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Commonplace book by Rev. John Smith, 1810
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Identifier: Coll-98/4/2/1
Scope and Contents
A paper manuscript of 180 pages, half bound. The volume consists of a large number of extracts from various sources, mainly Gaelic and Celtic. The compiler was Rev. John Smith, eldest son of Dr Smith of Campbeltown, who died early. The date of the book's compilation is around 1810. A table of contents is prefixed.Among the more important Celtic items are:(p.13) The well-known Ossianic ballad, "Òran a' Chléirich", called here "An Deilgneach Mhór", and said to have been...
Dates:
1810
Miscellaneous printed items, 18th and 19th centuries
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Identifier: Coll-98/4/4/7
Scope and Contents
There are miscellaneous printed booklets, some unbound, and some pages may have been separated from their original booklet. There appear to be five distinct booklets:1. A translation to Gaelic of Joseph Alleine's religious work 'An alarm to the Unconverted', originally published in 1672. This translation is titled 'Earail dhurachdach do pheacaidh neo-iopmaichte', translated by I. Smith, and published in 1839.2. A translation to Gaelic...
Dates:
18th and 19th centuries
Notebooks containing lecture notes, 1885-1895
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
These are notebooks containing lecture notes on the following subjects:(a) Gaelic literature: Church and State AD 1000 - AD 1560(b) Gaelic literature: Monastic manuscripts(c) Celtic inscriptions(d) Gaelic literature(e) The unity of old Gaelic literature(f) The old period of Gaelic literature: The early missionaries(g) Literature of the first period: Productiveness and contents(h) The old period of...
Dates:
1885-1895
Stewart manuscripts, 18th or 19th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/4/3/4
Scope and Contents
These are a collection of sermons and religious writings. It is currently not certain which Stewart after which the manuscripts are named.
Dates:
18th or 19th century