Typewritten extract about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899.
Information about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899, e.g. maintenance of schools, teachers` salaries, maintenance of other infrastructure, assistance to emigrants, fishermen and crofters, nurses` wages, etc.
Lachlan MacQuarie’s letter of 1866
Transcription of Lachlan MacQuarie’s letter of 1866 to the Duke of Argyll about a summons of removing served on him in Baugh.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1860, Dr Alexander Buchanan was appointed Medical Officer for Tiree. He was encouraged by the Duke of Argyll who seems to have promised him the tenancy of Baugh Farm. Previously doctors had not stayed long in Tiree due to insufficient remuneration.
His arrival was fiercely opposed by the sitting tenant at Baugh, Lachlan MacQuarie. The latter wrote to the Duke accusing Dr Buchanan and the factor Mr Geekie of excessive drinking and setting a bad example to the islanders which had led to an outbreak of petty crime.
As well as maligning the doctor and the factor, MacQuarie questioned the Duke’s ability to judge character. His appeal was rejected and Dr. Buchanan settled down in Baugh Cottage on the site of the present kitchen of Baugh House.
Photocopied newspaper cutting about the seaweed industry.
Article about Edward Curtis Stanford (1837-1899) who managed the seaweed factory at Middleton for the North British Seaweed Co.
Handwritten information about the Mary Stewart by Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig.
Information about the Mary Stewart written by Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig, with typed transcript.
Photocopied book extract about the first civic election in Vancouver, Canada.
Information about the first civic election in Vancouver in 1886 won by Tiree man Malcolm Alexander MacLean.
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Photocopied book extract about the Mayors of Vancouver.
List of the mayors of Vancouver including first mayor Malcolm Alexander MacLean from Tiree.
Photocopied archive photograph of Vancouver City Hall in a tent following a fire.
Photograph of Vancouver`s temporary city hall in a tent following a fire, with information. (Printout in Filing Cabinet 3 drawer 1)
Photocopied archive photograph of Malcolm Alexander MacLean.
Archive photograph of Vancouver`s first mayor, Malcolm Alexander MacLean from Tiree. (Printout in Filing Cabinet 3 drawer 1)
Booklet titled `The Tiree Crofter`s Struggle 1886-1986` produced by Alex MacArthur in 1986.
Booklet produced to mark the centenary of the Tiree crofters` struggle for security of tenure.
Black and white photograph of Lord Archibald Campbell.
Lord Archibald Campbell, 1846-1913.
