Logbook of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, the geologist, containing accounts of two journeys made by him when he was a youth of eighteen and nineteen.
Scope and Contents
The first account describes `A Cruize among the Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. June 1836` and the second is a `Log of the Barbara of Bedford during her voyage from Bedford to York. July 1835` (folio 43).
At the end of each log, there are lists of illustrations which apparently were meant to accompany the text, but the only drawings in the logbook appear in the second account. There is a map of the area between York and Bedford (folio 44) and a sketch of `A Yorkshireman`s Coat of Arms` (folio 57).
Both journals are apparently unpublished.
Dates
- Creation: 1835-1836.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (75 + 2 blank folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1922 by F T Macleod, Edinburgh.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 08 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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