Detail View: Charting The Nation: [Holograph accounts of money disbursed by John Adair since August 1695] [2 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042904
Shelfmark: 
PC12/1701-04/25
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
[Holograph accounts of money disbursed by John Adair since August 1695]
Creator: 
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1696
Description: 
Includes the purchase of copper plates and paper; the purchase of 'a large Azimuth Compass for navigating the Isles' and a 'telescope 16 foot long'; the hire of boats 'to go & navigat the Drum Bank', the Isle of May '& along the Fife Coast' and the 'Smaller Islands and along the South Coast' [Farne Islands?]; 'A journey to the Great Bin above Kilsyth and to the Hils above Dunbritton'; 'a journey to Salin Drum & the Occhils'; fees to Moxon the engraver, and other expenses totalling £6942 Scots.
Work Type: 
Manuscript text
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes): 
22735906
Repro Title: 
[Holograph accounts of money disbursed by John Adair since August 1695] [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
3715 x 3363
Repro ID Number: 
0042904c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002522
Repro Capture Date: 
01/03/2001