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Diary of a second visit to India when Violet Jacob and her husband returned to some of the places they had known in 1895-1900. It describes their journey from Port Said to Bhopal and travels to Agra, Mhow, Dhar, and other places. There are lively descriptions of social visits, especially to Sultan Jehan Begum, the ruler of Bhopal, local life, archaeological remains, scenery and plants.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Two 'Descriptive Letters' probably intended for publication and signed 'M--r', concerning a visit to Edinburgh in 1824 (folio 1);(ii) Fragmentary notebooks, 1819-1820, undated, mainly containing poems, some of which were published with many alterations in ‘Poems written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason’ (Edinburgh, 1829) (folio 10);(iii) Description of the parish of Cromarty: basically the text of the description...

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Contains the following papers: Advocates, affairs of the Faculty and their Library, 1683-1770; Abroath and affairs of local merchants, 1702-1707; Bank of England, note of staff and salaries, 1756; Caputh Church, 1721-1770 (see also MSS.1237, 1294); Carron Company, 1768 (see also MSS.1241-1244); Plan and description of a coalseam, undated.

Scope and Contents The author or authors may have some connexion with Professor John Goodsir, who came from Anstruther (cf. folios 1-47) and attended Dr Robert Knox’s anatomy classes (cf. folio 48).The contents are as follows.(i) ‘Linked memories’, being reminiscences of Anstruther and Pittenweem, written in 1884. They contain information about local events and personalities of the early 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letters of James Sanson, seaman aboard H M S Alfred,...