Record Number: 7520
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Related ms notes laid into book - two small notes about distances, properties, owners, and other features either on specific local journeys e.g. Cupar to Perth, dated '10 Dec 1816' or in an area 'Southside of the Tay'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1809 and 1816
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Indentity of reader is tentative and from only provenance
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Scotch itinerary, containing the roads through Scotland on an new plan, with copious observations for the entertainment of travellers, The
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsSecond edition, corrected, improved and enlarged with two complete indexes and an appendix,Glasgow: Printed for James and Andrew Duncan, 1808
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7520
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Duncan, James, "The Scotch itinerary, containing the roads through Scotland on an new plan, with copious observations for the entertainment of travellers", (Glasgow, 1808), ms notes laid in, [DH LIB 718].,
Citation:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Duncan, James, "The Scotch itinerary, containing the roads through Scotland on an new plan, with copious observations for the entertainment of travellers", (Glasgow, 1808), ms notes laid in, [DH LIB 718]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7520, accessed: 30 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Though nothing is known of Agnes Halkerston, there are a number of other items in the library from various Halkerstons. It appears that at some stage the Erskines bought or were given a group of items from the Halkerston library.
