| 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'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1809 and 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Agnes Halkerston |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Indentity of reader is tentative and from only provenance |
| Author: | James Duncan |
| 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 details: | Second edition, corrected, improved and enlarged with two complete indexes and an appendix,Glasgow: Printed for James and Andrew Duncan, 1808 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7520, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
| 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. |
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