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When Peterhead was founded, in 1593, [2] it was known as the "Harbour and Barony of Keith Insche commonly called Peterhead". [3] The harbour was proving so valuable that in 1738, the Leith shipmasters attested that "the harbour of Peterhead is in our opinion the best situate of any place in Scotland for all ships trading on the north seas". [4]
Clan Mackie was a prominent Galwegien family in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The Mackies of Larg were the principal family of the clan. At the beginning of the 17th century, Sir Patrick Mackie of Larg was one of the original fifty Scottish undertakers of the plantation of Ulster.
Luke Allan, 29, and his brother Ethan Carlyle, 23, had denied pursuing and repeatedly striking Andrew Ross, 52, after he tried to carry out a robbery in Peterhead's Ives Road in February last year.
The milder air will eventually get into central and northern New England later this weekend to early next week, AccuWeather said. On Monday, highs will be into the 40s in Boston, Sosnowski said.
The Peterhead Greenland whale fishery began in 1788 with a voyage by a relatively small vessel, Robert, of 169 tons (bm). In 1798 Alexander Geary became master of Robert, and under his command her success improved markedly: she brought in four whales that yielded more than 70 tons of whale oil. However, she was a small vessel, and ill-suited to ...
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The mother of Austin Tice, who was taken captive in Syria in 2012, voiced hope that upheaval in the country will lead to freedom for her son.