# The Ayrshire Legatees; Or, The Pringle Family Author: Galt, John, 1779-1839 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1384 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Ayrshire+Legatees%3B+Or%2C+The+Pringle+Family+Galt&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary On New Year's day Dr. Pringle received a letter from India, informing him that his cousin, Colonel Armour, had died at Hydrabad, and left him his residuary legatee. The same post brought other letters on the same subject from the agent of the deceased in London, by which it was evident to the whole family that no time should be lost in looking after their interests in the hands of such brief and abrupt correspondents. "To say the least of it," as the Doctor himself sedately remarked, "considering the greatness of the forth-coming property, Messieurs Richard Argent and Company, of New Broad Street, might have given a notion as to the particulars of the residue." It was therefore determined... ## Chapters - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ayrshire-legatees-or-the-pringle-family-1384/chapters/8/index.md)