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Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in Scotland`, Alexander Webster`s analysis of the population arranged by counties.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.9

Dates

  • Creation: 1755.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (ii folios + 79 pages. Folio.)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

19th-century binding of black morocco, gilt-tooled.

Custodial History

The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at Sotheby`s, June 1893, lot 733.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.170.

Related Materials

For another copy in the same hand, see MS.89, pages 139-203.

Bibliography

The work has been published by James Gray Kyd in ‘Scottish Population Statistics’ (Scottish History Society, 1952).

`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 17498.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
04 08 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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