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Record ID 394890
Smollet's Works 4&5thVols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Dr Robert Groat
Gender: Male. Address: Newhall, Deerness.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works: With memoirs of his life and writings [Smollett]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. : with memoirs of his life and writings
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 158 times in 113 borrowing records
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Dr Robert Groat
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 394893
Antiquary 3 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/25 (Saturday).
Mr John Spence
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (original): Agent.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Factor/Agent.
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
The Antiquary. By the author of “Waverley” and “Guy Mannering” [i.e. Sir Walter Scott].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
The Antiquary.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1816. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 496 times in 186 borrowing records
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Antiquary
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Spence
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394896
Rhoda 2&3d
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/25 (Saturday).
Mr George Turnbull
Gender: Male. Address: Westray.
Occupation (original): Land surveyor.
Frances Jacson (Male, born 1754, died 1842)
Genre: Fiction
Rhoda: a novel. [Frances Jacson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Likely
Frances Jacson (Male, born 1754, died 1842)
Genre: Fiction
Rhoda: a novel. [Frances Jacson, 1816]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1816. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 212 times in 77 borrowing records
Frances Jacson (Male, born 1754, died 1842)
Genre: Fiction
Rhoda: A Novel
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Turnbull
Author: Frances Jacson (Male, born 1754, died 1842), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394899
Letters from Scotland 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/27 (Saturday).
Mr George Gordon
Gender: Male.
1817 borrowing record: 'stranger per Mr Dunn'
Edward Burt (Male, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Burt (Male, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London. Containing the description of a capital town in that northern country; with An Account of some uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants: likewise, An Account of the Highlands, with the Customs and Manners of the Highlanders. To which is added, A Letter relating to the Military Ways among the Mountains, began in the Year 1726. The whole interspers’d with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T65246
Edward Burt (Male, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Gordon
Author: Edward Burt (Male, died 1755), Genre: Travel
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 394902
Fielding's Works Vol.5th
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Mrs Omond
Gender: Female. Address: Kirkwall.
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Very likely
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 114 times in 66 borrowing records
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mrs Omond
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 394905
Statistical Magazine 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Periodicals
The literary and Statistical magazine for Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1817-1820. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 78 times in 55 borrowing records
Genre: Periodicals
Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr John Dunn
Genre: Periodicals
Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 394908
New Review 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/10/8 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Periodicals
New Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1817/9/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/10/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394911
Waverly 3 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley [Scott]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since [1814]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1814. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 382 times in 136 borrowing records
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394914
MacDonald's Travels 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/8 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
James Macdonald (Male)
Genre: Travel
MacDonald's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
James Macdonald (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Denmark, and a part of Sweden, during the winter and spring of the year 1809 [MacDonald]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1810.
Number of borrowings: 10
James Macdonald (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Denmark, and a Part of Sweden
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Author: James Macdonald (Male), Genre: Travel
Travels through Denmark, and a Part of Sweden
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394917
The Sisters 3 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Fiction
The sisters; or, the history of Lucy and Caroline Sanson, entrusted to a false friend
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Fiction
The sisters; or, the history of Lucy and Caroline Sanson, entrusted to a false friend
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1791. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 77 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: N23340
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Fiction
The sisters
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Robert Yule
Author: William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394920
Valentines Eve 3 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Calman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.
1817: 'stranger per Mrs Thuring'
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Valentine's Eve [Opie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Valentine's Eve [Opie, 1816]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1816. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 152 times in 54 borrowing records
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Valentine's Eve
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Calman
Author: Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394923
British Essayists Vol33d
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/26 (Friday).
Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Military > Navy.
Alternative spelling: Cowen
Genre: Belles Lettres
The British essayists
Volumes borrowed: Volume 33
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres
The British essayists (1807-8)
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1808.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 276 times in 129 borrowing records
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Captain Malcolm Cowan
Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 33
Record ID 394926
Ferguson's Poems 1Vol.
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Fotheringhame
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman.
Robert Fergusson (Male, born 1750, died 1774)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of Robert Fergusson: with the life of the author
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Robert Fergusson (Male, born 1750, died 1774)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of Robert Fergusson : with the life of the author
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1800.
Number of borrowings: 12
Robert Fergusson (Male, born 1750, died 1774)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [Robert Fergusson]
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Fotheringhame
Author: Robert Fergusson (Male, born 1750, died 1774), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394929
Buchan.s Researchs 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Mr J. Flett
Gender: Male.
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia [Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia [Buchanan 1812]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia; with Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr J. Flett
Author: Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394932
Old English Baron 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Mr J. Flett
Gender: Male.
Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
The old English baron: a Gothic story. By Clara Reeve.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
The old English baron: a Gothic story. By Clara Reeve. (T129762)
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 37
ESTC: T129762
Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr J. Flett
Author: Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807), Genre: Fiction
Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394935
Castle Rackrent 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Lieutenant Skelton
Gender: Male.
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent [Edgeworth]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian Tale. Taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish squires, before the year 1782.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 46
ESTC: T57317
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, An Hibernian Tale
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Lieutenant Skelton
Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, An Hibernian Tale
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394938
Travels in England 2 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/11 (Saturday).
Mr Spence (unspecified)
Gender: Male.
Louis Simond (Male, born 1767, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Travels in England: journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain, during the years 1810 and 1811
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Louis Simond (Male, born 1767, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Travels in England: journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain, during the years 1810 and 1811
Published: New York. Date of publication: 1815. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 71 borrowing records
Louis Simond (Male, born 1767, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Travels in England
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/10/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Spence (unspecified)
Author: Louis Simond (Male, born 1767, died 1831), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 394941
Mackenzie's Voyages 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas Pollexfen of Cairston
Gender: Male. Address: Cairston; Broad Street, Stromness; Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Politics/Office Holders > Customs Collector.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Male, born 1764, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793 [Mackenzie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Male, born 1764, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1801. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 28
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Male, born 1764, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in theYyears 1789 and 1793
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Pollexfen of Cairston
Author: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Male, born 1764, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394944
Self Control 3 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Dr Gillies
Gender: Male.
Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self Control. A novel.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self Control. A novel.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 177 times in 67 borrowing records
Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self Control
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Dr Gillies
Author: Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394947
Louisa 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Mrs Falconer
Gender: Female.
1817 borrowing record: 'per Mr Traill'
Mr Traill
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Elizabeth Helme (Female, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Louisa; or, the cottage on the moor. In two volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Elizabeth Helme (Female, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Louisa; or, the cottage on the moor. In two volumes. [T73523]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T73523
Elizabeth Helme (Female, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Louisa; or, the cottage on the moor
Borrowed: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mrs Falconer , Mr Traill
Author: Elizabeth Helme (Female, died 1816), Genre: Fiction
Louisa; or, the cottage on the moor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2