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Travel journals.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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.