Typed account ‘The Story of the Charm’ by Alastair Warrington about the history of the schooner ‘Charm’ and its wrecking in Hynish Bay in 1945.
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Emailed information about the possible location of the wreck of the Taeping tea clipper on Ladd Reef in the China Sea. The ship sank when it ran aground on its way to New York from China in 1871. The Taeping was previously commanded by Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, who won the Great China Tea Race of 1866.
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Handwritten invoice and receipt for fencing material from West Highland Crofters and Farmers Ltd (Scarinish) to Dr John Holliday, Baugh, 1989.
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Booklet ‘West Highland Notes & Queries’, November 2017. Publication of the Society of West Highland & Island Historical Research, including articles on Early Scottish History; Gault of Coll; 1467 MS – The MacEcherns; the byname ‘OG’; A MacLean ballad; the Daughter of Gamhal, mormaer of Carrick.
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A small winkle shell used as a whistle by Mary MacKinnon, Parkhouse, Balephetrish, in about 1995.