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Letter & tartan sample, associated with William Wilson & Sons, Bannockburn, near Stirling

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Letter & tartan sample, associated with William Wilson & Sons, Bannockburn, near Stirling
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This letter, addressed to William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn near Stirling, is an order for supplying lengths of tartan as per the attached sample. The letter is dated Dunkeld, 5 June 1827.

The pencil inscription above the letter reads, 'Atholl Murray'.

In 1782, the ban on wearing tartan was lifted. It had been introduced in 1746 after the Jacobite rising. Less than half a century later it was popular and fashionable and became one of the most successful products of the Scottish textile industry.

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