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Journal of a visit to Karlsruhe, Switzerland, made by Miss Lucy Black (born 1881), Anwoth Manse, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1899.
Item
Identifier: MS.17959
Scope and Contents
Miss Black is interested in the scenery, local customs and the flora of Switzerland (she includes a number of pressed flowers in her journal). However, her main interest lies in recording the routine activities of herself and her companions.
At the back there are a number of newspaper cuttings, (folios 75-82) chiefly obituaries of her grandfather the Reverend Edward Black (died 1845) and of her father the Reverend William McMillan Black (died 1901).
Dates:
1845, 1899, 1901-1905.