| Description | Alexander Fraser, 1845-1889 including personal correspondence and papers, 1845-1889; financial papers, 1864-1888; papers re properties owned by Fraser, 1853-1885; fishings leases, 1872-1894; Agency for The Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, 1881-1883; birth and death certificates, 1865-1899
Commercial Bank of Scotland, 1831-1888 including correspondence, c.1846-c.1885; documents re bank procedures, c.1835-1862; legal documents, 1831-1887; bank customers' papers, 1844-1888
James Wilson, solicitor, 1829
Hugh Fraser, 1845-1887
Miscellaneous papers of unknown or uncertain provenance, c.1829-c.1848 |
| Administrative History | The provenance of this collection is unknown.
Papers of Alexander Fraser (1822-1899), banker and Provost of Inverness; though discontinuous and fragmentary comprise the greater part of the accession;
. papers of the Commercial Bank of Scotland in Inverness
. correspondence to James Wilson, solicitor in Inverness and Fraser's predecessor as agent for the Commercial Bank;
. papers belonging to Hugh Fraser, Alexander's brother;
. papers of unknown or uncertain provenance.
Fraser was associated with the Bank for more than 50 years; he served as Provost and County Councillor, as a Justice of the Peace, and was a founder member of Inverness Free High Church - among much else. A copy of Fraser's obituary, published in the Inverness Courier of 20 October 1899, is held in the Archive office. |