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05/11/2008 10:31 PM
The Ladder-Dancer
Another story from the Book of Scottish Story.
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05/11/2008 10:22 PM
Nicoll
Information on another name from The Scottish Nation.
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05/11/2008 10:19 PM
The Pulpit of Scotland
Another chapter from the book, Scotland's Influence on Civilization.
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05/11/2008 10:17 PM
The Island of Lewis Clearances
No one was evicted from the Island of Lewis, in the strict sense of the term, but 2231 souls had to leave it between 1851 and 1863. To pay their passage money, their inland railway fares on arrival, and to provide them with clothing and other furnishings, the late Sir James Matheson paid a sum of £11,855.
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05/10/2008 11:56 PM
Nicholson
NICHOLSON, the name of a family which possesses a baronetcy of Nova Scotia, conferred, 2d July 1629, on John Nicholson of Nicholson and Lasswade, with remainder to his heirs male generally.
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05/10/2008 11:53 PM
The Two Principal Cities
This is chapter V from Scotland's Influence on Civilization.
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05/10/2008 11:50 PM
The Black Isle Clearances
Respecting the estates of Drynie and Kilcoy, a correspondent, who says, "I well remember my excessive grief when my father had to leave the farm which his forefathers had farmed for five generations," writes:—
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05/10/2008 11:49 PM
Aois - The Celtic Community
Updates coming fast and furious as we build this community. We have now added over 300 arcade games for you to play and enjoy :-)
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05/10/2008 09:17 PM
Sketches of Early Scotch History Appendix
Have added the Appendix and Glossary to complete this publication. We will add the index at some point just for completeness.
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05/10/2008 02:24 PM
Aois - The Celtic Community
Updates coming fast and furious as we build this community. Overnight we've added an Arcade games area. Live chat is now available. Added daily horoscope. Added Radio & TV. And you can even select what "mood" you're in.
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05/10/2008 12:38 AM
Aois - The Celtic Community
We have now launched the first part or our new Community site with our vBulletin Message Forums. You'll need to register to use them but that's fairly painless :-) Included in the forums are private and public messaging, picture albums, calendar, Blogs, and we'll be adding more over the next few weeks. When you arrive at the site just select AOIS from the menu and then Message Forums.
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05/10/2008 12:35 AM
Good Words for Every Day of the Year
Another article from Good Words.
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05/10/2008 12:34 AM
Strathconon
Yet another account of the Ross-shire clearances.
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05/10/2008 12:30 AM
Coigeach
Another account of the Clearances from the Ross-shire area.
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05/10/2008 12:23 AM
Social State of Angus in the Twelve Century
Condition of Rural and Urban Population at the time of the foundation of Arbroath Abbey: Slavery of the Rural Population: Power of the Barons: Burghs as Fountains of Liberty and Progress: Emblems of Burghal Freedom in Arbroath and other Burghs: Early state of Urban Inhabitants.
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05/09/2008 12:02 AM
Nichol
NICHOL, JOHN PRINGLE, LL.D., an eminent astronomer, the eldest son of a merchant in Brechin, Forfarshire, was born in that town, January 13, 1804.
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05/08/2008 11:58 PM
Kidnapping
Another article from Good Words.
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05/08/2008 11:56 PM
Grand Results of the Conflict for Liberty
IT is easy enough for us now, after several centuries of uninterrupted progress in Scotland, to look back into her heroic ages, to see the meaning of the great principles then so fiercely contested, and to trace the results which have flowed from the vindication of those principles.
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05/08/2008 11:53 PM
Kintail
An account of the Clearances in Kintail from the History of the Highland Clearances.
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05/08/2008 11:33 PM
Electric Scotland Weekly Newsletter
Our weekly newsletter is now available for viewing.
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05/08/2008 08:03 PM
Scots in Michigan
We were given some information about this book by the publishers.
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05/08/2008 11:16 AM
The Flag in the Wind
This weeks issue is now available.
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05/07/2008 11:42 PM
Newhaven and Newton
Two more names from The Scottish Nation.
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05/07/2008 11:40 PM
Constitution and Rank of Burgh
Arbroath at first a Burgh of Barony and Regality: Made a Free Burgh by special grants: Temporarily represented in Parliament A.D. 1579: Made a proper Royal Burgh in 1599.
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05/07/2008 11:38 PM
Her Great Historic Names
NOT a little of the heroic and romantic mingles in the Iong story of Scotland's struggle for civil and religious liberty, giving rise to an illustrious roll known as the "Scottish chiefs" and the "Scottish worthies." Another chapter from Scotland's Influence on Civilization.
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05/07/2008 11:36 PM
Life and Death
A short poem from Good Words.
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05/07/2008 10:39 PM
The Eviction of the Rosses
Another report from the History of the Highland Clearances.
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05/07/2008 01:16 AM
Newark and Newburgh
Two more names explored from The Scottish Nation.
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05/07/2008 01:12 AM
The Town of Arbroath and its Dependencies
Chapter 1 from the book "Arbroath and its Abbey".
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05/07/2008 01:09 AM
Glencalvie
Another report from the History of the Highland Clearances from Ross-shire.
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05/07/2008 01:04 AM
The Parish of Longside
Another Parish from the New Statistical Account of Scotland.
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05/07/2008 01:01 AM
Lady Somerville's Maidens
Another chapter from this series from Good Words.
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05/06/2008 04:17 PM
Highlander and his books
This is a book review by Frank Shaw about "Boulders at Hirti Geo" By Jim Hewitson.
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05/05/2008 11:04 PM
Arbroath and its Abbey
Made a start at this new book where the famous Declaration of Arbroath was signed.
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05/05/2008 10:58 PM
Newall
NEWALL, derived from NEVILLE, or NOEL, the surname of a family of Norman extraction, which came to Scotland about the 16th century, and settled in Galloway.
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05/05/2008 10:56 PM
Summer Sadness
Another article from Good Words.
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05/05/2008 10:53 PM
Trial of Patrick Sellar
For his action in connection with the Sutherland Clearances, Patrick Sellar was placed on trial at a sitting of the Circuit Court at Inverness in 1816. The bench was occupied by Lord Pitmilly. We give the indictment, defences, judge's summing up, and other particulars, but omit the evidence, as no authentic record thereof is available.
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05/05/2008 10:51 PM
The Monkey
Another story from The Book of Scottish Story.
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05/05/2008 07:22 PM
Baptism
Got in this Homily from Nola Crewe to do with Baptism.
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05/05/2008 12:17 AM
The Black Book of Taymouth and Other Papers
This is our weekly pdf file which gives accounts of papers from the Breadalbane Charter Room which were prepared from it in 1598 and thus shows many interesting accounts including, for example, the use of fosterage in Scotland.
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05/04/2008 11:08 PM
Nasmyth
Another name from The Scottish Nation.
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05/04/2008 11:06 PM
Reply to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe by Donald Macleod
Another chapter from the Sutherland Clearances.
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05/04/2008 11:03 PM
Dr. Wichern and The Rauhe Haus
Another chapter from the publication Good Words.
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05/04/2008 01:41 AM
Napier
NAPIER, a surname of considerable antiquity both in Scotland and England. It is principally, however, Scotch.
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05/04/2008 01:14 AM
The Long Struggle for Liberty
Chapter 2 from Scotland's Influence on Civilization.
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05/04/2008 12:53 AM
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe on the Sutherland Clearances
Another account of the Sutherland Highland Clearances.
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05/03/2008 01:14 AM
Nairne
Another name from The Scottish Nation which includes information on Baroness Nairne the Scottish Songstress.
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05/03/2008 01:12 AM
Good Words for Every Day of the Year
Another article from Good Words.
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05/03/2008 01:10 AM
Scotland's Place in History
This is us starting a new book, "Scotland's Influence on Civilization" By The Rev. Leroy J. Halsey, D.D., LL.D.
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05/03/2008 01:09 AM
Mr. James Loch on Sutherland Improvements
An Account of the Improvements on the Estates of the Marquis of Stafford, by James Kinloch, General Agent of the Sutherland Estates. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ovine & Brown, 1820.
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05/01/2008 10:38 PM
Mylne
MYLNE, ROBERT, an eminent architect, was born at Edinburgh, January 4, 1734. His father, Thomas Mylne, an architect and magistrate of that city, belonged to a family who held the hereditary office of master-mason to the kings of Scotland, conferred by King James III.
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05/01/2008 10:35 PM
Was it Spirit-Knocking?
Another article from Good Words.
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05/01/2008 10:32 PM
The Evolution of Fiction
This is the final chapter from the book The Intellectual Development of Scotland.
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05/01/2008 10:29 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
Colonel George Sinclair—Caithness proprietors and wadsetters in 1668—Liberties of the Town of Thurso—The Caithness Fencibles—Lord Caithness's steam carriage—The Battle of Artimarlach—Gleanings from Douglas Peerage of Scotland, and other sources. This now completes this book.
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05/01/2008 10:28 PM
Electric Scotland's Weekly Newsletter
Our weekly newsletter for 2nd May 2008.
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05/01/2008 08:30 PM
Christina McKelvie MSP's Weekly Diary
This is Christina's weekly diary for this week.
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05/01/2008 08:28 PM
Grace Notes
This is the monthly edition (May) of Memphis Scottish Society
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05/01/2008 12:59 PM
The Concise Household Encyclopaedia
Cake, Sponge Cake Mixture, Gingerbread, Cake Stand, Calamine, Calandrinia, Calceolaria, Calculus, Calendar, Calendars for Household Use, Perpetual Calendars, Calf, Calf: The Leather, Californian Bluebell, Californian Poppy, Calipers, Call, Leaving Cards.
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05/01/2008 12:20 PM
Lady Jean: a Tale of the Seventeenth Century
Another story from The Book of Scottish Story.
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05/01/2008 11:11 AM
The Flag in the Wind
This weeks edition is now ready for viewing.
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04/30/2008 11:01 PM
Murray
A good account of the name and also some fine biographies of people of that name from The Scottish Nation.
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04/30/2008 10:40 PM
Parish of Clatt
Another account of a Parish from the New Statistical Account of Scotland.
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04/30/2008 10:27 PM
Lady Somerville's Maidens
Another chapter in this series from Good Words.
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04/30/2008 10:25 PM
The German Influence
Another chapter from The Intellectual Development of Scotland.
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04/30/2008 10:24 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
Ancient state of husbandry, handicrafts, etc., in Caithness-Memoranda connected with public roads in the county of Caithness—Extracts from old inventories of the titles of the estate of Malcolm Groat of Warse—Valuation of the county in 1760 and 1798—Earls of Caithness of the Sinclair family after Caithness was disjoined from Orkney, and erected into a separate earldom—Armorial bearings of the Earls of Caithness—Pedigree of the Mey family— Pedigree of John Sinclair, Esq. of Barrock—Letter of Mr Sinclair of Forss to the Author—Pedigree of the Forss family—Testimony of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, in Caithness—Mutiny of the High School Boys—Young Sinclair of Mey.
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04/30/2008 06:33 PM
Beth's Newfangled Family Tree
The May edition of Beth's Newfangled Family Tree is now available.
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04/29/2008 10:56 PM
Mure
MURE, a surname, the same as More, Muir, and Moore. The chief of the name in Scotland was Mure of Rowallan, in Ayrshire, whose family, terminating in an heiress, is now represented by the noble family of Loundoun.
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04/29/2008 10:54 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
In this chapter I purpose to give a brief account of five of the most distinguished laymen that Caithness has produced, namely, the late Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, James Traill, Esq. of Rattar, James Bremner, civil engineer of Wick, John Finlaison, late actuary of the National Debt and Government Calculator, and Richard Oswald, the eminent London merchant.
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04/29/2008 10:52 PM
Highlanders at Home and Abroad
Why is the mountaineer so attached to his Highland home? We do not say that the home-sickness, or mal du pays, is peculiar to the mountaineer, but only that in him it is peculiarly intense and passionate.
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04/29/2008 10:51 PM
Hugh Miller on the Sutherland Clearances
So much has been already said about these disastrous Sutherland evictions that we greatly fear the reader is sickened with the horrid narrative, but as it is intended to make the present record of these atrocious proceedings, not only in Sutherland but throughout the whole Highlands, as complete as it is now possible to make it, we shall yet place before the reader at considerable length Hugh Miller's observations on this National Crime.
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04/29/2008 09:16 PM
Clans And Scottish Societies of Canada
This is an article about the history of the Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada.
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04/29/2008 12:07 AM
Utley Family Newsletter
Got in the May/June newsletter of the Utley family as a .pdf file.
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04/28/2008 11:41 PM
Munro
MUNRO, frequently spelled Monro, and sometimes with a final e at both forms of the surname, the name of a clan (in Gaelic Clann roich of Rothich) whose possessions, situated on the north side of the firth of Cromarty, were generally known in the Highlands by the name of Fearrann Donull or Donald’s country, being so called from the progenitor of the clan, Donald the son of O’Ceann, who lived in the time of Macbeth.
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04/28/2008 11:39 PM
Burns and His Epoch
Another chapter from The Intellectual Development of Scotland.
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04/28/2008 11:35 PM
God's Glory in the Heavens
The comet of Donati, which presented so imposing a spectacle in our northern hemisphere in 1858, strongly revived the popular interest in such appearances.
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04/28/2008 11:32 PM
General Stewart of Garth on the Sutherland Clearances
Another chapter from the History of the Highland Clearances
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04/28/2008 11:02 AM
STV News Bulletin
You can watch this 5 minute news bulletin courtesy of STV.
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04/28/2008 10:59 AM
Tom Weir = Climber, Photographer, Broadcaster
If you haven't watched the videos of Tom Muir then you're missing a rare treat. I've created a page so you can listen to some of them courtesy of ScotlandOnTV.
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04/27/2008 10:23 PM
Mowat & Mudie
Two more names from "The Scottish Nation".
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04/27/2008 10:21 PM
Good Words for Every Day of the Year
Another article from Good Words.
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04/27/2008 10:19 PM
The Literary Spirit
Another chapter from "The Intellectual Development of Scotland".
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04/27/2008 10:18 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
Memoirs of distinguished Caithness clergymen—Different religious persuasions in the county—Anecdote of Sir William Sinclair of Keiss,
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04/26/2008 10:38 PM
Moubray
MOUBRAY, the surname of an ancient family, the first of whom in Scotland, Philip de Moubray, descended from one of the Norman adventurers who came over with William the Conqueror, was the second son of Nigel de Moubray, and brother of William de Moubray, ancestor of the duke of Norfolk of that name.
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04/26/2008 10:34 PM
Lady Somerville's Maidens
Another Chapter of this book from Good Words.
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04/26/2008 10:32 PM
The Rev. Donald Sage on the Sutherland Clearances.
An account from The History of the Highland Clearances.
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04/26/2008 10:30 PM
The Economic Movement
Another chapter from our book, The Intellectual Development of Scotland.
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04/26/2008 10:28 PM
How to Learn Gaelic
This is our weekly .pdf file and as I get lots of emails on how to learn Gaelic I thought this would be a good book to make available :-)
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04/26/2008 01:18 PM
Clan Shaw
I have been advised that Clan Shaw have a new web site.
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04/25/2008 10:39 PM
Motherwell
MOTHERWELL, WILLIAM, a highly-gifted poet, was born in Glasgow, October 13, 1797. His family originally belonged to Stirlingshire, where for several generations they resided on a small property of their own, called Muirmill.
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04/25/2008 10:36 PM
On the Atlantic
Another article from Good Words.
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04/25/2008 10:33 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
Prelature of Caithness—Bishop's lands—Tradition regarding the Lewis chieftain and the Bishop's daughter—Caithness intensely Popish before the Reformation—Dr Richard Merchiston of Bower, long after the Reformation, falls a martyr to his zeal against popery—State of education in Caithness—Edinburgh Caithness Association.
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04/25/2008 10:30 PM
Alexander Mackenzie on the Clearances
This is the first account in the book The History of the Highland Clearances.
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04/24/2008 11:23 PM
Morton
MORTON, earl of, a title in the peerage of Scotland, conferred by James II. 14th March 1458, on James Douglas of Dalkeith, descended from Sir John Douglas, second son of Sir James de Douglas, of Loudon, who was assassinated by order of Sir David Barclay of Brechin in 1350, and whose eldest son, Sir James Douglas, had, in 1351, a grant of the barony of Aberdour in Fife, from his uncle, William de Douglas, lord of Liddisdale, and some time earl of Athol.
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04/24/2008 11:20 PM
The Scientific Movement (continued)
Another chapter from The Intellectual Development of Scotland.
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04/24/2008 11:15 PM
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness
John Sinclair of Murkle succeeds to the earldom—Duel between Sinclair of Olrig and Innes of Sandside—Lord Macleod, son of the Earl of Cromarty, enters the county with a party of rebels for the purpose of procuring men— Head quarters in Thurso—Several of the proprietors in the county keen Jacobites—Alexander, now Earl of Caithness, and George Sinclair of Ulbster, staunch supporters of the Hanoverian dynasty—Lord Macleod, having got only a few men to join him, leaves the county—Achgillan and his band of robbers—Plot to murder and rob the Laird of Freswick—Story of Marshall, the Robber of Backlas— French Revolution and rebellion in Ireland—The Caithness Fencibles.
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04/24/2008 04:27 PM
Fallbrook Farm
Always great to see how a conservation project develops and this update issue gives you information on the last meeting and other activities.
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04/24/2008 04:08 PM
Christina McKelvie MSP's Weekly Diary
Got in this weeks diary.
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04/24/2008 04:08 PM
The Flag in the Wind
This weeks issue is now available for viewing.
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04/23/2008 11:02 PM
The History of the Highland Clearances
MACKENZIE'S History of the Highland Clearances, with its thrilling and almost incredible narratives of oppression and eviction, has been for a long time out of print and this is now the re-edited version which was published in 1914.
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04/23/2008 10:57 PM
Journey by Sinai to Syria
Another chapter from this series from Good Words.
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