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‘Memoirs’ by James Erskine, Lord Grange.
The memoirs consist chiefly of religious communings, but contain some mention of the writer, James Erskine's temporal activities, particularly in connection with the Jacobite movement and his brother, the Earl of Mar.
Memoirs, compiled ?1905-?1907, of John M'Kie, Fleet Engineer (circa 1820-1915).
Memoirs of Ann Anderson, a nurse in Australia.
Includes documents and letters of and concerning Ann Anderson.
Memoir published in 1992.
Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns in Spain, 1808, Netherlands, 1809, and the Peninsular War, 1812-1813.
Memoirs of Edward Robarts, an ordinary seaman, describing his travels and adventures in the South Seas from 1797 to 1824, particularly his seven year stay on the Marquesas Islands.
The memoirs give an account of the ‘manners and customs’ of the natives together with a vocabulary of the Marquesas language.
A short poem, not in Edward Robarts` hand, has been written in pencil on the back flyleaf.
Memoirs of John Brand, Minister of Borrowstounness.
‘Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott’ by William Dalgleish, Scott’s butler.
'Memoirs of the family of Grant. Written in the year 1752', being a history and genealogy of the Grants of Grant and several of their principal cadets.
The text was compiled in 1752, but has additions up to 1773, and is written on paper watermarked 1811. The manuscript may originally have been compiled by William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, the account of whose life is unusually detailed (folio 48) and whose Hanoverian politics are reflected in the account of some eighteenth-century Grants (for example folio 43).
Memoirs of the Rev Donald J. Gillies.
Memoirs concerning life on the island of Saint Kilda before the evacuation of the last residents in 1930, his emigration to Canada and his pastoral work in Vancouver.