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Record ID 43420

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 40

Gibbon's R. Empire

Borrowed: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/6/10 (Monday). Returned?: 10-Jun.


Borrower

John Dalziel
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original): Lawyer.
Committee: Managerial Committee.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


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: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/6/10 (Monday).

Borrower: John Dalziel

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

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 43615

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 52

Smith's Essays 1

Borrowed: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/7/6 (Saturday). Returned?: 06-Jul.


Borrower

John Graham
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkinner.
Occupation (original): Minister.
Committee: President, Chair of Managerial Committee.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on philosophical subjects. By the late Adam Smith, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, &c. &c. To which is prefixed, An account of the life and writings of the author; by Dugald Stewart, F. R. S. E.
Language: English. Genre: Philosophy.

Borrowed: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/7/6 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Graham

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essays on Philosophical Subjects

Record ID 44015

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 80

Smellie's Philosophy 

Borrowed: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/6/24 (Monday). Returned?: 24-Jun.


Borrower

Robert Moodie
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original): Physician/Surgeon.
Committee: President, Managerial Committee.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.


Book Holding

William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The philosophy of natural history. By William Smellie, Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh.
Language: English. Genre: Natural History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The philosophy of natural history. By William Smellie, Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1790-1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophy of Natural History

Borrowed: 1799/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1799/6/24 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Moodie

Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Philosophy of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2