Journal of Dr Jacob Pattisson, President of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Speculative Societies in the University of Edinburgh, written during a tour of part of the Highlands, 1780.
Scope and Contents
Beginning at Stirling, Jacob Pattisson travelled by Inveraray to Oban, stayed for some time at Torloisk, and returned to Edinburgh by Fort William, Inverness, Aberdeen, Stonehaven, and Perth. The journal appears to have been written originally as a series of letters to a 'Miss P.' in England, and to have been bound at a later date; various entries, 1840, 1866-1867, concerning Pattisson and some of his family have been added (folios i, iii, iv-v). At folio ii verso an engraving of Fingal's Cave has been inserted as a frontispiece to the journal; a description of the visit to the cave is found in the text on folios 26 verso-28 verso.
Dates
- Creation: 1780.
Creator
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Extent
76 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
v + 71 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1958, by Mrs G C Malcolmson, Vancouver, British Columbia, through the good offices of F G Emmison, Essex Record Office, Chelmsford.
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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