brechin) 1 1 .. D Brown Teacher 1 1 8 W[illia]m Barrie .. 14 .. Miss Boase .. 9 11 I.H. Blakey 1 1 8 Ja[me]s Bell & Son 1 8 4 Ja[me]s Bell 1 9 .. British Linen Co[pan]y 9 18 6 Arthur Brown .. 14 10 Mrs N Brown .. 1 4 C.H. Boase .. 3 6 Broughty Ferry Bowling Club 3 9 4 Ja[me]s Bell .. 10 3 I.Beathe Montrose 4 5 .. Baxter Brothers & Co[mapn]y Office 18 4 6 Baxter Brothers & Co[mapn]y Dens Calender 2 6 8½ Baxter Brothers & Co[mapn]y Factory .. 16 .. Edmund Baxter .. 17 .. W[illia]m Brand .. 7 .. Mrs Bently 1 2 8 Cha[rle]s Chalmers 9 6 9 W[illia]m Crocthwaite .. 3 9 Sir W[illia]m Chalmers .. 11 3½ James Currie 7 8 10½ Carried Forward £164 5 4 Brought Forward £164 5 4 Caledonian Lodge 1 1 3 Tho[ma]s Cooper .. 2 .. Custom House 2 10 .. W[illia]m Clark .. 1 6 James Craig .. 7 .. Ja[me]s Cunningham .. 5 8½ Ja[me]s Callen .. 14 .. E Caird .. 14 .. Cockburn & Campbell .. 17 2½ Chapelshade Church .. 9 .. Cox Brothers 14 17 3 Mrs Clayhills 2 10 6 Miss Collier .. 2 6 Dr Crockatt 4 .. 6 Tho[ma]s H. Cox 1 8 10½ I.Carmichael & Co[mpan]y .. 9 9 Cooper and Balbirnie .. 9 2 I[a]n Copely .. 8 .. H.H. Cooper .. 5 10 Cha[rle]s Clark .. 5 8½ Alex[ander] Christie .. 9 3 Dundee Royal Exchange 2 1 8 Dundee Parish per H. Jack .. 16 .. Dundee Town Per W[illia]m Barrie 1 18 3 Ja[me]s Pickon Tiff 2 4 6 Dundee Town per Chamberlain 6 16 4 Goe[rge] Duncan .. 5 8½ Wm Don .. 6 9 John Dick .. 4 .. T Dalgavins .. 10 .. Dundee Perth and London Ship Coy 2 19 4½ Thos Dick .. 4 6 Ed Dickson .. 4 6 Jas Dickson 8 1 8½ Dr Duncan .. 18 .. Major Devenzy .. 13 11 John Duncan .. 13 2 G. Davidson .. 5 6 Dalgavins & Kidd .. 13 .. Miss Douglas 1 13 .. Patrick Don .. 15 7½ Dundee Advertiser 4 6 9 Carried Forward £233 7 7 Brought Fowd £233 7 7 Revd Mr Dandie .. 5 1 R. Duthie .. 5 .. Deaf and Dumb Institution .. 8 6 Exchange Reading Room 8 6 3½ Eastern Bank 14 5 5 Mrs A. Edward .. 10 .. Alex Easson 2 6 .. David Edwards .. 5 .. R. Edmund .. 5 2½ C. France 3 19 .. Forfarshire Prison Board per Mackison 1 13 8½ Goe Fraser 5 .. 3 R. H. Farqharson .. 4 6 Jas Fyffe 1 15 6 Mrs Fairweather .. 3 .. Forfarshire Prison Board per Collector 21 6 3 John Fyffe 1 8 ½ Major Fyffe 1 2 .. Jas Ferrier .. 18 3 Female Lodging House .. 15 6 Florist Society 3 1 9 Gomersal and Norton 3 14 2 Gray & Coy 1 4 .. I.A. Gordon 1 13 4 Gas Company 2 12 1 Robt Gray .. 1 1 Miss Guthrie .. 3 6 Mrs Guthrie .. 3 3 P Geekie .. 5 .. Miss Gourlay .. 3 .. Wm Gray .. 10 .. Richd Gardiner .. 10 .. Wm Gibb .. 1 .. Alexr Guthrie .. 4 9 John Guild .. 16 4½ Miss Guthrie Tay Bank .. 5 10 Dr Gibson .. 5 .. H.I. Gourlay 6 11 10 Wm Gray & Coy .. 2 6 H.E. Gomersal .. 1 .. Wm Gibb .. 17 .. R.I. Holden 2 3 10 Carried Forward £324 10 ½ Brought Forward £324 10 ½ Miss Henderson 1 8 3½ Hospital per Keates .. 9 2 Harbour .. 3 6 I.M. Henderson 1 7 .. Hospital per Chamberlain 17 9 6 Jas Hamilton .. 14 4 Miss Henderson .. 3 5 R.H. Henderson .. 5 3 David Hume 1 .. .. James Hunter 1 18 .. A Hamilton .. 3 .. Miss Henderson (Blackness) 2 5 2 N. Henderson .. 11 6 Wm Hendry .. 2 .. Miss Hudson .. 7 6 Geo Jameson 1 15 3 Jaffe Brothers 2 6 .. Jas Jack .. 1 9 Wm Kirkland & Son 5 11 6 Alexr Keiller 2 6 9 John Kerr Jr .. 9 .. John Kerr 1 .. .. C. D. Chalmers 22 15 2 James Kirkaldy .. 10 .. Kirk Session 2 4 9 Kirk Fabric 1 2 6 C. Kerr & Family 4 19 .. Alex Keay .. 5 8½ Wm Kirkland 1 .. 6 James Kennedy 1 2 3 John Kirkland 1 .. 6 C. Ken & Coy .. 14 .. John Kidd 6 3 5½ Jas Kirkland .. 2 .. J.S. Lithgow 1 4 11½ J.B. Lindsay 7 5 2 Laing and Ewan .. 18 .. Revd R. Logan 1 2 6 J. Lipman 3 6 4 Revd J.A. Louisnorth 2 3 3½ Lanark Asylum 3 13 .. J. & H. Lawrie .. 1 6 Carried Forward £435 15 8½ Brought Forward £435 15 8½ Chas Lucas & Coy 3 3 6 Miss Low (Teacher) 1 17 11 Alex Lawson 1 7 6 Dr Laing 1 2 .. Wm Lawson .. 19 8 Wm Middleton 4 3 3½ David Martin .. 5 .. Mrs Montgomery .. 6 .. Jas Miller .. 11 .. J.H. Miln .. 12 8½ Mrs Miln .. 4 .. Wm Miln .. 3 .. James Martin .. 2 6 John Morris .. 10 11 Geo Milne 2 14 6 Robt Miln 2 5 6 Montrose Foundry Coy 3 10 11 J. Noon Langlands & Coy 2 3 6 Mrs C. G. Miller 2 2 4 Wm Miller .. 12 .. Jn Moncur .. 5 8½ Jas Miln 2 .. .. Mrs Mitchell .. 12 6 Marwick .. 11 6 McGregor (Joiner) .. 3 .. Neil McGregor .. 5 8 David McKenzie .. 2 .. Dr W Caul .. 4 .. John McGregor .. 11 .. Jas McEwen 1 17 .. Jn McGlashan .. 7 3 McKenzie 19 17 3 P McDonald 4 3 11 G.H. & G.Naill 3 3 .. Neish and Whithorn .. 19 5 Thos Nicholson 1 16 3 James Chalmers 71 2 6 New Gas Coy 2 4 9 Dr Nimmo 1 5 7½ Mrs Naill .. 10 6 C.B. Naill 2 19 9 Thos Neish .. 19 6 Carried Forward £580 15 6½ Brought Forward £580 15 6½ Thos Neaves .. 14 6 Dr M. Nimmo .. 12 .. E Nonners 1 18 .. Robt Niall .. 6 6 New Episcopal Church 1 8 10 Orphan Institution .. 16 6 Sir John Ogilvy 1 2 .. Operative Lodge .. 10 .. James Ower 1 10 .. A Olgilvie & Son 1 6 3 Mr Owen .. 14 .. Miss Ogilvy .. 6 .. Charles Ower .. 7 2 Mrs Balfour Ogilvie 1 4 .. Parochial Board per Collector 8 14 .. D. Rathull (Baldragon) .. 1 .. Pilot Office 1 9 5 Police Commissioner .. 7 .. R.D. Pryde 12 18 7½ James Patterson 1 2 6 J. Pennycook .. 1 2 Revd J. Rankin 4 1 6 Reid McLachlan & Heron 8 8 2 Rusell (Panmure St) .. 9 6 Ritchie (Ritchie & S) .. 2 .. Jas Rickard 1 7 11 Rickard & Coy 1 .. .. Alex Rodger Montrose 2 16 .. G Robertson Seminaries .. 5 .. John Reid .. 12 11 Royal Infirmary .. 13 9 Ed Rapp 1 3 .. Jas Rowan 1 4 .. David Robertson .. 3 4 James Renny .. 14 .. Wm Sime 5 14 11 Wm Shaw & Son 3 12 .. St Pauls School 4 14 11½ Mrs Stirling 3 11 5 A. B. Spence 2 3 6 E. E. Scott 3 19 9 Shiell & Small 20 19 .. Carried Forward £686 1 7½ Brought Forward £686 1 7½ Wm Scott 2 4 9 John Sime 2 .. .. Alex Simpson 4 7 11 A Spence (Broughty Ferry) .. 5 .. Scott (Scott and Paton) .. 3 .. Mrs Scott (Magdalen Yard) .. 2 .. J Smieton .. 3 6 Dr Stewart .. 11 4 Lt David Lodge .. 6 6 Geo Stewart .. 4 1 Colin Symes .. 5 1½ Revd F Stirling .. 7 .. J.P. Shaw .. 3 4 J. & H. Strong 6 11 1 John Sturrock Jr 4 15 2 Wm Shaw .. 3 4 Revd H.A Smith .. 2 .. Miss Sturrock 1 11 10 D. Sidey .. 5 4½ Jas Smiths (Lawsons) .. 15 6 St Pauls Chapel 1 9 6½ Savings Bank 5 2 6 Mrs Scott .. 7 4 J. Shailler 1 8 3 Jn Sturrock 1 17 6 St Davids Church .. 16 6 St Andrews Church 1 4 6 C & R Smith .. 7 6 David Small (Eastern Bank) 4 6 8 Thos Smieton .. 6 .. Colin Symes .. 16 7 Jas Smith (Arbroath) 6 1 6 David Scott .. 1 .. Jas Stewart .. 5 2 Sailors Home .. 7 6 A.P. Stewart 1 10 .. Trades Lane Calendaring Coy .. 15 4 Thos Thow .. 8 .. Mrs Wm Turnbull .. 14 8 Carried Forward £741 18 5 Brought Forward £741 18 5 John Thain 6 6 10 Trinity House 1 7 .. Wm Thoms .. 4 6 James Tramen .. 9 .. James Tarbat 1 1 .. John Wm Thomson 2 19 .. John Todd .. 6 6 A Traill 1 11 9 Thomson Auctioneer .. 1 .. Victoria Lodging House .. 19 9 J. Wallace 1 9 6 P. Wilson (Arbroath) 2 .. .. Miss Wise 46 17 4 Dr Wingest 13 11 3 Wm Wales 1 16 8 E Wilson .. 4 6 Wellgate Coffee House .. 10 .. Miss Whitt et .. 9 .. Mrs Watson Keiller 1 2 10 James Watt Jr 1 17 9 Miss Wilson .. 16 4 P. Watson 5 5 6 Captn Walker .. 13 11 Walker and Gloag .. 10 8 Jas Wyllie 4 2 9½ Wm Wrongham .. 3 10 Thos Walker .. 17 6 P Wilkie (Kirriemuir) 1 13 2½ James Webster (Saddler) .. 11 .. Chas Walker 5 18 1½ W.N. Watson 3 3 .. A Wallace .. 4 2 Ward Chapel .. 1 6 855 10 9½ (Signed) Jad Chalmers Wm Reid Appendix No.2 Doubtful Debts. Miss Torry Anderson £4 19 4 Dr Arnot 4 5 10 A Breysig 2 5 .. Carried Forward £11 10 2 Brought Forward £11 10 2 Wm Byres 1 13 6 Brown Brothers (Melbourne) 25 13 10 Peter Cramb .. 6 .. Copland and Buckmann 5 14 11 Kinton Cabel .. 11 .. Miss Cook 1 10 .. T. P. Donovan (Grangemouth) 1 7 6 Major Douglas 1 13 7 Captn Fenwick 15 10 7 N. Graves & Coy (London) 2 .. .. Mrs Hankin (E. Bas) .. 18 .. J. Henderson (E. Baxter) .. 4 6 David Hunter .. 6 3 Miss Hunter (Teacher) 4 9 2 Revd Mr Irvine 3 3 .. C Lyall 1 19 9 J Johnston .. 18 6 Geo Key .. 10 6 Miss Low (Broughty Ferry) 40 17 2 Wm Morison (the late) 2 13 .. Miss Main .. 3 .. Mrs McKenzie (Anfield) .. 4 .. Jas Paton 30 .. .. Philharmonic Society .. 15 .. P.P. Ritchie 2 16 8 Geo Smith (Forfar) 2 12 2 H.L. Spindler 1 10 8 P Spence (Guard Bridge) 1 9 1 Chas Tosh .. 12 .. James Thorns 6 19 8 Miss Wilson 3 2 6 £181 6 .. (Signed) Jas Chalmers Wm Reid Appendix No. 3 Bad Debts R.M. Adams £ .. 7 6 Miss Allan 1 10 9 Mrs Buist (the late) 2 15 .. John Birse Carried Forward £5 1 9 Brought Forward £5 1 9 Broughty Ferry Band .. 3 6 Wm Boyd (St Andrews) 1 .. .. Geo Buist .. 12 2 James Barry 1 16 .. Jas Buchanan 1 4 10 Jas Baik (Barry) .. 3 6½ Miss Bruce .. 3 .. Balfour & Shiell .. 18 .. Miss Bruce 1 3 6 T Crawford (Musician) .. 11 6 Jas Campbell (Teacher) .. 7 .. Dr Campbell .. 2 6 J.C. Carolan .. 10 .. Clark (Panorama) .. 2 6 Jas Calvert 1 1 5 J.H. Carr 4 14 9 Robt Cochran .. 3 .. Alex Cochran 2 7 3 J Snodgrass Chalmers 4 11 6 Wm Cameron 1 10 6 Mr Douglas (Broughty Ferry) .. 2 6 John Dryburgh .. 3 6 G.L.A. Donovan 6 2 3 Revd Douglas 7 15 .. Miss Duff .. 1 .. Mrs Try (London) .. 10 6 Mrs Gilroy .. 2 6 G. Gourlay .. 12 .. Gourlay (Actor) .. 7 .. Goodman (Architect) .. 3 .. Stewart Gordon 5 17 .. J. G. Horsburgh 9 11 6 A. Hamilton (Panorama) 1 5 6 Hamilton (Phrenologist) .. 10 .. A Hatton 2 2 6 F. Helmore 3 3 .. Alexr Henderson (Auchtermuchty) 3 .. .. Mrs Jones 4 11 6 R. Livingston .. 3 4 A Lyall (Minorgan) 2 6 7 Robt Lithgow 1 6 6 John Lawson 1 4 .. Carried Forward £79 8 10½ Brought Forward £79 8 10½ Literary Society Union .. 7 6 Revd John Marshall 2 3 3 Moon Ramsay & Coy 3 12 6 A Miln 1 .. .. Mrs Molon .. 2 .. Thos Martin .. 8 3 Jas Mortimer 14 14 .. R. Melbourne (Comedian) 2 12 6 John Mair 3 3 .. J. McLann .. 8 10 Alex McLeod (late with C. Kerr & Coy) 2 3 8 Revd Mr McFarlane (Perth) .. 3 9 R McGregor & Coy (glasgow) .. 8 .. Miss Neill .. 8 .. Thomas Neish Jr. 1 18 1 James Pearman 9 13 6½ Jas Pearson .. 1 6 R. Pouned .. 14 .. John Phillip .. 13 5 Goe Roy .. 15 6 Miss Reid .. 2 .. Wm Reid (Broughty Ferry) .. 5 3 James Russell .. 4 6 James Robertson 2 10 .. Alex Rickard .. 11 3 A. T. Reid 2 8 10 J. A. Reid 3 19 .. A. J. Rowland 1 15 11 D. Scott Watchmaker .. 1 6 Miss Sturrock (St Andrews) .. 1 9 D. Sandeman 1 10 .. Miss Steel .. 2 1 Sam Spink 3 18 .. Sutherland .. 4 6 P. Smith .. 2 4½ D. Spalding .. 1 10½ Jas Strachan (Teacher) 6 2 6 A Seeale 2 2 2 John Smith (Harecraig) .. 6 .. Lieut Stra Kenzie (33rd) .. 2 .. Dr Saunders .. 16 .. James Scott 1 1 7 Carried Forward £152 19 3 Brought Forward £152 19 3 David Spalding .. 7 8 Captn Staples .. 16 6 James Templeton .. 10 .. Captn Wilkinson (42nd) 2 .. 1 Webster (Teacher Broughty Ferry) .. 18 6 Wyatt & Son (Oxford) .. 7 2 A. J. Warden .. 13 1 Watt Institution 1 15 .. £160 7 3 (Signed Jas Chalmers Wm Reid Writer. I James Chalmers Bookseller Stationer and Printer Dundee Do hereby declare the following to be my Will And Testament in regard to the disposal of all or Any part of my property which I may Chance To leave at the time of my death And do by this Deed convey my whole Heritable and Moveable property With a few exceptions herein narrated to the Following Trustees or Executors who I hereby Ap- -point and Nominate to carry into effect my Intentions, Namely. My Son James Chalmers Residing in Montrose. My Son Charles D. Chalmers My Brother Charles Chalmers Flaxspinner, Charles Clark Merchant and James R Ireland Mer- -chant all residing in Dundee, or the majority of them accepting or to each other person or persons as I may hereafter Appoint with power to them to Assume one or more Trustees, should those accepting deem it ne- -cessary to do so the major part in life to be a quorum declaring that the said Trustees shall not be personally liable for omissions or neglect of Office I very much regret that none of my Sons Are likely to follow my line of business, chiefly On account of the females of my family, I there- -fore instruct and empower my Executors to ap- -point one of themselves who shall be reasonably remunerated for his Trouble, And who shall find satisfactory, security, for his Intromissions with the funds and who shall along with qualified persons take an Inventory of my property and stock in trade as speedily as possible embracing embracing the various Departments separately, and put a value on such property and stock, as nearly as that can be ascertained according to the respective brances also to uplift the debts due to my Estate either by process or otherwise, as far as These can be accomplished, or to sell outstand- -ing debts and to ascertain from my Books the Bills Current and Claims against my Estate these Claims to be compared with accounts rendered and to be rendered, authenticated by oaths of verity if required deducting from such accounts, all munie printed Books or other articles Charged in them which have been sent to the shop on “Sale or Return” before Settlements are made I do farther impower the Executors to receive the sums for on my life, namely Three Hundred pounds In *[note in margin] the Norwich Union office and four hundred pounds in [main text] “The Scottish Equitable Office” along with any Bonuses due on The Policies respectively, the proceeds of these policies along With what may be recovered of Book debts and ready Money drawn from Sales, if the Shop is kept open, to Be applied In the first place towards the payment of Bills Current And debts on open Accounts, should the Proceeds from these sources, prove not ample for These engagements, the said Executors Are then dis- -pose of such portions of my property or stock as they may conceive to be most available fot the subject in view, either by Public Sales or Private Bargains Should it be deemed expedient to continue all or Certain portions of my business, to be carried on under proper management, for behoof of Mr Chalmers and my daughters the Survivors or Survivor of them this proportion is of course en- -tirely optionable with themselves, and if done it follows that it must be with their respective shares of the residue of my Estate, for if more is retained than their equal proportions, they will have to account to my Sons for the difference when that as adjusted, My property at present Consists of Houses and ground At Lochee, and a House in Thom’s Close High Street over these I have Five hundred ponds Borrowed. I hold thirty two shares of the Eastern Bank Stock. Five shares of the Dundee Marine Two shares of the Forfarshire Fire Insurance Company Nine Nine Sixty four of the Bug Gratitude. One Original share of the Tay Steam packet, one share Of the exchange Buildnings, and one share of The Tay Fermes, exclusice of my Stock in trade Consisting of Printing Materials, Piano Fortes Articles for manufacturing Books, Bookbinding Materials, Stock of printed and paper Books, Music and Miscellaneous Musical Instruments And stationery with shop Furniture, I hereby Empower my said Executors to dispose of these In the most judicious way for the Interest of All concerned, or of what remains more or Less (at the time of my death) which will be Found more particularly entered in my private Ledger The Balance or residue of my property I Hereby Instruct shall be divided in Equal shares Among my Wife and family Namely Mrs Barbara Chalmers or Dickson my Sons James Chalmers Robert Chalmers * [note in margin] Charles D Chalmers Patrick Chalmers my Daughters Margaret Chalmers [main text] & Anne Chalmers the Survivors or Survivor of them, but being Advances and under Certain obligation for Sons James Robert and Charles for Cash Credits & Otherwise it will be necessary that these be ad- -justed before or at the time of equalizing their proportions of the residue from my Estate, Should any of my Children Marry and die Before me, they he or her leaving a Child or Children. I farther Instruct that the parents Share of my property shall go to the Child or Children Calculating as I now do that my Life Insurance My Book Debts Stock in trade and other stock Will be more than sufficient to liquidate all Obligations and debts, if so, I farther bequeath all My Household Furniture, Plate Bed and Table Linens to my Wife and Daughters Margaret and Anne, the Survivors or Survivor of them *[note in margin] and this to the afterwards entitled at their or her disposal [main text] as they Or she may think proper. I bequeath my Gold Watch to my Son James a copy of Brewster Encyclo- -pedia to my Son Charles the other Books in The House to be divided among themselves Males and Females as they think proper, so To To divide them Written with my own hand on this and the two pre- -ceding pages and duly signed In presence of the follow- -ing Witnesses Vizt John Irvine Journeyman Printer In my Office, and Alexr Stephen my present (princi) Principal Shop and Book keeper. At Dundee the Sixth day of September Eighteen hundred and Forty two years (Signed) Jas Chalmers John Irvine Witness Alexr Stephen Witness Dundee 21 December 1853 This is the Deed of Settlement of the late Mr James Chalmers, Bookseller Stationer and printer Dundee referred to in the Affidavit by me of this date Annexed to the Inventory of his personal Estate, (signed) Jas Chalmers Wm Reid 26 May 1846 Scroll of Codicil or Appendage to my Will which Will is Dated and subscribed by me 26th Septr 1842 before John Irvine And Alexander Stephen Witnesses I do here- -by Authorise And empower You my said Trustees and Executors Namely James Chalmers Junr now re- -siding In Dundee and Charles Chalmers now residing in Montreal Canada my Sons along with the other Trustees Named in the said Will of 26 Septr 1842, the Acceptors Or acceptor of same to act, or others who may be Appointed to the said Trust to take the legal measures Of disposing of my Heritable property and of convey -ing the same to any purchaser or purchasers for all or any part of the following properties which they may consider requisite to dispose of Namely My pro- -perty at Lochee in the parish of Liff, the House in Thom’s Close High Street and the flat of shops No 10 Castle Street both in Dundee, over which I have One thousand pounds borrowed, and to apply the Surplus if any in term of the preceding Will This Codicil signed at Dundee Before these Witnesses Chas Chalmers Dundee 21 December 1853 (Signed) This is The paper titled Scroll of Codicill or appendage to my Will which is referred to in the Affidavit by me of this date Annexed to the Inventory of the Personal Estate of the Late James Chalmers Bookseller Stationer and Printer In Dundee (Signed) Jas Chalmers Wm Reid By James Callow |