[Sir Charles Adam, Admiral of the Royal Navy and Lord of the Admiralty.] Manuscripts (presumably both Autograph) giving itemised lists of fees incurred in 'two appeals' by ‘Captn. Chas. Adams - Royal Navy’ and ‘William Adam Esr.’

Sir Charles Adam was great-grandson of the architect William Adam, and his father (also William Adam) was a friend of Sir Walter Scott. See the entries for Charles Adam and his father in the Oxford DNB. William Adam had a son - Charles’s brother - named William George Adam (1781-1839), but the reference to ‘Wm. Adam Esqr. Senior and Junior’ appears to suggest the father. Each of the two items is 1p, 4to. They are on different paper stock. Both in good condition, lightly aged. Both endorsed with modern note in pencil: ‘enclosed in Spottiswoode to W. A. - 23 July 08’. ONE: ‘Captn. Chas. Adam - Royal Navy’. Ten items, beginning with ‘[22 November 1805] Attending Wm. Adam Esqr. Senior and Junior taking instruction for a Factory to get him Enrolled as a Freeholder of Kinross-shire’, and ‘[21 March 1807] Drawing Mandate by him to Mr. Mathew Sandiland to procure his Enrollment in the Roll of Freeholders of the County of Kincardine & Copy - 1 . 5 . -’. TWO: Headed ‘William Adam Esqr. In is first Appeal / Russell.’ Docketed on reverse: ‘Wm. Adam Esqr. / Fees in the two appeals / £19 . 5. 1d.’ Twelve items, ending with ‘In his 2d. Appeal with Do. [Russell] / Paid the same as in the first appeal, except the two first articles - 8 . 11. - / For various Postages, & Incidents relative to both appeals . . 1 . 11 . 6’.