Omond papers
- Reference:GB 241 D11
- Dates of Creation:1693-1887
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.47 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Account book and pay book of the Orkney and Shetland Fencibles, 1793-1798; papers of Rev John Reid Omond (1804-1892), minister at Monzie (1836-1843) and Monzie Free Church (1843-1892), and his family, 1780-1877, including journals of tours in central Scotland and London (1823, 1827), memoirs of his friends in Orkney, notes on carved stones etc in St Magnus Cathedral and other Orkney memorabilia (1835-1860), letters to him on church business (1834-1847), letters from him to his wife, Margaret (née Thomson) and from her to him (1831-1860), journal of visits to Orkney by their son, George W T Omond (1860-1877), journal of journey from Kirkwall to Liverpool by George Omond (1789), recollections of Perth in early 19th cent of Margaret Thomson (c1855); letters to Dr William Aird Thomson (1773-1863) (Margaret’s father), minister of Middle Parish, Perth, and Moderator of the General Assembly, on church business, 1832-1836, including letters from Rev Thomas Chalmers; titles to tenements in Kirkwall, 1693-1828; papers relating to herring fishery in Shetland, 1781-1785.
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