Mortification Board to Isabel Hunter

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

1648 Isabel Hunter, relict of John Dawson left in legacy for the use of the poor people in the huts eight score merks Scots money, £40 whereof George Kempt paid to the Dean of Guild of Aberdeen in part of payment of the foresaid sum.

Erected by: 
Aberdeen City Council
Date: 
1648
Material: 
Wood
Location:
Town House Entrance Hall
Union Street
Aberdeen , AB10 1AQ
Images: 
Mortification Board
Additional information: 

"The huts" referred to the huts where victims of the plague which struck Aberdeen in 1647 were sent to isolate them from the city.