Digitised copy of a Memorial to the Duke of Argyll concerning Tyrie [Tiree] By Archibald Campbell of Barnacarie his Grace’s Factor thereof, 1747. This memorial contains an account of the ‘miserable condition’ of the island, outlines problems with obtaining rent, and makes comments regarding industry upon the island. Campbell notes that ‘the present class of inhabitants in this island are the least mutinous of any have been there for years past’, and remarks that the inhabitants ‘[al]tho[ugh] very poor are very numerous [and] quite Idle’.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.