Scope and Contents The journal includes an eye-witness account of Napoleon III`s arrival in Paris in 1852. In 1853, Bannerman records visits to the Pyramids and Jerusalem and gives a detailed account of a Bull Fight in Cadiz in 1853. In 1861, Bannerman records visits to Constantinople, Athens and Malta.The accounts of foreign tours are interspersed with descriptions of several yachting expeditions, mostly starting from Cowes, to Ireland and Scotland but also to Europe. In 1854-1856,...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1810-1813, to Charles Stuart, Baron de Rothesay, Diplomatist, on military and diplomatic matters.Three bundles of letters addressed to Baron de Rothesay, whilst minister to Portugal and Brazil at Lisbon during the Peninsular Wars. The first file consists of 48 signed letters of Joze Barr (otherwise Jose Barr or Joseph Barr Crispin), deputy British Consul in the city of Faro. The letters date between May 1810 and August 1813, and subjects include French military movement,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...