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Record ID 43505

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 36

Bruce's Travels

Borrowed: 1799/9/21 (Saturday). Returned: 1799/10/8 (Tuesday). Returned?: 08-Oct.


Borrower

Andrew Douglas
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original): Accountant.
Committee: Managerial Committee.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Accountant.


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James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work. The second edition. By Samuel Shaw, Esq.
Language: English. Genre: Travels.

Borrowed: 1799/9/21 (Saturday). Returned: 1799/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Andrew Douglas

Author: James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794), Genre: Travel

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce]

Record ID 44139

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 142

Smellie's Philosy

Borrowed: 1799/9/21 (Saturday).


Borrower

Samuel Shortridge
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original):  Physician/Surgeon.
Committee: Managerial Committee.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
  


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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

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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


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

Borrowed: 1799/9/21 (Saturday).

Borrower: Samuel Shortridge

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

Philosophy of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2