| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: Three entries (Perth, Haddington and Fife & Kinross) have been annotated with some extra information ex. from the Perth entry 'At a small village calld [sic] Pitcaithly within a mile of Dumbarny, 25 miles from Perth, is a well whose water is remarkable for curing sore eyes. Near Loch Dochart in Breadalbane, is Ben More, among the highest hills in Scotland.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Francis Wemyss |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Landowner |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Identity of reader is speculative. The item's only provenance is the bookplate of Francis Wemyss, but the annotations could be by a number of Erskines or Wemyss. |
| Author: | Mostyn John Armstrong |
| Title: | Scotch Atlas; or description of the kingdom of Scotland: divided into counties, with the subdivisions of sherifdoms; shewing their respective boundaries and extent, soil, produce, ... also their cities, chief towns, seaports, mountains, ... |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Printed for Robt. Sayer, & John Bennett, Map & printsellers, 1777 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7347 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Armstrong, Mostyn John, "A Scotch atlas; or description of the kingdom of Scotland: divided into counties, with the subdivisions of sherifdoms; shewing their respective boundaries and extent, soil, produce, ... also their cities, chief towns, seaports, mountains, ... by Mostyn John Armstrong, ... engraved on 30 copper plates by H: Ashby. Published as the Act directs 1. Octr. 1777.", (London, 1777), various pages, [DH LIB 433]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Armstrong, Mostyn John, "A Scotch atlas; or description of the kingdom of Scotland: divided into counties, with the subdivisions of sherifdoms; shewing their respective boundaries and extent, soil, produce, ... also their cities, chief towns, seaports, mountains, ... by Mostyn John Armstrong, ... engraved on 30 copper plates by H: Ashby. Published as the Act directs 1. Octr. 1777.", (London, 1777), various pages, [DH LIB 433]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7347, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
| There were many connections, through marriage, business and politics, between the Wemyss and the Erskine families, which makes identification of a specific annotator difficult. There are a number of items with the provenance of Francis Wemyss now in the Dunimarle collection. |
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