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Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates:
1893-1938
Burgess tickets of Banff and Haddington given to Thomas Ruddiman.
File
Identifier: Acc.3447
Dates:
1720, 1729.
CD-ROM copy of "power point" lecture "Enigma Comes to Haddington; Bletchley Program", by Jack Tully-Jackson. Presented at Bletchely Park.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12537
Dates:
2004.
Charter by Mary, prioress of Coldstream Abbey, to Roger, son of Martin the weaver, of land in the Longate, Haddington
Item
Identifier: Acc.9528
Scope and Contents
Includes seal.
Dates:
13th century.
Journal of John Mackay, a Haddington man, describing his sea voyage to the Australian goldfields.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6158
Scope and Contents
Ledger containing journal of John Mackay, an iron foundry moulder from West Port, Haddington, who emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1852, possibly intending to join the gold rush. The journal was written for Mackay's family in Scotland. Daily entries describe the 110 days Mackay spent travelling from Glasgow to Liverpool and his sea voyage to Melbourne aboard the ship 'Mobile' as a steerage passenger with his brother Arthur Mackay and sister-in-law Janet Mackay, between 9 July and 12...
Dates:
1852.