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Record ID 283862

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 64

Vols 31 & 32d ofModern Universal History

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

J. Archibald Little
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.

David Watson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Domestic Service > Indoor Servants.


Book Holding

Genre: History
The modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time
Classmark: 12.5.1-16 (vols 1-16), 12.4.1-16 (vols 17-32), 12.3-1-11 (vols 33-43) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 31, Volume 32

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

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: J. Archibald Little , David Watson

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 31, Volume 32

Record ID 283850

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 64

1st & 2d Volsof Ancient Universall History

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Andrew Ewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders.

John Ewart Jas
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time : compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. : with a general index to the whole.
Classmark: 12.6.1-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Record ID 283859

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 64

Vol. 5th of Col--lections of Travels. folio

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Major Chalmers Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Army.

James Aitken
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Domestic Service > Indoor Servants.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish’d in English. To which are added some few that have formerly appear’d in English, but do now for their excellency and scarceness deserve to be reprinted. In four volumes. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation, from its first beginning to the perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great number of useful maps, and cuts, all engraven on copper. The authors contain’d in this volume, see over leaf.
Classmark: 1.2.1-2-3-4 and 13.3or4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5 (Barbot)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704. Format: folio.
Editors: Compiled by Awnsham Churchill and John Churchill.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 163 times in 144 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Major Chalmers Ferguson , James Aitken

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5 (Barbot)

Record ID 283865

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 64

Vol. 4th of Manton's works

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1697-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Manton (Male, born 1620, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons
One hundred and ninety sermons on the hundred and nineteenth Psalm : preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton, D.D. : with a perfect alphabetical table, directing to the principal matters contained therein.
Classmark: 13.2.2-6 or 1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Manton (Male, born 1620, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons
One hundred and ninety sermons on the hundred and nineteenth Psalm : preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton, D.D. : with a perfect alphabetical table, directing to the principal matters contained therein.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1681. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Manton (Male, born 1620, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons
One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Scott

Author: Thomas Manton (Male, born 1620, died 1677), Genre: Sermons

One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 283856

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 64

1st Vol of TemplesWorks

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Andrew Ewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders.

John Ewart Jas
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of Sir William Temple, Bart. In four volumes. ... To which is prefixed, The life and character of the author.
Classmark: 12.7.10-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of Sir William Temple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 120 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Sir William Temple

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Andrew Ewart , John Ewart Jas

Author: Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699), Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Sir William Temple

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 2549

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 39r

Switzer's Hydrostaticks 2 vol.

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/4/16 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Apr 1764. Original Returned Date: 16 Apr 1764. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Greek, Physic. Original Full Name: John Wilson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Stephen Switzer (Male, born c.1682, died 1745)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Introduction to a general system of hydrostaticks and hydraulicks ... Illustrated and explain'd by sixty copper cuts
Press: BU. Shelf: 4. Number: 13: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-f.15,16. Original Author: Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/4/16 (Monday).

Borrower: John Wilson

Author: Stephen Switzer (Male, born c.1682, died 1745), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks, Philosophical and Practical

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 38649

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 63r

Anson's Voyage

Borrowed: 1764/4/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Aprile 11th 1764. Original Borrower: Peter Bairnsfather.


Borrower

Peter Bairnsfather
Gender: Male. Address: Harperdean.
Occupation (normalised): Agricultural > Farmer.


Book Holding

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 38650

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 63r