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Diaries.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. (AAT) Use to refer to all personal diaires, whether by a named individual or not. (NLS) .

Found in 2591 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of Jessy Harden., November 1806-February 1807.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8851
Dates: November 1806-February 1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., February-April 1807.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8852
Dates: February-April 1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., May-July 1807.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8853
Dates: May-July 1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., July-November 1807.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8854
Dates: July-November 1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., January-April 1808.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8855
Dates: January-April 1808.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., August-November 1808.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8856
Dates: August-November 1808.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., February-April 1809.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8857
Dates: February-April 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., May-August 1809.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8858
Dates: May-August 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., October 1809-January 1810.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8859
Dates: October 1809-January 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., January-April 1810.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8860
Dates: January-April 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., December 1810-January 1811.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8861
Dates: December 1810-January 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., May-August 1811.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8862
Dates: May-August 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden., October-December 1811.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8863
Dates: October-December 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan.

Journal of Jessy Harden, with occasional additions of her husband, John, and her father, Robert Allan., 1801-1811.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8832-8863
Scope and Contents The journal comprises thirty-two newsletters, each written in a small notebook and each covering a period of up to four months. They record an eventful social life, divided between the Queen Street home of Robert Allan in Edinburgh and Brathay Hall on Windermere, where John and Jessy eventually settled. The Brathay Hall journals (MSS.8837-8838, 8842-8848, 8850-8857, 8861-8863) incidentally mention the poet Charles Lloyd, who was their neighbour, as well as Constable, Raeburn, Farrington, and...
Dates: 1801-1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist.

Journal of John Calder (1743-1783), minister of Rosskeen.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14279
Scope and Contents

The journal covers the period from January 1775 to December 1782, but there are many gaps, the largest being from January 1779 to October 1781. The entries are brief and largely of a personal and religious nature, although mention is made of social events and parochial duties.

Dates: 1775-1782.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journal of John Dunlop, younger brother of Alexander Graham Dunlop., 1845-1846.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9269
Scope and Contents

The journal describes John Dunlop's life as a medical student in Paris and his impressions of France and of his fellow students. In 1846 he joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon, and the last part of the manuscript describes his voyage to India. The journal is illustrated with sketches in pencil and water-colours.

Dates: 1845-1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family.

Journal of John Ivor Murray, army surgeon (1824-1903).

 Item
Identifier: MS.9843
Scope and Contents The first pages contain an account of John Murray’s voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong in February 1854. The greater part of the journal is concerned with his homeward journey, and describes the events from the time of Murray's final departure from Shanghai in January 1855 (folio 15), until his arrival at Constantinople in August the same year, when he offered his medical services to the allied forces at Sebastopol. It includes a detailed account, with occasional illustrations, of his travels...
Dates: 1854-1855.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journal of John Keith Rennie of Frensham Vale, son of George Rennie, engineer, while at Trinity College, Cambridge., 1848.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19950
Dates: 1848.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer. / Papers of John Rennie and his family.

Journal of John Mortimer Hunt on our first tour on the Continent., 1860-1861.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13718/2
Dates: 1860-1861.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Diaries, commonplace books, letter book, sketchbooks, household accounts and ships` log books collected by Peter Sharratt. / Diaries.

Journal of John Paton.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8273
Scope and Contents

Paton was pressed in to the Royal Navy.

Including description of the Battle of Cape St Vincent.

Dates: 1778-1789.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journal of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot., 27 July-12 October 1843.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12013
Dates: 27 July-12 October 1843.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children. / Journals of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot.

Journal of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot., 13 October 1843-8 July 1844.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12014
Dates: 13 October 1843-8 July 1844.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children. / Journals of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot.

Journal of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot., 9 July-20 October 1844.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12015
Dates: 9 July-20 October 1844.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children. / Journals of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot.

Journal of Lady Henrietta Liston, describing the resignation of General Washington as President, visits to him at Mount Vernon, and his death., [1797-1799.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.5698
Dates: [1797-1799.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / Journals of Lady Henrietta Liston.

Journal of Lady Nairne., 1789-1823.

 Item
Identifier: MS.981A
Dates: 1789-1823.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, journals, and songs, chiefly in the autographs of Lady Nairne and of her sisters, Mrs Stewart of Bonskeid, Mrs Steuart of Dalguise, and Mrs Keith of Ravelston. / Journals of Lady Nairne.

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