MOLLISON, DAVID [SSNE 7239]

Surname

MOLLISON, MOLISEN, MOLLESON

First name

DAVID

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

David Mollison lived in Elsinore in 1686. He had some relation to the network of Andrew Russell [SSNE 143] and is mentioned in a letter of Patrick Thomson to Russell in August as part of the postal network. Thomson discussed how the Hamburg postmaster often francked his letters to Mollison and Thomson did likewise under cover of the Danish post. The reason seems to have been to ensure swifter delivery to Russell in Rotterdam. Another letter from October reveals that Mollison had received some 80 rixdaler worth of postage from Thomson. Whether he was a postmaster or a merchant is not yet clear

National Archives of Scotland, Russell Papers, RH15/106/608. Patrick Thomson to Andrew Russell, 14 August and 23 October

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ELSINORE

Departed 1686-08-14

Capacity POSTMASTER?, purpose MISC