Tolmie, Alexander McDonald Cornfute, minister of Campbeltown and Southend, Kintyre, 1861-1909

Person

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Dates

Existence: 1861 - 1909

Biography

Information from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol. 4, p. 68.

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Commonplace book containing notes, sermons and newspaper cuttings, 1885 - 1919

Item

Identifier: Acc.14025/3

Scope and Contents Contains press cuttings mainly on Gaelic and Highland subjects, including obituaries of persons with Highland origins, for example the Gaelic poet Neil MacLeod (d. 1913) and Archibald Menzies, founder member of An Comunn Gaidhealach (d. 1914). Two newspaper cuttings concern Tolmie's own ministry in Kintyre. Items are dated up to 1919, with those dating from after Tolmie's death in 1909 being loosely inserted rather than pasted in, probably by his brother John Tolmie.The volume...

Dates: 1885 - 1919

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Commonplace books, note books and song collections, partly in Gaelic, of Frances Tolmie, Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie and John Tolmie. / Volumes written by Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie

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Subject: Sermons. X