Allardice, Robert Barclay-, 1762–1797 (MP and agricultural improver)
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Catalogue of Books in Ury Library, 1774-1800
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Identifier: Coll-1848/24-0082
Scope and Contents
Manuscript catalogue of the books in the library of the Barclays of Ury, Kincardineshire (now Aberdeenshire), dated 1774 (with a few additions up to the 1790s). It contains the books of five generations of Scottish Quakers: 547 numbered titles are listed, plus a few unnumbered, as well as perhaps 80 more "Pamphlets in the chest".The catalogue was compiled during the time of Robert Barclay-Allardice (1762–1797), in around 1774 (the date is not in evidence and was perhaps taken...
Dates:
1774-1800
