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71: Customer ledger, 1663-74
Account ledger kept by goldsmith-banker Robert Blanchard during the Great Plague and Great Fire of London.
Times of turmoil
Ten objects exploring how RBS and its past and present constituent banks have coped with times of danger and upheaval in history.
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72: Cashier's diary, 1745
Diary kept by John Campbell, cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland, during the Jacobite Rising.
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73: Blunderbuss, 1781
Gun bought by Messrs Drummond in the aftermath of the Gordon Riots.
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74: Director's minutes, 1793
Records kept by the Royal Bank of Scotland's directors during a financial crisis.
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75: Oliver Heywood's diary, 1866
Notes kept by a Manchester banker during the Overend, Gurney crisis.
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76: Notice to branches, 1914
Notice to branch managers of Williams Deacon's Bank announcing the long bank holiday at the outbreak of the First World War.
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77: Tank lapel flag, 1917
Lapel pin given to contributors to national fundraising during the First World War.
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78: Manager's spectacles, 1922
Glasses of Thomas Mitchell, manager of Ulster Bank's Tullamore branch.
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79: A Day at Lothbury, 1940
Film depicting life and work at Westminster Bank's head office in wartime.
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80: Sustainability Report, 2008
Issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
