Digitised copy of a letter from Hugh MacDiarmid (factor to the Duke of Argyll) to A M Cunynghame Esq., Surveyor General, General Post Office, Edinburgh, dated 25 May 1891.
The letter discusses the best route for conveying the mail and a proposed route through Oban, Tobermory, Coll, Tiree and Mull, including Bunessan and Pennyghael. The letter also mentions: transport links, particularly trains and boats, including arrival and departure times; a comparison of population sizes in Tiree, Coll and Bunessan; the need to consult the Duke of Argyll on the matter; the speed of mail delivery and that it it was previously possible to get to and from Glasgow and Edinburgh in one day.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of the Rental of Argyll estates to be put in the hands of trustees, 1681. The item is damaged leading to the loss of some place names and values.
Contains rents paid in money and victuals for areas in Argyll including Kilmarten (Kilmartin), Colonsay and Oronsay, Ardnamurchane and Swennart (Ardnamurchan and Sunart), Lismoir (Lismore), Midle Lorne and Nethir Lorne (Middle Lorne and Nether Lorne), Cowal, Morverne (Morvern), Mull, Jura and Skarba (Scarba). Individuals are also listed, including: Cap[tai]n of Clan Ronald, Lord Neil Campbell and the Laird of Calder (possibly Cawdor) for Jura.
This document is written in secretary hand. There is no transcript available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of the Rental of Maclean’s estate for 1662, 1671, 1672 and 1673, dated 1677.
Contains rents paid in money and victuals for Tiree. The first document contains rentals for the following townships in Tiree, with personal names included in the patronymic form: Kennibaigh (Kenovay), Barriboll (Barrapol), Balli-meanach (Middleton), Sauntaig (Sandaig), Crennall or Grennall (Greenhill), Ballivullin (Balevullin), Kilmuluag (Kilmoluaig), and Bist (Beist) for the year 1662. The remainder of the document records the rental of Morvern and Ross, and the yearly rental of Maclean’s estate for 1671, 1672 and 1673. Amounts of victuals are given in kaines, cheese, butter, wedders, veales, poultrie and corne.
This document is written in secretary hand. There is no transcript for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of the Rental of Mull, 1679. The document provides the rent ‘as it was given up by the Baillie and officers therein’ for the lands of Torissay (Torosay), Ross, Broloiss, Icalumkill (Iona), Aross (Aros), Morennish (Mornish).
This document is written in secretary hand. There is no transcript for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of the Account of the rental of Aross in Mull received by Colin Campbell, Chamberlain in 1693. Contains the value of pennylands in Ross (Ross of Mull), Morinish (Mornish), Aross (Aros) and Torosay.
This document is written in secretary hand. No transcript is available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of the account for the rental of Aross in Mull, 1643-1649.
The first page of this document is written in Latin and mentions Archibald Marquess of Argyll, Lauchlane McCleane (Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet and chief of Clan Maclean) and the lands of Aross (Aros), Terie (Tiree) and Morverne (Morvern).
This document is written in secretary hand. No transcript is available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Transcript of Precognition of Witnesses against Hugh MacDonald on charges of Malicious Mischief in 1885. The transcript provides details of how Hugh MacDonald (Moss) took possession of a house in Moss. Statements are provided by:
Donald McMillan (cottar, Moss) John McNeill (fisherman, Balevullin) Christy (or Cursty) McDonald of McNeill (wife of Donald McNeill, Balevullin) Peggy Beaton of Carmichael (widow, Ross of Mull) Hugh Macdiarmid (factor to the Duke of Argyll, Tiree) Angus Macdonald (shepherd, Moss) Alexander Buchanan (Medical Officer for the Parochial Board of Tiree)
Transcript of an Inventory of Precognition investigating the sudden death of Donald MacDonald on 2 February 1870. MacDonald (apprentice joiner, Caoles) died aged 21 on board the Dunvegan Castle Steamer at Loch Laich, Bunessan Harbour, Mull.
Statements are provided by: Alexander Buchanan (Surgeon, Tiree) George Black (surgeon, Tobermory) Alexander MacFadyen (boatman, Scarinish) John MacLean (seaman, Cornaigbeg) Archibald MacDonald (tailor, residing in Glasgow) Hugh MacDonald (son of and residing with Alexander MacDonald, Caoles. Brother of the deceased) Alexander MacDonald (Caoles, Tiree. Father of the deceased)
Transcript of Inventory of Precognition regarding the sudden death of Niel McIntyre (aged 45, son of and residing with Duncan McIntyre, Knockvolagan, Mull) on 3 January 1863. The transcript contains a Medical Report by Dr John McNab (Bunessan), a Police Report by John McFarlane (Constable) and a Petition by William Sproat, Procurator Fiscal.
Statements are provided by: Janet Maci[…]ain or MacIntyre (wife of Donald Macintyre, Ardalanish. Sister-in-law of the deceased. This name is provided later in the document as ‘Janet McIlvam or McCallum Intyre’) Marian Macdonald (house servant to Nicol Macintyre, Tacksman of Knockvolagan) John MacFarlane (ploughman to Nicol MacIntyre, Knockvolagan) Archibald MacIntyre (shepherd to Nicol MacIntyre, Knockvolagan) Nicol MacIntyre (tacksman, Knockvolagan. Brother of the deceased)
The transcript mentions an injury incurred by Niel MacIntyre at Calman Island (Eilean a’ Chalmain) six years previously.
Transcript of a Police Report charging Allan McFarlane and Hugh McLean with Breach of the Peace in March 1862. McFarlane (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig [‘Ardfinaig’], Mull) and McLean (part owner and sailor on board the schooner Mary of Greenock, North Bay, Ardfenaig, Mull) were charged following an incident at the granite quarry in Ardfenaig. The report was written by John MacFarlane (constable, Mull).
Statements are provided from: John McInnis (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig) Hector McEachern (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig) Donald McGillivray (labourer at North Bay, Ardfenaig)
McFarlane was heard to say that Tiree men ‘would pick up an egg altho[ugh] it would be in the mouth of a dog’.
