Record Number: 7347

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Reading Experience:

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.'

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

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

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7347

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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].

Additional Information:

n/a

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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7347, accessed: 04 May 2024

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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.
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.