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MacEachen (Howbeg | South Uist)

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Story about the Duke of Tarentum and his family in Uist, 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/45
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Duke of Tarentum' stating that he visited Uist [Uibhist] in 1846 and left £10 a year to his cousins Alast[air] and Isebal [Alexander and Isabel MacEachan]. It gives details of the MacEachan family including a nephew of the Duke, who learned English under a tutor paid for by the Duke, and mentions two young men who were taken away on the Duke's ship.

Dates: 1877

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