This document is a brief registering a claim to the Scottish Record Office by Alexander Mackenzie, a member of the military service of the Honorable East India Company. He is claiming to be the nearest lawful male heir to Sir Kenneth Mackenzie and his title of baronet of Nova Scotia, as granted by a 1704 royal charter. The brief traces Alexander Mackenzie's lineage back to his ancestors involved in the granting of the Nova Scotia baronetcy title.