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Diary and memoranda book of John Nisbet.

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Identifier: Acc.13484
Scope and Contents

John Nisbet`s diary and memoranda book lists significant events in his life including a ‘Tour to the Highlands in 1818’, eyewitness accounts of the Radical Riots in Paisley, 1820, and George IV’s visit to Edinburgh, 1822. There are also lengthy passages on ‘The State of Trade in Paisley, 1825-1826’ and on national and international affairs including the French Revolution of 1830. Also included are genealogical notes and household and medical recipes.

Dates: 1802-1831

Journal, 1832, of a visit to Sutherland made by Stephen Place, footman to George, 1st Duke of Sutherland.

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Identifier: Acc.11265
Scope and Contents

Includes another journal of Place, 1870-1871.

Dates: 1832-1871

Journal of a tour of Ireland and Scotland.

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Identifier: Acc.14227
Scope and Contents

According to the tour's anonymous (probably Irish) author, the tour party consisted of: ‘a man and his wife who deserted their children; a man in love; a married woman who absconded from the husband, and a young lady in search of one’. In Scotland they spend time in the Lowlands including Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Trossachs, Stirling, Dalkeith and Roslin. The tourists are interested both in Scotland’s scenery and its industry, particularly its textile manufacture.

Dates: 1836.