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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 4576817, member: 33&quot;]You may have figured out already that the text refers to this man:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hume-Campbell,_2nd_Earl_of_Marchmont" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hume-Campbell,_2nd_Earl_of_Marchmont" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hume-Campbell,_2nd_Earl_of_Marchmont</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Wikipedia article says that he was ambassador the the Congress at Cambray in 1722. I see the word &quot;Cambray&quot; and the date of 1722 on your document, and it probably has something to do with that. The coat of arms relates to his family. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purves_6th_baronet_ex-libris.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purves_6th_baronet_ex-libris.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purves_6th_baronet_ex-libris.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The University of Illinois has a digitized copy of what looks like the same document on their website: <a href="https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4197a0a0-3fcc-0134-1da0-0050569601ca-7#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;r=0&amp;xywh=-2349%2C173%2C7302%2C3703" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4197a0a0-3fcc-0134-1da0-0050569601ca-7#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;r=0&amp;xywh=-2349%2C173%2C7302%2C3703" rel="nofollow">https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4197a0a0-3fcc-0134-1da0-0050569601ca-7#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;r=0&amp;xywh=-2349,173,7302,3703</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did not closely compare yours with theirs. Their caption says it is a bookplate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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