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The notebook contains an account of a woman's voyage from Leith to Copenhagen with her husband and three small children, and an inventory of the contents of the 'top flat', no. 1 Pitt Street, Portobello. With a transcription of the travel account by Dr Alan Marchbank.

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Tour of the highlands including a visit to Mull and Staffa. Contains pen sketches including a Roman bridge near Glasgow, a druidical circle near Kenmore, rock strata at Oban, and a map showing the location of a lake at Aviemore where nuphar minima water lillies can be found.

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The first part (folios 1-17) consists of a case-book giving details of the symptoms, treatment, and daily progress of five patients admitted to the Infirmary. Particulars of another case had been removed before acquisition by this Library. The rest of the volume (folios 19-46) contains a journal kept by David Maule on a voyage from Greenock to British Guiana on the 'Brilliant', 22 February-16 April 1801.

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The record stops abruptly soon after the commencement of the third volume, on 14 January, when the writer is passing Blair [Atholl]. This English traveller has been identified as John Pease (1775-1808) of the Quaker family of Pease, cloth merchants in Leeds, by Peter Barber, who has printed the full text in 'Journal of a traveller in Scotland', in 'Scottish Historical Review', volume xxxvi (1957).

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Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.

Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.

The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.

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The writer embarked at Berwick on 20 July, and returned to England on 25 December. His journals are mainly concerned with architecture, antiquities, and the fine arts, and he shows himself to be a thorough and sensitive tourist. His fastidious reactions to local customs and hospitality are described throughout. A few references to a second visit in 1840 have been added.

Scope and Contents Documents, 1753, concerning the clandestine marriage of Abraham Holden and Elizabeth Barclay (folios 1-4).Letters and documents, 1759-1776, of and to John Holden concerning Richard Holden's death, the sale of Scottish goods in West Africa, instructions for a survery and a bond (folios 6-13).Letters of Richard Holden (fl 1747-circa 1761), 1747-1758, of Richard Holden to his father and brothers concerning slaving voyages and the sale of enslaved people (folios...

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George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Scope and Contents James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...

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Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.

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William Wilson, who was dispossessed at the Disruption in 1843, became Moderator of the Free Church in 1866, and moved to Edinburgh in 1877.

Scope and Contents The places described in most detail are Rotterdam, Delft, Leyden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Antwerp, Lille, Paris, and Versailles. Thomas Penson describes monuments and other sights, sometimes very fully (e.g., the museum of the Academy at Leyden), institutions, ceremonies, the life of the people, and his personal experiences and difficulties as a traveller.The book, which appears to have been written only for distribution in manuscript, is decorated with illustrations and other...

Scope and Contents The journal describes Agnes Paterson's voyage from Scotland to China, from her original departure from Leith to London, to her main embarkation at Portsmouth. It then records incidents on the journey, via the Cape of Good Hope and Java, to her destination at Macao. The journal was sent home in 1840 to her sister Janet, wife of Robert Morham, Depute Town Clerk of Edinburgh. A prefatory note by the donor gives a short biographical note on the compiler and mentions that it is not known whether...

Scope and Contents Descriptions concerning Phillips’ journey through the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Northumbria (folios 1-4).Details concerning Phillips’ time in East Lothian and Edinburgh, with lists of English and Scottish country seats and castles visited throughout the duration of his entire journey (folios 4-7).Account concerning Phillips’ travels through Glasgow, Argyle and Oban followed by visits to the Inner Hebrides (folios 7-13).Narrative concerning Phillips’...

Scope and Contents The material is somewhat confused, but appears to fall into four parts.(i) Trips from Glasgow to Paisley, Ayr and Mauchline, 16-19 August 1818, mostly concerned with information about Robert Burns (folios 1-3, 102-105).(ii) 'My Pocketbook'; possibly plans for a walking tour starting at Rothesay and ending at Edinburgh. A circuitous route involving places in the Lothians, Fife, Perthshire, Angus, Stirlingshire and Berwickshire is indicated; factual comments on these...

Scope and Contents Sir (Nathaniel) William Wraxall travelled from Loch Lomond by Inveraray and neighbourhood, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Stirling, and Dunfermline to Kirkcaldy, 12-27 July; stayed with the Fergusons of Raith from 28 July to 4 September; and visited Linlithgow, Edinburgh, Leith, and Haddington, ending at Beil, 4-29 September. There are 'general observations on Scotland' on folios 28 verso-31 verso. The writer takes an interest in everything that he sees, and besides describing scenery and discussing...

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The journal contains vivid descriptions of places visited, particularly Venice and the Bagni di Lucca.

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An account of a walking-tour made with two friends, from Edinburgh through Perthshire and by Loch Lomond to Glasgow; by boat to Inveraray; by Dalmally and Glencoe to Fort William; up the Caledonian Canal to Inverness; and back to Edinburgh by the Highland coach. The nature and habits of the natives, their clothing, and the casual hospitality of the day are described.

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Covers Black's service in Italy and Spain as a surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars. Following enlistment as a hospital mate in 1806 Black rose to the position of Regimental Surgeon in Spain serving under the Duke of Wellington. The journal culminates in Black's experiences during the Siege of Tarragona.

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Only the initials (E.E.) of the writer are given. The writer’s journey began in Edinburgh, and the journal, written in a calligraphic hand, principally concerns a visit to Hamburg and Copenhagen to meet his brother-in-law, Mr Thielmann.