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Record ID 43360

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 5/27 (Type: Town). Page: 14b

Brit. Theatre

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/11 (Thursday). Returned?: 11-Feb.


Borrower

Alexander Burton
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original): Merchant.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders. Politics/Office Holders > Lord Provost/Provost.


Book Holding

Genre: Drama
Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays
Language: English. Genre: Plays.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Drama
Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776-1778. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 180 times in 110 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Drama
Bell's British Theatre

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/11 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Burton

Genre: Drama

Bell's British Theatre

Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

Record ID 43446

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 5/27 (Type: Town). Page: 31b

Gibbon's R. hist.

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/2 (Tuesday). Returned?: 02-Feb.


Borrower

John Dickson
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkcowan.
Occupation (original): Minister.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ...
Language: English. Genre: History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 123 times in 83 borrowing records


Book Work

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Dickson

Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 43449

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 5/27 (Type: Town). Page: 31b

Gillies's hist.

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/2 (Tuesday). Returned?: 02-Feb.


Borrower

John Dickson
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkcowan.
Occupation (original): Minister.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; From the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east. Including the history of literature, philosophy, and the fine arts. By John Gillies, LL.D. F.A.S. The second edition, in four volumes.
Language: English. Genre: History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; From the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east. Including the history of literature, philosophy, and the fine arts. By John Gillies, LL.D. F.A.S. The second edition, in four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v..
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 62 borrowing records


Book Work

John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests

Borrowed: 1796/1/8 (Friday). Returned: 1796/2/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Dickson

Author: John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836), Genre: History

History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1