Letters, 1859-1868, of Harriet Miller Davidson and family, with an account of a voyage from Australia to England in 1884 by Lydia Miller Davidson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13697/1-5
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1884.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.05 Linear metres (5 files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
By correspondent.
Other Finding Aids
inventory
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2012, by Henry McKenzie Johnston, London, through the good offices of Dr Mike Taylor, National Museums of Scotland.12 January 2016TD.3497
Bibliography
Some of the letters are quoted in `Lydia, wife of Hugh Miller of Cromarty` by Elizabeth Sutherland in co-operation with Marian McKenzie Johnston (East Linton: Tuckwell, 2002).
Subject
- Miller, Lydia Mackenzie Falconer, children's writer and wife of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, née Fraser, pseudonym 'Mrs Harriet Myrtle', ?1812-1876 (Person)
- Davidson, Harriet Miller, writer and daughter of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, 1839–1883 (Person)
- Davidson, Lydia Miller, granddaughter of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, b. 1866 (Person)
- Fraser, Thomas, brother-in-law of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, fl. 1859 (Person)
- Miller, Bessie, daughter of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, fl. 1856-1868 (Person)
- Fraser, Elizabeth Lydia, mother-in-law of Hugh Miller, geologist, evangelical journalist and writer, née McLeod, d 1865 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 12 01 2016
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk