Extract from “The Clipper Ship”
Extract from the book “The Clipper Ship” about the Great China Tea Race of 1866 which was won by the `Taeping`, skippered by Capt. Donald MacKinnon of Heanish,Tiree. Includes photographs, illustrations, newspaper extracts and a map of the route.
Extract from Origines Parochiales Scotiae – Coll, 1854
Scanned copy of an extract from `Origines Parochiales Scotiae – The Antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland` for the Parish of Coll, including Gunna.
Extract from “The Scottish Historical Review” 1904
Extract from journal “The Scottish Historical Review”, 1904, entitled “On a Legend from the Island of Tiree” by RC Graham, about collections of stories of Highland Folk-lore, particularly by Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, Tiree.
Extract from “Annals of the Disruption” – Coll
Printed extract from the “Annals of the Disruption” by Thomas Brown (1811-1893) about the history of ministers and the Free Church on Coll during the Disruption of the Church in the mid-1800s.
Book extract from “The China Clippers” by Basil Lubbock, 1919
Extract from “The China Clippers” by Basil Lubbock, 1919. Captain Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867) of Heanish was commander of the `Taeping` when it won the 1866 Great China Tea Race.
Book extract about the Great China Tea Race of 1866
Extract from the book “The Great Days of Sail” by Andrew Shewan, giving an account of the Great China Tea Race of 1866, won by the `Taeping` captained by Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867), Heanish.
Information about Captain Archibald MacLean, Tiree and Sydney, 1880s
Extract from a book about a house in Sydney, Australia, belonging to Captain Archibald MacLean a native of Tiree who ran a successful shipping business in Australia during the 1880s. The house was named `Tiree` on the corner of Tiree Avenue and Prince Edward Parade.
Extracts from `Our Former Ministers` (Stornoway) about Rev. Hector MacKinnon (1866-1913) and Rev. Archibald MacDonald
Re-printed extracts from unkown source regarding Stornoway`s former ministers. Includes information about Rev. Archibald MacDonald of Heylipol Parish (1878), and Rev. Hector MacKinnon of Kirkapol Parish (1893).
Hand-written verses from `Oran Manitoba`
Colour photocopied pages of hand-written Gaelic verse on lined notepaper from `Oran Manitoba` page 227: Na Baird Thirisdeach. It is not clear whether the verses are direct copies of the original document/book or recently copied from the book by hand.
Paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides from “General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides” by James MacDonald A.M.
Typed transcript of a paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides in 1743, by James MacDonald. It describes the reluctance of the tenants to grow potatoes and the eventual domination in their diet.
