Robertson, John Davie Manson, 1929-2015
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929 - 2015
Biography
Dates from family obituary published on the website of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter of James Cochran to James Hogg., 1742.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 131-132
Scope and Contents
Concerning the shipment of claret.
Dates:
1742.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notes of lectures on Sir George Mackenzie’s ‘Institutions’, delivered by Alexander Bayne, Professor of the Scots law at Edinburgh.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with B.
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Print from survey of east coast by Commander Slater, 1834 and 1845 - Board of Fisheries refuge harbour plan - Banff - surveyed by D and T Stevenson.
Two historical accounts of Orkney and Shetland, headed 'A sketch of the ancient history of Orkney & Shetland' and 'The modern state of the islands of Orkney & Shetland'.
File
Identifier: Acc.14101
Content Description
Two documents headed 'A sketch of the ancient history of Orkney and Shetland' and 'The modern state of the islands of Orkney and Shetland. The second of these texts exists in an earlier version with annotations, and a revised version. While the record of historical events stops in the early 17th century, mentions of later 18th-century contemporaries and references to the author's own experiences suggest that this is an original text rather than a copy of a much earlier...
Dates:
ca. 1760-1800