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Record ID 43367

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 8

Arnot's Edinr.

Borrowed: 1798/4/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1798/5/15 (Tuesday). Returned?: 15-May.


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

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English. Genre: History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 143


Book Work

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh

Borrowed: 1798/4/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1798/5/15 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Burton

Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History

History of Edinburgh

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 44060

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 84

Fool of Quality

Borrowed: 1798/4/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1798/4/14 (Saturday). Returned?: 14-Apr.


Borrower

Alexander Murray
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original):  Vintner.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.
  


Book Holding

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality, or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. In four volumes. By Mr. Brooke.
Language: English. Genre: Novel.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality, or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. In four volumes. By Mr. Brooke.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1765-1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 33 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Borrowed: 1798/4/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1798/4/14 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Murray

Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction

Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1