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Notebook of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing notes and drawings of, and many extracts concerning various churches and religious houses, begun in 1793 as a record of places that Hutton had visited., 1793, and after.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.17

Scope and Contents

The volume originally consisted of folios 1-46, to which two sets of additional leaves (folios 47-58, 59-65) have been stitched in at the back. A leaf has been cut out after folio 63.

Dates

  • Creation: 1793, and after.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (65 folios. Small quarto.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Bibliography

The extracts are mostly from printed sources, the most substantial being from ‘British Topography’ by Richard Gough (London, 1780) (folios 26-46 passim, 57 verso-61 verso).
The drawings at folios 22 and 25 verso are reproduced in ‘Peeblesshire’ by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1967), volume ii, plates 22A-B.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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