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Mrs and Mrs Beecroft`s Third Tour in Scotland.
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Identifier: Acc.666- is now MS.1674.
Dates:
1833.
Travel journal, “Mrs and Miss Beecroft’s third tour to Scotland, 1833”.
Item
Identifier: MS.1674
Scope and Contents
The route, beginning and ending at Norwich, was: Newark, York, Carlisle, Selkirk, Edinburgh, where the tourists stayed a fortnight, Glasgow, Ayr, Dumfries, Carlisle, Lancaster, Manchester, Lichfield, Coventry, Leicester, and Stamford. There are accounts of hearsay about Sir Walter Scott (folio 24); of a visit to the Advocates’ Library (folio 42 verso); and of a visit to Mrs Burns, widow of the poet (folio 58 verso).
Dates:
1833.