Fergusons Mechanical Exercises

Borrowed: 1791/4/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1791 13^th April. Original Borrower: George Lawder.

Borrower

George Lawder
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Select mechanical exercises: shewing how to construct different clocks, orreries, and sun-dials, on plain and easy principles. With several miscellaneous articles; and new tables, I. For expeditiously computing the Time of any new or full moon within the Limits of 6000 Years before and after the 18th Century. II. For graduating and examining the usual Lines on the sector, plain scale, and Gunter. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which is prefixed, a short account of the life of the author. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.

De Retz Memoirs vol 1

Borrowed: 1791/4/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 15.^th. Original Borrower: Jo: Douglas.

Borrower

John Douglass
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz (Male, born 1613, died 1679)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz. Containing, the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions of the French court and the civil wars. Translated from the French. In four volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Sully's Memoirs vol 2^d.

Borrowed: 1791/4/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19^th.. Original Borrower: James Houdon.

Borrower

James Houdon
Gender: Male.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1316.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Boswels History of Corsica

Borrowed: 1791/4. Original Borrowed Date: 21.^st. Original Borrower: Henry Davidson.

Borrower

Henry Davidson
Gender: Male.
Death date: 1829.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Clerk.

Book HoldingLibrary record

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli. By James Boswell, Esq; Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1345.

Wraxals Tour

Borrowed: 1791/4/22 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 23^d. Original Borrower: James Watson.

Borrower

James Watson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1766.

Book Holding

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (Male, born 1751, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Tour through some of the northern parts of Europe, particularly Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Petersburgh. In a series of letters. By Nl. Wraxall, Jun.
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified

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Borrowed: 1791/4/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 26^th. Original Borrower: ? Hogg.

Borrower

Unknown 26 April 1791
Gender: Unknown.

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Borrowed: 1791/4/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 27^th.. Original Borrower: Hugh Dodds.

Borrower

Hugh Dods
Gender: Male.

Buchanans Hist Scot^d. vol 2^d

Borrowed: 1791/4/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28^th.. Original Borrower: Matthew Dove. Other reader: for my Master And^w. Matthew.

Borrowers

Matthew Dove
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Glover.

Andrew Matthew
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Glover.

Book Holding

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 2

Lord Hails Anals of Scotland

Borrowed: 1791/4/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29^th.. Original Borrower: Robert Brodie. Other reader: for M^r. Halyburton.

Borrowers

Robert Brodie
Gender: Male.

Patrick Halyburton
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From The Accession of Robert I. Surnamed Bruce, To the Accession of the House of Stewart. By Sir David Dalrymple.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1375.
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified

Wraxalls Memoirs vol 1

Borrowed: 1791/5/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: May 4. Original Borrower: Henry Davidson.

Borrower

Henry Davidson
Gender: Male.
Death date: 1829.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Clerk.

Book Holding

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (Male, born 1751, died 1831)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the race of Valois. Interspersed with Interesting Anecdotes. To which is added, a tour through the western, southern, and interior provinces of France, in a series of letters. By Nathl. Wraxall, Junr. Esq; In two volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Sullys Memoirs Vol 3^d

Borrowed: 1791/5/6 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 6^th.. Original Borrower: James Houdon.

Borrower

James Houdon
Gender: Male.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1316.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Rolins Belles Letters

Borrowed: 1791/5/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 11^th. Original Borrower: Tho^s Brown.

Borrower

Thomas Brown
Gender: Male.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, and the Stage
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1329-1331.
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified/unclear

Mosheims Church History Vol 3^d.

Borrowed: 1791/5/14 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 14^th.. Original Borrower: John Hutton.

Borrower

John Hutton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.

Book Holding

Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century [Mosheim]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

the 7^th Voll: of Rollins Ancient Hist^y

Borrowed: 1791/5/26 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: May 26^th 1791. Original Borrower: Rob^t Vetch. Other reader: for M^rs Vetch.

Borrowers

Robert Vetch Laird of Caponflat/Hawthornbank
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1758.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders. Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.

Mrs Vetch
Gender: Female. Borrower type: Other.

Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

the 1^st Voll: Reynal

Borrowed: 1791/6/3 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: June 3^d 1791. Original Borrower: Robert Vetch.

Borrower

Robert Vetch Laird of Caponflat/Hawthornbank
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1758.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders. Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.

Book Holding

Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French by J. Justamond, M.A. To which is added, a set of proper maps.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1