Travel journals.
Found in 581 Collections and/or Records:
Fragmentary draft of the 'Voyage to America' by Alexander Walker., 1785-1786.
Fragmentary journal of Cecilia Combe of an American tour., 1838-1841.
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.
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.
Fragments of journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 31 January-15 February 1842, 3-24 October 1843.
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.
Gaelic journal of Dugald MacNicol., 1809-1813
Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter E'., [?1790-?1800.]
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).
Humorous log and sketches by Richard Doyle of voyages on the boats of Edward Ellice (died 1880)., 1855, 1859.
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.
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.
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.