Travel journals.
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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:
Fragmentary draft of the 'Voyage to America' by Alexander Walker., 1785-1786.
Item
Identifier: MS.13781
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The expedition, which was intended to explore the possibilities of trade between China and the North-West coast of America and the setting up of a factory and military post in America, was privately sponsored in the first instance by 'some merchants at Bombay', and Walker was 'induced by curiosity' to join the expedition.The two vessels involved, the Captain Cook and the Experiment, proceeded by way of the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines to the North-West coast of America,...
Dates:
1785-1786.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Various versions of, and other material probably intended as a section of, ‘Voyage to America’ by Alexander Walker.
Fragmentary journal of Cecilia Combe of an American tour., 1838-1841.
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Identifier: MS.7460
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From the Series:
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Dates:
1838-1841.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
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Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe.
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Journal, personal papers, and book of prayers of Cecilia Combe.
Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Ems, 1883, and Paris, Nice and Monte Carlo, 1884, interspersed with observations on Cleveland's reading and domestic affairs, 1881-1884., 1881-1884.
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Identifier: MS.10213
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From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1881-1884.
Fragments of journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 31 January-15 February 1842, 3-24 October 1843.
File
Identifier: MS.11994
Scope and Contents
The journal dated 31 January-15 February 1842 deals chiefly with current politics, and the journal dated 3-24 October 1843 deals with a visit to Minto House by M d'Arlencourt, a'most tiresome' French Legitimist politician.
Dates:
31 January-15 February 1842, 3-24 October 1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
"From King's Cross to Euston via the Caledonian Canal", tour journal of Henry Lambert.
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Identifier: Acc.14414
Scope and Contents
Lambert and his wife tour Scotland for a month in the summer of 1892, meeting up with four of their children at Oban. The Lamberts visit places including Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Braemar, Pitlochry, Dunkeld, Oban, Inverness and Glasgow.
Dates:
1892
Gaelic journal of Dugald MacNicol., 1809-1813
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Identifier: MS.14850
Scope and Contents
A journal written in Gaelic, begun when Dugald MacNicol (1791-1844), had received his army commission and travelled to Barbados. Dated on the inside front cover: "1809 & 1810 & 1811 & 1812 & 1813". Formerly Acc.2152/1.The contents are:Journal in Gaelic, describing Dugald MacNicol's travels with companions and the voyage to Barbados. Folios 1-15.Folios 16-27 are blank.Three watercolour paintings of unidentified landscape views...
Dates:
1809-1813
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter E'., [?1790-?1800.]
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Identifier: MS.9278
Scope and Contents
In addition to the genealogical notes the volume includes part of a journal of a visit to the Lake District (folio 1) and descriptions of journeys in Scotland (folio 59).
Dates:
[?1790-?1800.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family.
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Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family.
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Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family.
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Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.
Grand tour journal of Robert Campbell of Auchmannoch
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Identifier: Acc.13919
Scope and Contents
The journal covers a Grand Tour through France, Switzerland and Italy untaken between 29 June 1829 and early August 1830.
Dates:
1829-1830
Holiday journal compiled by Mrs William Waddell mainly during holidays on the Isle of Arran, with pen sketches of various locations, inscribed volume III.
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Identifier: Acc.12919
Dates:
1909-1911.
Humorous log and sketches by Richard Doyle of voyages on the boats of Edward Ellice (died 1880)., 1855, 1859.
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Identifier: MS.15150
Scope and Contents
The log (folio 4) which is illustrated with pen and ink sketches, records a voyage on the yacht ‘The Ladye’ from Loch Hourn to Lewis and Skye in October 1859. The other sketches, which are pasted to large sheets, depict scenes during a voyage on the 'Lotus' to Skye and Rona in October 1855 (folio 19) and were probably added to the later narrative by Mrs Ellice.
Dates:
1855, 1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Journals, chiefly of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and his son Edward Ellice (died 1880).
Illustrated accounts of trips to France and Scotland by the family of Charles Foote Gower.
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Identifier: MS.29498
Dates:
1854-1862.
Illustrated journal of visits to Orkney, the south of England, and Ireland by Elizabeth Harvie-Brown.
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Identifier: MS.29497
Dates:
1863-1873.
Illustrated typescript journal of `A Camping Holiday in Scotland` by Allan George Nicholson.
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Identifier: Acc.13040
Scope and Contents
Allan George Nicholson, his wife Peggie, and their son Michael, travelled by road from Cresham in Buckinghamshire to London where they took the Car Sleeper train to Perth. From there they toured Scotland for over weeks covering covering more than a thousand miles in a circular route to Scourie in the north, returning via the Great Glen and Oban. Places visited include Balmoral Castle, Portsoy, Culloden, Inverness, Lairg, Scourie, Lochinver, Oban, Fingal`s Cave, Iona and Glencoe. ...
Dates:
1959.
Journal, 1729, of George Skene, containing ‘An Account of a Journey to London, with the particular rout by Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, George Skene of that ilk, and David Skene his brother german'.
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Identifier: MS.3806
Scope and Contents
In addition to George Skene's journal there are notes of expenditure on the journey and of the mileage of part of the route (folio 1 verso); part of an anti-Hanoverian parody of the ‘Te Deum’, ?1742 (folio 34); and part of a diary, probably of Joseph Mackie, 1837 (folio 35).At the end of the volume, inverted, are detailed accounts of expenditure on the journey of 1729 (folio 1 inverted) and recipes, medical and other (folio 3 inverted), including directions for the treatment of...
Dates:
1729-19th century.
Journal, 1812, of a tour to Loch Katrine by Warren Hastings Anderson, illustrated with pencil and ink drawings, with a journal, 1814, by Anderson of a tour to the Highlands., 1812, 1814.
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Identifier: MS.14844
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Dates:
1812, 1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Journal and reminiscences of Miss M E McCulloch (later Ross).
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Identifier: MS.9482
Scope and Contents
The book opens with brief notes of a tour to Wales and Bath, 1810. This is followed (folio 4) by detailed reminiscences, written in 1813, of a prolonged visit to Bath in 1809-1810. The second part of the volume (folio 31) contains a long history, written during mourning and addressed to her children, of events in Ross's family, from her marriage in 1813 to Captain Ross, retired from naval service in the East, until his death in 1828. Among family homes mentioned are Troqueer Holm and...
Dates:
1810-1831.
Journal and report describing agricultural conditions in Mull.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3038-3039
Dates:
1801, 1828.
Journal and scrapbooks of John Blackwood Greenshields of Kerse, Advocate, author of ‘The annals of Lesmahagow’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19768-19770
Dates:
1679-1895, undated.
Journal and sketches of America., 1884.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/251
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of America., 1884.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/252
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of America., 1891.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/254
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1891.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of Armenia., 1877.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/247
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1877.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of Armenia., 1877.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/248
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1877.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of Australia and Java., 1914.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/263
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1914.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Journal and sketches of Austria and Bavaria., 1885.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/253
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1885.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.