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Travel journals.

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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:

Journals of Henry Aston Barker describing a voyage to Constantinople, and his life there., 1799-1800.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9647-9648
Scope and Contents

Henry Aston Barker left England in September 1799, and after calling at Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Mahon in Minorca, arrived at Palermo in December. Here he was entertained by Lady Hamilton and met Nelson. He reached Constantinople early in 1800, and spent much of his time working on drawings for his panorama of the city. His journal describes scenes in Turkey such as a procession, a dinner in a Turkish household, and the whirling dervishes.

Dates: 1799-1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journals and sketch-books of Henry Aston Barker the painter of panoramas (died 1856).

Journals of James Augustus Grant., 1849-1891.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17912-17917
Dates: 1849-1891.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.

Journals of Lady Henrietta Liston., 1796-1820.

 Series
Identifier: MS.5696-5712
Dates: 1796-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.

Journals of Mary, Countess of Minto, recording tours, visits or residences at home and abroad, but chiefly at Minto House and Nervi, near Genoa., 1808-1853.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12006-12012
Dates: 1808-1853.
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 Matthew Boulton Rennie., 1824-1831.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19947-19949
Dates: 1824-1831.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer. / Papers of John Rennie and his family.

Journals of Nina, Countess of Minto, 1850-?1864.

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Identifier: MSS.19455-19456
Dates: 1850-?1864.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto.

Journals of Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet, of a tour in France, chiefly in Paris, from which a journey is made to Clermont and back before the return to Dunglass., 1791.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6329-6332
Scope and Contents While in Paris, Sir James Hall attended meetings of the Assemblée Nationale and of the Jacobin Club almost every day, and he gives an account of the questions discussed there and of the atmosphere of tension among the people of Paris during the early stages of the Revolution. Hall seems to have been a friend of Condorcet, and names of other statesmen of the period such as Mirabeau, Robespierre, Danton, Guizot, and Sieyès are prominent in the journal. Each volume contains a brief guide to...
Dates: 1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journals kept by Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet, during tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, 1783-1785, and in the country between Paris and Clermont, 1791.

Journals of Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet, of a tour of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy., 1783-1785.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6324-6328
Scope and Contents

Topics of comment, in addition to those mentioned in the series-level description, include bridges, volcanic geology, painting and sculpture, and comparison of national character, dress, and living conditions. Not every entry is dated, but each volume is subdivided into four or five stages of the tour, headed by names of towns or regions with inclusive dates. There is no record of the return journey, as in the sub-series MSS.6329-6332, and it is possible that some volumes are lost.

Dates: 1783-1785.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journals kept by Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet, during tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, 1783-1785, and in the country between Paris and Clermont, 1791.

Journals of Sir Robert Liston., 1769-1776, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5687-5695
Dates: 1769-1776, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.

Journals of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1781-1807.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11157-11163
Dates: 1781-1807.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.

Journals of the 1st Earl of Minto of the weather at Nice, and travel from Nice to Turin., 1783.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.11158(i)-(ii)
Dates: 1783.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Journals of the 1st Earl of Minto.

Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children., 1808-1859.

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Identifier: MSS.11976-12016
Dates: 1808-1859.
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 of Minto , 1854-1859.

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Identifier: MSS.12002-12004
Scope and Contents

Much political conversation is recorded, chiefly with Russell, Lansdowne, Palmerston and Clarendon, both on home and Italian politics, with visits to friends and family, notably to Lord Murray on his Jura estate, and records of the 2nd Earl of Minto's final illness.

Dates: 1854-1859.
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 the 2nd Earl of Minto of a tour through Northern France, Belgium and the Rhineland to Savoy and Switzerland., May-October 1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11983-11984
Scope and Contents Included are records of ascents of the Rossberg (MS.11983, folio 32-34) and the Buet, near Chamonix (MS.11984, folios 41-48), the latter with Lady Minto; and expeditions from Airolo across the Gries Pass to Guttanen (MSS.11983, folios 50 verso-58 and 11984, folios 1-7), and through the Mont Blanc range (MS.11984, folios 49-52). Extensive meteorological observations are recorded throughout the journals, which contain further descriptions of Jean-Marie Couttet's climbs (MS.11984, folios...
Dates: May-October 1821.
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 the traveller and author William Edward Baxter (1825-1890).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15906-15907
Dates: 1850, 1852.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journals of Thomas Stewart Traill of a tour in Spain., 1814.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19388-19389
Scope and Contents

Against the background of the Napoleonic wars Thomas Stewart Traill accompanied a friend on his journey to the south of Spain, and in these volumes he recorded his impressions of the scenery, geology, architecture and people of the country, remarking on the political situation and the changes which had taken place in Spain during the Peninsular war.

Dates: 1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Literary papers chiefly of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill.

Journals of tours by Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1802 until his retirement in 1816, when he was created 1st Baron Colchester.

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Identifier: MSS.9815-9816
Dates: 1815, 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journals of tours made by Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1826-1827, 1837.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19423-19425
Scope and Contents

Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot gives detailed, sometimes humorous accounts of daily events and proves himself a sensitive tourist noticing local scenery, agriculture, architecture and society.

Dates: 1826-1827, 1837.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot.

Journals of tours through Holland, France and Italy, probably by William Rouat, Professor of Church History, Glasgow University, a cousin of William Mure (succeeded 1722), Baron of the Exchequer., Circa 1741.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.4990-4991
Dates: Circa 1741.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell. / Literary and cultural papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell.

Journals of travel of Frances Mary, daughter of Lord Mackenzie., 1839-1844.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2542
Scope and Contents

The journal describes a tour in Switzerland, 1839 (folio 1); a journey from Edinburgh to Durham, 1841 (folio 26 verso); and a tour in France, Belgium, and Germany (chiefly Rhineland), 1844 (folio 31).

Dates: 1839-1844.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, and of his relations.

Journals of two voyages to India made for reasons of health by Jane C Burdon-Sanderson in the winters of 1885-1886 and 1888-1889., 1885-1886, 1888-1889.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20047-20048
Scope and Contents

Both voyages were made via the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. It was in India that Jane Burdon-Sanderson died in April 1889.

Dates: 1885-1886, 1888-1889.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.

Journals of visits by Sir Frank Mears to France and East Anglia., 1902.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10678-10680
Scope and Contents

Much of Frank Mears' time in France was spent at Rouen, but he also visited Paris and Chartres. In June he returned to London, and then travelled in Norfolk before visiting Cambridge, Ely and Oxford. The journals contain his impressions and criticisms of architecture and local museums.

Dates: 1902.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Sketchbooks and notes of Sir Frank Mears, the architect and town-planner (1880-1953).

Journals of William Hunter Workman., 1895-1912.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9893/20-31
Dates: 1895-1912.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, journals, accounts, photographs, maps and miscellaneous papers of Fanny Bullock Workman and Dr William Hunter Workman.

Journals of William Thomson, Deputy Commissary-General of Stores to the Forces, during tours in Northern Germany, 1813-1814, while in performance of his duties, and in France and Holland, 1818, apparently on a pleasure trip.

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Identifier: MSS.6333-6334
Dates: 1813-1814, 1818.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire., 1787.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3294
Dates: 1787.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire, from July to September 1787.

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