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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...

Dates: 1864 to

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Story about Mr Finlay [MacRae] from Vallay, 14 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/104

Scope and Contents Story about Mr Finlay [Rev Finlay MacRae], Vallay [Bhàlaigh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, Malacleit/Malaclete, telling how he harangued the new Free Church minister of Harris [Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] shortly after the Disruption declaring that he was the rightful minister and that 'if the people did not return to the church & disown the F[ree] C[hurch] they would fall up there & crush them like midges'. The story continues that MacRae...

Dates: 14 July 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

Story about Mr Finlay [MacRae] from Vallay, 14 July 1870

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