Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist [to Edinburgh], 6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/93
Scope and Contents
Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist towards Edinburgh. In it, Carmichael is pining for his pregnant wife Mary, who is in Edinburgh and is anxious about her health. It is clear that there has been a lack of correspondence between them causing each of them distress 'No letter no watch. God grant that she is well. Oh Mary Mary if you knew my suffer[in]g you would not thus treat me...God grant y[ou]r safe arriv[al] home my darling wife - y[ou]r silence and absence are the cause of painful uneasiness & anxiety to me...Got 2 let[ter]s fr[om] Mary seems hurt...She also suff[ere]d for want of letters.' Carmichael also describes his journey by boat from Airdmaddy, [Àird nam Madadh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] then on foot from Stein to Dunvegain and by mail gig to Portree, [Dùn Bheagain/Dunvegan, Port Rìgh, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye].
Dates
- 6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 35 folios ; 20.2 x 14.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 218r, line 1 to folio 219r, line 17
- Biography
- Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)
- Carmichael, Mary Frances, c1843-1928
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Dunvegan Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Edinburgh -- Scotland
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Portree Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Stein Duirinish Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Voyages and Travel
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk