Photocopied letter dated 28/3/1847 from the Rev. Dr. Norman MacLeod of Glasgow to Lord Lorne.
Letter dated 28/3/1847 from the Rev. Dr. Norman MacLeod of Glasgow to Lord Lorne about the dreadful state of destitution and expressing disapproval of the channelling of relief funds through members of the Free Church.
Photocopied letter dated 30/11/1847 from Rev MacLean to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 30/11/1847 from Rev Neil MacLean to the Duke of Argyll about the destitution on Tiree resulting from the potato blight.
Resolution against drinking ardent spirits at funerals
Transcription of a resolution by the minister and Parishioners of Tiree against drinking ardent spirits at funerals.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In ‘The Statistical of Account of Scotland’ published in 1845, the minister of Tiree, Rev. Neil MacLean, wrote condemning the practice of ‘drinking ardent spirits at funerals’ and of ‘poor families parting with their last horse or cow, to furnish entertainment of this kind.’
This Resolution of 1847 called on like-minded parishioners to abstain from drinking more than one glassful of spirits at funerals or to pay a penalty of five pounds to benefit the poor of the parish. Rev. MacLean successfully sought the backing of the Duke of Argyll.
In November 1855, the Tiree factor, Lachlan MacQuarie, issued a notice prohibiting the consumption of spirits at ‘weddings, balls, funerals or any other gathering’ by tenants paying less than £30 rent, on pain of dispossession of their lands.
Photocopied letter dated 5/11/1847 from the factor John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 5/11/1847 from the factor John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll about the purchase of Indian corn, the state of the cattle market and also proposing to establish a tile kiln on Tiree.
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Photocopied extract from book `Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1842-1900` edited by Rev William Ewing, D.D., Vol I: pp 160, 234, 248, Vol II: pp 121-123.
Biographical information about Free Church ministers who served Tiree.
Photocopied extracts of census summaries for 1821-1891.
Census summaries for Tiree 1821-1891.
Microfilm of Old Parish Records for Bowmore, Gigha and Iona, Box No 601.
Old Parish Records for Bowmore (Births, deaths and marriages 1763-1854), Gigha (Births, deaths and marriages 1792-1854) and Iona (Births, deaths and marriages 1829-1854).
Microfilm of Old Parish Records for Mull, Box No 603.
Old Parish Records for Mull: Kilmeny (Births, deaths and marriages 1802-1819, Births 1820-1854), Kilninian (Births and marriages 1766-1854), Oa (Births and marriages 1833-1854), Portnahaven (Births and marriages 1831-1854), Tobermory ((Births and marriages 1830-1854) and Torosay (Births and marriages 1772-1854)
Microfilm of Old Parish Records for Coll, Box No 605.
Old Parish Records for Coll ((Births and marriages 1776-1854, Birth index 1776-1819).
Scan of advertisment for passage on the barque `Jamaica` for emigration to Canada.
Advertisment for passage on the barque `Jamaica` for emigration to Quebec and Montreal sailing on 4/6/1847.
