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Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544
Content Description

A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Dates: ca. 1800-1823

Papers and Gaelic collections of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.14877-14881
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine of Little Dunkeld (1773-1824), consisting mainly of Gaelic poetry collected in Perthshire, and partly elsewhere, between ca. 1797 and 1808.

Dates: ca. 1797-ca. 1808

Papers of the Irvine Robertson family, the Rev. Alexander Irvine, and the Stewart families of Garth, Kynachan and Drumcharry, with associated papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13156
Scope and Contents

Includes legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, Scottish travel journals, sermons and poetry. The correspondence is particularly of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld, and Col. David Stewart of Garth. Includes several items in Scottish Gaelic.

Dates: 17th-20th centuries.

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Notebooks. 2
Correspondence. 1
Letters. Correspondence. 1
Sermons. 1