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Copy of ‘An Account of the Lord`s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications` , being the religious memoirs of Mrs Marion Veitch, wife of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, written apparently in or about 1711, the date of the latest events recorded.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.22

Scope and Contents

This copy, one of three known, which was written in a near-contemporary hand, appears to have lost all after page 74: the remainder is supplied on different sheets written in an apparently late 18th-century hand.

Dates

  • Creation: 1711, or after.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (81 pages. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.1046.

Bibliography

The complete work was published (apparently from another copy) as ‘Memoirs of Mrs. William Veitch’ (and others) (Edinburgh: Free Church of Scotland, 1846).
For information about the original, and extracts apparently from this copy, see ‘Memoirs of Mr William Veitch and George Brysson ...’, edited by Thomas McCrie (1825), pages v, 78 (note), 87 (note).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
03 08 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

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