Auctions at Dusifties and surrounding properties in 1759
A public roup in Kelso is advertised for Thursday November 10 1759 at two to four post meridiem. It lists the Front Tenement in High Street and multiple gardens yards and warehouses for sale with rent totals and rights, noting conditions and viewing in the hands of Alexis aboard and annotations by local stamp-offices Edin and Dumfries. The notice also cites an excise act from Parliament affecting licences for selling ale and related penalties with proceeds to be shared with the parish poor.