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Copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9037-is now MS.50257
Dates:
circa 1780-1818.
'The memoirs [and] reflections of Hr McNiell [of the Harp], written by himself', a manuscript copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.
Item
Identifier: MS.50257
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in various hands.Title page, including an epigram, in Latin, of Cicero (folio iii).'Chap. I The Authors Parentage.' Information concerning MacNeill’s grandfather and father (pages 1-9).'Chap. II. An unfashionable picture of Domestic Life.' An account of the MacNeills’ domestic life at their home at Rosebank, near Roslin, and subsequently near Loch Lomond (pages 9-17).'Chap. 3d. Some account of the Author.' Information...
Dates:
1804, 1912.