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Common-place book containing a collection of verse transcripts and reminiscences relating chiefly to Frasers and Roses, with some of the writings or compositions of Forbes and Culloden and John Roy Stewart, written by Peter Rose.
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Identifier: MS.14898
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, watermarked 1827, was written by Peter Rose who lived circa 1764-1841, a cadet of a family which had a lease of Ardachy, Abertarff, 1726-1770. He spent his working life in the West Indies, retiring to Scotland 1824 or 1825. A cloth label on the inside front cover is inscribed ‘P. ROSE OF ROSE HALL’, and pencilled note on the flyleaf reads “Bd. At B’pool 1 Sep /36” (i.e. 1836?). The contents are as follows.(i) Contents list (folio ii);(ii)...
Dates:
[1827 or after.]