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Record ID 38510

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 47r

Ansons Voyage

Borrowed: 1755/11/15 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 15th Novem:ber 1755. Original Borrower: Robt Thomson.


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Robert Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders. Religion and Clergy > Provost.


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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.

Record ID 38511

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 47r

Godscrofts History of the family of Douglas in two volumes in Twelves

Borrowed: 1755/11/15 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Eod die. Original Borrower: John Gray.


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John Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Politics/Office Holders > Clerks.


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David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
History of the house and race of Douglas and Angus [Hume]

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Confidence level: Very likely

David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
The history of the house and race of Douglas and Angus. Written by Mr. David Hume of Godscroft. ... . containing the History of the House of Douglas.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 11 borrowing records


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David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus

Record ID 38509

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 47r

the first Volum of the Universial history

Borrowed: 1755/11/15 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: the 15th: November 1755. Original Borrower: JBanks.


Borrower

James Banks
Gender: Male.
Death date: 1797.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, chronological and other tables.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1351 (vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, chronological and other tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 282 times in 207 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present