CHARLES DONALDSON, Sail-maker, Tolbooth Wynd, Leith, who was Executed this morning, at the head of Libberton s Wynd, for the Murder of Margaret Marr, his wife. for more click here
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Broadside entitled ‘Execution’
Saturday, March 29th, 2014Broadside entitled ‘Dreadful Shipwreck of a London Smack’
Saturday, March 29th, 2014Full, True, and Particular Account of the melancholy Shipwreck of the London Smack Czar, near North Berwick, on Friday night last, when the Master, five of the crew, and thirteen Passengers were drowned. for more click here
Broadside ballad entitled ‘A Merry Dialogue, in the Tolbuith of Edinburgh; Betwixt Tonny Ashton, and John Curry’
Saturday, March 29th, 2014Verse 1: ‘Tonny. / COME, my couragious Jack, my metl’d Scot; / Why may’nt we kindle Kindness with a Pot, / Yow’ve run the Ghent-loup, and yow’ve try’d the Tron, / Your suffrings are expir’d, when mine comes on’. A handwritten annotation at the foot of the broadside suggested that it was published in Edinburgh on the 16th of April 1728. The price and publisher are not noted. for more click here
Holyrood Abbey,Edinburgh
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014Holyrood Abbey,Edinburgh. (Video)
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A Walk to South Leith Parish Church from the foot of Leith Walk,Edinburgh
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014A Walk to South Leith Parish Church from the foot of Leith Walk,Edinburgh (Video)
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A Walk to Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014A Walk to Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh (Video)
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St John’s Episcopal Church,Edinburgh
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014St John’s Episcopal Church,Edinburgh (Video)
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