Journal of Robert Hathorn Stewart of Physgill.
Scope and Contents
Until March 1771, Robert Stewart served with the Royal Fusiliers and was stationed at Fort William and Chatham. His journal for this period chiefly concerns his social life, though it does include references to courts martial, marches to Berwick and Chatham, a review by the king at Greenwich (folio 50), and visits to Chatham dockyard. In 1771, Stewart returned to Physgill House in Whithorn, and the rest of his journal concerns the management of the estate and social life in Wigtownshire, with occasional visits to Edinburgh.
Dates
- Creation: 1770-1772, 1777-1784.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
3 Volumes ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1968.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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