Macneill, Hector, poet, 1746-1818
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Calligraphic copy of the poems of Hector MacNeill, by "JFG" of Dunbar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12145
Dates:
1816.
Copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9037-is now MS.50257
Dates:
circa 1780-1818.
Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7004
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll
2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States
3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay
4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.
Dates:
1750, 1801, 1813-1836.
'The memoirs [and] reflections of Hr McNiell [of the Harp], written by himself', a manuscript copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.
Item
Identifier: MS.50257
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in various hands.Title page, including an epigram, in Latin, of Cicero (folio iii).'Chap. I The Authors Parentage.' Information concerning MacNeill’s grandfather and father (pages 1-9).'Chap. II. An unfashionable picture of Domestic Life.' An account of the MacNeills’ domestic life at their home at Rosebank, near Roslin, and subsequently near Loch Lomond (pages 9-17).'Chap. 3d. Some account of the Author.' Information...
Dates:
1804, 1912.
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