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Record ID 38288

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 19v

Buchanans History in Two volumes Octavo in English

Borrowed: 1746/11. Original Borrower: George Blair.


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George Blair
Gender: Male.


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George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s History of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing I. An Account of its several Situations; and the Nature of its Soil and Climate. II. The Ancient Names, Manners, Laws, and Customs of the Country, and what People inhabited the Island from the very Beginning. III. A Chronicle of all its Kings; in an exact Series of Succession, from Fergus, the first Founder of the Scotish Monarchy, to the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and First, of England.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Very likely

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s History of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 68 borrowing records


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George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]

Borrowed: 1746/11.

Borrower: George Blair

Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History

History of Scotland [George Buchanan]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 38327

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 22r

the first second and third Vols of Bishop Burnets History of his own Life and times in Octavo

Borrowed: 1748/7/19 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 July 1748. Original Borrower: George Blair.


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George Blair
Gender: Male.


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Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet's History of his own time. ... Containing, I. A Summary Recapitulation of affairs in Church & State, from K. James I. to the Restoration in 1660. II. The History of the Reign of K. Charles II. from 1666. to 1670
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

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Confidence level: Certain

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet’s History of his own time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1734. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 125 times in 65 borrowing records


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Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time

Borrowed: 1748/7/19 (Friday).

Borrower: George Blair

Author: Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 38577

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 54r

Ansons Voyages

Borrowed: 1762/2/26 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Feb:ry 1762. Original Borrower: George Blair.


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George Blair
Gender: Male.


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George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World.