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Record ID 321091
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 37
Houstons Memoirs 8vo
Borrowed: 1792/10/5 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/5 (Monday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr. Houstoun's memoirs of his own life-time
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: S.172.h.27.
Confidence level: Certain
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr. Houstoun’s memoirs of his own life-time. Containing, among other curious particulars, during upwards of thirty years travels, an account of I. The Scotch settlement at Darien. II. The great Advantages accruing to Great Britain from an Incorporated Union of the Whole Island. III. The Rise and Progress of the Royal African and Assiente Companies. IV. The Rise and Fall of the grand South Sea Bubble, &c. in 1720. V. The Conduct of the Spaniards, and Manner of their Trade in the West Indies. VI. The secret Expedition thither in 1740. Vii. Some Anecdotes of the Government of Jamaica, with the Characteristicks of its Inhabitants. Viii. The Importance of Cape-Breton to the British Nation. IX. An Essay on Genius and Education. Collected from the Author’s Original Manuscripts, and Publish’d by Jacob Bickerstaff, M. A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T114818
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr Houstoun’s Memoirs of His Own Life-Time
Borrowed: 1792/10/5 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Record ID 367988
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.266 (1820-1848, Type: Other). Page: 119
Houstoun's Memoirs 100h30
Borrowed: 1827/7/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1827/12/11 (Tuesday).
Mr James Maidment
Gender: Male. Address: 103 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1817. Life dates: 1795-1879.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Poet. Law > Advocate.
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr. Houstoun's memoirs of his own life-time
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: S.172.h.27.
Confidence level: Certain
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr. Houstoun’s memoirs of his own life-time. Containing, among other curious particulars, during upwards of thirty years travels, an account of I. The Scotch settlement at Darien. II. The great Advantages accruing to Great Britain from an Incorporated Union of the Whole Island. III. The Rise and Progress of the Royal African and Assiente Companies. IV. The Rise and Fall of the grand South Sea Bubble, &c. in 1720. V. The Conduct of the Spaniards, and Manner of their Trade in the West Indies. VI. The secret Expedition thither in 1740. Vii. Some Anecdotes of the Government of Jamaica, with the Characteristicks of its Inhabitants. Viii. The Importance of Cape-Breton to the British Nation. IX. An Essay on Genius and Education. Collected from the Author’s Original Manuscripts, and Publish’d by Jacob Bickerstaff, M. A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T114818
James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr Houstoun’s Memoirs of His Own Life-Time
Borrowed: 1827/7/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1827/12/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Maidment
Author: James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel