Essay, written (or possibly copied) in a formal hand, entitled `Observations On the Improvements of Highland Estates on the North West Coast of Scotland`, dated London 7 November 1782.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.5.5
Scope and Contents
The identity of the author is not recorded, and the circumstances of the writing are unknown, but the hand, if not the authorship, may be that of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster, who was in London in 1782 and was interested in agricultural and estate improvement from an early age.
Dates
- Creation: 1782.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i folio + 26 + a few blank pages. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
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
- 07 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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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk