| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: a page of ms notes on the first binding page gives nautical instructions 'The course by the Compass From Buchaness to Fair Isle is NNE or .... Dist. 32 leagues. From Fair Isle to Si[?]mbrough Head .is NE ... This is from Alexr Buchan Mr of the Shotland[?] Paket ... ' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Ferguson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Reader tentatively identified from only provenance |
| Author: | Anon |
| Title: | General treatise of naval trade and commerce, as founded on the laws and statutes of the realm: in which those relating to His Majesty's customs, merchants, matters of ships &c. are particularly considered and treated with due care ? |
| Genre: | Social Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | The second edition, with many considerable additions, and a new preface, [London] : In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot;for J. Brotherton et al,1753 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7496 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, "A general treatise of naval trade and commerce, as founded on the laws and statutes of the realm: in which those relating to His Majesty's customs, merchants, matters of ships &c. are particularly considered and treated with due care ? In two volumes. v.2", (London, 1753), ms notes on binding page, [DH LIB 897]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, "A general treatise of naval trade and commerce, as founded on the laws and statutes of the realm: in which those relating to His Majesty's customs, merchants, matters of ships &c. are particularly considered and treated with due care ? In two volumes. v.2", (London, 1753), ms notes on binding page, [DH LIB 897]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7496, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
| From style of writing and absence of any family provenance it would appear that the volume was annotated before it came into Erskine hands. |
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