Digitised copy of Role of arrears in Tiree for crop 1762. Contains a roll of rent in arrears in Tiree ‘distinguishing what are desperat and owing by tenants who are dead or have left the grounds, and what is doubtful’. There is no transcript available for this item.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Rental of Tiree and the two ends of Coll, 1762. Contains the amount of rent collected as well as names of tenants. There is no transcript available for this item
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Instructions for the chamberlain of Tiree, 1762. These instructions were sent from the Duke of Argyll and include: cutting peats, making drains, work at the Duke’s house in Tiree, payment of rents, the tack of the two ends of Coll, obtaining an additional salary for a schoolmaster from the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, land repairs. There is no transcript for this item.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Rental of Tiree and the two ends of Coll, 1761. Contains the amount of rent collected as well as names of tenants. There is no transcript available for this item
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Summaries of 16 written surveys of Tiree conducted during 1737 to 1810, and held in the archives of Argyll Estates at Inveraray in 2016. Includes covering email from the archivist Ishbel MacKinnon stating that transcriptions of the full surveys will be supplied in 2016. The email also contains information about transcriptions of the Turnbull Survey report, 1768.
Typed tale about John `Diùrach` MacLean – “Big Dewar of Balemartine, Tiree”
Typed account of John MacLean (Mull & Jura) who came to live in Balemartine,Tiree. Known locally as Dewar (Diùrach), he was reknown for his resistance to pay tax to the Duke of Argyll. Unknown date of birth but likely between 1750 and 1820.
Paperback book `The Discovery of the Hebrides` by Elizabeth Bray.
Illustrtaed account of the exploration and exploitation of the Hebrides using the records and journals of such visitors as the scientist Joseph Banks and Johnson and Boswell.
Paperback book `Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector` by Donald MacKay.
The story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1773 on board the `Hector` and who pioneered the largescale emigration of Scots to Nova Scotia.