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Reference NumberC/P/317
Archive CentreCaithness
TitleCopy of the printed magazine Scottish Home Rule (May 1925) and correspondence of Mr Marwood Sutherland of Thurso on monuments and other matters
Date1914-1929
DescriptionSubjects of his correspondence include: St Peter's Church, Thurso; Strathy Point Lighthouse; the RSPCA and cruelty to animals; the Ulbster Stone; Thurso sanitary conditions and water supply, etc. Among his correspondents was Sir Archibald Sinclair.
Administrative HistoryMarwood Sutherland was a member of a flexible writing group that met infrequently in Thurso and was a regular correspondent to newspapers and periodicals about local (Caithness) issues. According to the 1901 census he was born in Halkirk around 1868/69 and was living at 1 Houstry Road, Halkirk where his father and married brother were listed as joint tenants of the farm. Marwood's status/occupation is listed as single/journalist.
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