Photocopied extract from `Argyll Estate Instructions`.
Instructions to the baillie of Tiry from the Duke of Argyll, October 1797. Subjects covered include the value of kelp to the tenants, the stipend of the new minister and the dissatisfaction of the schoolmaster with the land supplied to him.
Photocopy of book `Argyll Estates Instructions` 1771-1805 edited by Eric Cregeen.
The instructions given by John, the 5th Duke of Argyll to his Chamberlain in Mull and Morvern and his Chamberlain in Tiree with an introduction by Eric Cregeen.
Available to read online here: National Library of Scotland
Information and maps of the Hough area, 1768-1805
(1) Extract from `Inhabitants of the Argyll Estate, 1779`, ed. Eric Cregeen, 1963, p139 : Index of Places. (2) Partial map 1768-9 showing Hough area extracted from `Argyll Estate Instructions, 1771-1805` ed. Eric Cregeen, 1964. (3) Hough area from O/S map NL 94 NW.
Photographs of William MacFarlane`s gravestone and the ruins of Balinoe House.
Three photocopied photographs of William MacFarlane`s gravestone in Sorobaigh and two of the ruins of Balinoe House.
Information from OPRs and 1851 Census re the MacFarlane family of ministers
Information from OPRs and 1851 Census re Duncan, William, Margaret, Donald, Robert Maxwell, Alexander and James MacFarlane.
