An excursion to Scotland, July 1849.

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  • Reference
    • GB 227 msDA865.S3
  • Dates of Creation
    • September-December 1849
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume, i-xii + 1-230 + xiii-xxx pp

Scope and Content

'Narrative of an excursion to Scotland in the month of July 1849 by one of Her Majesty's Servants'.

A dedication at the beginning claims the account was written for another's amusement, to explain how the writer accompanied another unnamed person from London on a mission to Tullyallan House, near Falkirk, the seat of Baroness Keith, Countess of Flahault, then carried on alone on a trip around Scotland. A journey 'comprising Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Loch Lomond [Stirlingshire], Loch Katrine [Perthshire], the Trossachs [Perthshire], Falls of the Clyde [sic], Oban [Argyllshire], Staffa [Argyllshire], Iona [Argyllshire] and Skye [Invernesshire]'. Includes an account of a passage on the steamer Tartar. Indexed.

Administrative / Biographical History

Unknown

Arrangement

Single item

Access Information

By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.

Acquisition Information

Bequeathed to the library by G E Troup, 1956.

Note

Call number used to be ms2079

Other Finding Aids

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Binding, quarter black morocco with green cloth on boards. 'Scotland' '1849"' in gold on spine. Paper: 17.8x22.2cm

Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database

Conditions Governing Use

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Custodial History

Signed G.E. Troup in front cover in pencil.

Accruals

None