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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:

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1., 2nd half of 18th century-1834.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1400
Scope and Contents

Series of fifteen lectures, 2nd half of 18th century, of Joseph Black on the subject of heat, delivered at Edinburgh University (MS.8487);

Diary, 1833-1834, of Thomas Telford, the engineer, contained in “Simpson's gentleman's almanack and pocket journal” for 1833 (MS.9157);

'Essay on the application of steam to the purposes of navigation'; a fair copy by James Rennie of his prize essay, 1816 (MS.9352).

Dates: 2nd half of 18th century-1834.

Microfilm of journal, 1799, of Alexander Walker and transactions, [?1825] of the East India Company in Malabar, concerning the rise and final campaign against Tipu Sultan.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.817
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Contemporary journal, 1799, kept by Alexander Walker, which describes the part played by General Stuart's force in the final campaign against Tipu Sultan (MS.13627);

Transactions, [?1825] of the East India Company in Malabar, volume 1, taking the history of Malabar up to the death of Haidar Ali and the rise of Tipu (MS.13785).

Dates: 1799, [?1825].

Microfilm of journal of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.291
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Journal, 1 July 1842-31 December 1842 (MS.2387);

Journal, 1 January 1843-4 October 1843 (MS.2388).

Dates: 1842-1843.