Greenock. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Inverclyde. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.7500. Latitude: 55.9500.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, financial and legal papers, drafts and press materials relating to the publication of 'Greenock and the Firth of Clyde', by Craig McMaster., 1998-2000.
File
Identifier: Acc.14049 Box 3(1)
Correspondence, proofs, legal and financial papers relating to the publication of 'Images of Greenock', by Anthony McNeill., 1997-1999, 2001.
File
Identifier: Acc.14049 Box 3(10)
Greenock branch., 1947-1951.
File
Identifier: Acc.3721/101/175
Illustrated letters of H Wilson, pseudonym Hall Tweed, to Mrs C Whalley, London.
File
Identifier: Acc.11842
Scope and Contents
Wilson describes life in Greenock and Glasgow.
Dates:
1816-1820.
Journal and sketches of Stranraer to Greenock., 1866-1867.
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Identifier: Acc.13827/240
Dates:
1866-1867.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Letter of John Clark to his mother., 1780.
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Identifier: MS.50277 folios 79a-80a
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning Clarkâs employment as a plantation overseer and his ownership of enslaved people.
Dates:
1780.
Letters from Jamaica of John Clark, John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty to friends and relatives at Greenock.
File
Identifier: MS.50258
Scope and Contents
Clark, JohnLetter, 1772, of John Clark to Peggy Clark concerning the death of his uncle and the dangers of excessive drinking (folios 1-2).Cunningham, JohnLetters, 1776-1801, of John Cunningham to Peggy Clark concerning his voyage to Jamaica, sale of a share in a plantation, the sale of enslaved people, the Second Maroon War, his health and his desire to return to Scotland (folios 3-22).MacLarty, ColinLetters, 1790 and 1792, of...
Dates:
1772-1801.
Photocopy of a diary of William R Ramsay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10227
Scope and Contents
Details a journey from Greenock, Scotland to Melbourne, Australia.
With photocopy of transcript and other documents.
Dates:
1854.
Photocopy of typescript of diary of John Steele, whilst aboard the "Curler", Greenock to New York.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5814
Dates:
1828.
Print of 'Shipwreck loss of the Comet Steam vessel near Greenock, on Friday 21st Oct 1825'., ?1825.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/652 [Map Library]
Dates:
?1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Plans, diagrams and drawings of lights, beacons and other related matters, including experiments carried out by Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Miscellaneous diagrams and plans.
Proposed beacon on Gemmel's Point, Cumbrae Light Trust., 1864.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/615 [Map Library]
Dates:
1864.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Plans, diagrams and drawings of lights, beacons and other related matters, including experiments carried out by Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Drawings and plans of beacons.
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Designs for beacons on the Gantocks, and others in the Firth of Clyde.
Sketchbook of `Pencil sketches to commemorate my journey to Scotlandin the summer and autumn of 1846.`
Item
Identifier: Acc.13646
Scope and Contents
Julius Jacob the Elder (1811-1882) was a German Jewish artist born in Berlin who lived in London between 1844 and 1855. He is known both for his landscapes and society protraits.The sketchbook contains more than 150 pencil sketches of a tour in Scotland from August 1846 to February 1847. Almost all the sketches are dated and identifed. The earliest sketch is of the Isle of Arran. He then moved on to Greenock, Loch Long, Loch Lomond, Inverary, Loch Awe, Fingal`s Cave and Staffa,...
Dates:
1846-1847