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Record ID 42454

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 76v

35 Vol Universal History

Borrowed: 1813/8/16 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: August 16. Original Borrower: Robt Porteous. Other reader: Mr S. Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 35

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers. By the Authors of the Antient Part.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 576 times in 358 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time

Record ID 42468

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 76v

Virgilii Opera 586

Borrowed: 1813/8/27 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: Augt 27. Original Borrower: Robt Porteous. Other reader: for S Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
P. Virgilii Maronis Bvcolica, Georgica Et Æneis: Nicolai Erythræi, I.C. Opera in pristinam lectionem restituta, & ad rationem eius Indicis digesta. Additis Eivsdem
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.284.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
P. Virgilii Maronis Bvcolica, Georgica Et Æneis: Nicolai Erythræi, I.C. Opera in pristinam lectionem restituta, & ad rationem eius Indicis digesta. Additis Eivsdem [1596]
Language: Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1596. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Georgica et AEneis

Borrowed: 1813/8/27 (Friday).

Borrowers: Robert Porteous , Samuel Brown

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Georgica et AEneis

Record ID 42691

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 82v

Vol 4 Cooks voyages

Borrowed: 1814/9/29 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29. Original Borrower: R Porteous. Other reader: for Mr Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


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James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years, 1776, 7, 8, 9, and 80
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1814/9/29 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Robert Porteous , Samuel Brown

Author: James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779), Genre: Travel

Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 42696

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 82v

Vol 1 Poems of Ossians

Borrowed: 1814/10/5 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Octr 5. Original Borrower: R Porteous. Other reader: for Mr Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


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James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. To which are prefixed, dissertations on the Era and Poems of Ossian ... Embellished with engravings.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. To which are prefixed, dissertations on the Era and Poems of Ossian ... Embellished with engravings.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1806. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Ossian

Borrowed: 1814/10/5 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Robert Porteous , Samuel Brown

Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry

Poems of Ossian

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 42685

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 82v

Cooks voyages Vol 3

Borrowed: 1814/9/23 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 23. Original Borrower: Robt Porteous. Other reader: forS Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


Book Holding

James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years, 1776, 7, 8, 9, and 80
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1814/9/23 (Friday).

Borrowers: Robert Porteous , Samuel Brown

Author: James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779), Genre: Travel

Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 42700

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 82v

Fergusons Lectures

Borrowed: 1814/10/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Octr 12. Original Borrower: R Porteous. Other reader: for Sm Brown.


Borrowers

Robert Porteous
Gender: Male.

Samuel Brown
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1779. Death date: 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


Book Holding

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, ... With the supplement. By James Ferguson