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Record ID 43375

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

Fieldings

Borrowed: 1796/5/2 (Monday). Returned: 1796/8/10 (Wednesday). Returned?: 10-Aug.


Borrower

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


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Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works [Fielding]
Language: English. Genre: Novel.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

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Confidence level: Speculative

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the life of the author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 311 times in 173 borrowing records


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Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Record ID 43366

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

Brit Theatre

Borrowed: 1796/5/2 (Monday). Returned: 1796/8/10 (Wednesday). Returned?: 10-Aug.


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 1

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