---
_id: cni00051582
data:
  actDates:
    - end: 1772
      lang: eng
      start: 1768
      text: 1768-1772
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: paper makers
  extResource:
    - display: http://www.nls.uk/
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
      url: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index
  external:
    - auth: NLS-SBTI
      country: UK
      date: 20080207
  foundIn:
    - Waterston 2
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: "Mr Fraser 'who had been manager of a small paper-mill belonging to Mr Adrian Watkins, who held the patents of King's Printer and Stationer' persuaded Guthrie and Arbuthnot to erect a papermill with five vats at Polton. The feu-charter and water-rights were granted by Calderwood of Polton in 1768. Through the inexperience of partners in the business the result was a fiasco, Guthrie and Arbuthnot became bankrupt in 1772 and the mill was rouped in 1774. The whole transaction involved the great banking house of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo in a considerable financial loss."
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Arbuthnot and Guthrie
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  place:
    - end: 1772
      part:
        - name: Polton Mill
      start: 1768
      typeOfPlace: actv
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-03-14T12:00:00Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: ARBUTHNOT and GUTHRIE <paper makers> Polton Mill'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n