Farm account book, 1729-1770, dealing largely with crops and wages on the farms of Congaiton Mains and Carperstane in East Lothian, by various members of the Begbie family, with a few entries added by a later generation in the 1790s.
Item
Identifier: MS.9162
Dates
- Creation: 1729-4th quarter of 18th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
41 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
41 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1959, by Miss K Leitch, Lochmaben, Lockerbie.
Bibliography
The text has been published by Alexander Fenton in ‘Transactions of the East Lothian Antiquarian Society’, volume x (1966), pages 22-54.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk