Record Number: 5538

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: Copious marginal updates throughout the text. Many relate to entries and are linked to the item by an * in the text but some are for people not in the directory and are simply added at the appropriate alphabetical slot. Content varies from dates of death, marriage etc to more elaborate information e.g p.669 "Dowager - 84 rides every morning all seasons in Kings Ride Pimlico" [relates to the entry for James, seventh earl of Salisbury]; p.18 "Earl of Lichfield = Whig earl" [relates to entry for Viscount Anson];p.286 "Hop ... jump = 15 1/2 yds on the level = 46 1/2 feet. ... leaper cleared a few inches more at Innerleithen ... 1832" [relates to a new entry for Wilson]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1832 and 1835

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Fife

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Ker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Burke

Title:

A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire ?

Genre:

Heraldry, Biography, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Third edition (considerably augmented), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5538

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Burke, John "A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire", Third edition (considerably augmented), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, various pages. [DH LIB 236] ,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Burke, John "A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire", Third edition (considerably augmented), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, various pages. [DH LIB 236] , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5538, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The item is in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie, Fife but as with many items in the collection it appears to have had a previous owner. The identity of the annotator is thus uncertain. The dates would allow the annotations to have been entered by members of the Erskine family. However there are no signatures and there are two letters, dated 1832 and 1833, laid in addressed to James Ker of Carskedo, Ceres[Fife]. There are others items in the collection relating to Ker.