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CONTENTS
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Electric Scotland News
What's new on ElectricCanada.com
The Flag in the Wind
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
Memoirs of the Jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
Through the Long Day
Tent Life in Tigerland
Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada
The Life of Thomas Telford
John's Scottish Singalong
Clan Munro of Australia Newsletter
An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona
Electric Scotland News
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Am currently in Quebec and have to say I'm somewhat exhausted. Didn't realize there are so many steep hills! Am off whale watching tomorrow. This newsletter will thus be shorter than usual.
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do check out the site for the full versions. You can always find the link in our "What's New" section in our site menu and at http://www.electricscotland.com/whatsnew.htm
ElectricCanadian.com
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Added Pictures of Quebec with more to come at http://www.electriccanadian.com/hist...icturesndx.htm
Added "Over the Top with the 25th" Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette by Lieut. R. Lewis M.M. which you can read at http://www.electriccanadian.com/forces/25th/index.htm
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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This weeks issue is now available compiled by Jennifer Dunn.
You can get to the Flag at http://www.scotsindependent.org
Also got in a diary entry from Christina McKelvie at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...vie/110908.htm
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
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And of the Border Raids, Forays and Conflicts by John Parker Lawson (1839). This is a new publication we're starting on which is in 4 volumes. We intend to post up 2 or 3 stories each week until complete.
Added this week...
Barns of Ayr
James VI Severity
Battle of Inverury
Changes and Wars of Mora
You can read these at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wars/
Memoirs of the Jacobites
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Of 1715 and 1745 by Mrs Thomson (1845) in 3 volumes. We intend to add a chapter a week until complete.
I've now added the Appendix which can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter17.htm which now concludes this book.
You can read the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
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An Appreciation of his Social and Religious Outlook by Ian M. Fraser (2002).
Added another chapter to this account...
Church Tradition and Missionaries
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/graham/
Through the Long Day
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Or Memorials of a Literary Life during half a century by Charles MacKay LL.D. (1887)
This week have added...
Chapter V.—Old London Life and Manners
You can get to all this at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/mackay/
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier
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Now onto the second book in this two book set. You can read the chapters we have up so far at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/tentlife/
Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada
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By J. A. MacDonell (1983)
We added Chapters 22 through 27 this week.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/glengarry/
The Life of Thomas Telford
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Civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles
Now up to Chapter 8 which you can read the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...ord_thomas.htm
John's Scottish Singalong
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John sent in "Come In Come In" which you listen to at http://www.electricscotland.com/poet...long/page0.htm
All the other songs in this series are available at http://www.electricscotland.com/poet...son/singalong/
Clan Munro of Australia Newsletter
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Got in the August 2011 edition which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/fami...unro/index.htm
An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona
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And of their settlements in Scotland, England and Ireland by John Jamieson D.D. (1811)
Added more chapters...
Chapter V
Continuation of the Account of the Ecclesiastical Government of the Culdees.— Bishop Lloyd's View of the Ordination of Finan.— Of that of Colmall.— Bedes
Account, of the Ordination if Aidan.— Of the Episcopate of Cedd.— Of the Conversion of the Saxons by the Scots.— Testimony if the Saxon Chronicle.
Chapter VI
Of the principal Seats of the Culdees.— Of Abernethy.— Antiquity of this Foundation—Of St Bridget.—Whether Abernethy was a Bishopric—Of the University here- Of the Collegiate Church.— Property of the Abbey given to that of Aberbrothoc.—Controversy on his Head.— Temporal Lords of Abernethy.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/culdees/index.htm
And that's it for now and hope you all have a good weekend.
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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Electric Scotland News
What's new on ElectricCanada.com
The Flag in the Wind
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
Memoirs of the Jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
Through the Long Day
Tent Life in Tigerland
Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada
The Life of Thomas Telford
John's Scottish Singalong
Clan Munro of Australia Newsletter
An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona
Electric Scotland News
----------------------
Am currently in Quebec and have to say I'm somewhat exhausted. Didn't realize there are so many steep hills! Am off whale watching tomorrow. This newsletter will thus be shorter than usual.
ABOUT THE STORIES
-----------------
Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do check out the site for the full versions. You can always find the link in our "What's New" section in our site menu and at http://www.electricscotland.com/whatsnew.htm
ElectricCanadian.com
--------------------
Added Pictures of Quebec with more to come at http://www.electriccanadian.com/hist...icturesndx.htm
Added "Over the Top with the 25th" Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette by Lieut. R. Lewis M.M. which you can read at http://www.electriccanadian.com/forces/25th/index.htm
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
--------------------
This weeks issue is now available compiled by Jennifer Dunn.
You can get to the Flag at http://www.scotsindependent.org
Also got in a diary entry from Christina McKelvie at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...vie/110908.htm
Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland
----------------------------------------
And of the Border Raids, Forays and Conflicts by John Parker Lawson (1839). This is a new publication we're starting on which is in 4 volumes. We intend to post up 2 or 3 stories each week until complete.
Added this week...
Barns of Ayr
James VI Severity
Battle of Inverury
Changes and Wars of Mora
You can read these at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wars/
Memoirs of the Jacobites
------------------------
Of 1715 and 1745 by Mrs Thomson (1845) in 3 volumes. We intend to add a chapter a week until complete.
I've now added the Appendix which can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist.../chapter17.htm which now concludes this book.
You can read the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/jacobites
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Fighter for Justice
---------------------------------------------
An Appreciation of his Social and Religious Outlook by Ian M. Fraser (2002).
Added another chapter to this account...
Church Tradition and Missionaries
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/graham/
Through the Long Day
--------------------
Or Memorials of a Literary Life during half a century by Charles MacKay LL.D. (1887)
This week have added...
Chapter V.—Old London Life and Manners
You can get to all this at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/mackay/
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier
-------------------------------------
Now onto the second book in this two book set. You can read the chapters we have up so far at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/tentlife/
Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
By J. A. MacDonell (1983)
We added Chapters 22 through 27 this week.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/history/glengarry/
The Life of Thomas Telford
--------------------------
Civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles
Now up to Chapter 8 which you can read the other chapters at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...ord_thomas.htm
John's Scottish Singalong
-------------------------
John sent in "Come In Come In" which you listen to at http://www.electricscotland.com/poet...long/page0.htm
All the other songs in this series are available at http://www.electricscotland.com/poet...son/singalong/
Clan Munro of Australia Newsletter
----------------------------------
Got in the August 2011 edition which you can read at http://www.electricscotland.com/fami...unro/index.htm
An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona
----------------------------------------------------
And of their settlements in Scotland, England and Ireland by John Jamieson D.D. (1811)
Added more chapters...
Chapter V
Continuation of the Account of the Ecclesiastical Government of the Culdees.— Bishop Lloyd's View of the Ordination of Finan.— Of that of Colmall.— Bedes
Account, of the Ordination if Aidan.— Of the Episcopate of Cedd.— Of the Conversion of the Saxons by the Scots.— Testimony if the Saxon Chronicle.
Chapter VI
Of the principal Seats of the Culdees.— Of Abernethy.— Antiquity of this Foundation—Of St Bridget.—Whether Abernethy was a Bishopric—Of the University here- Of the Collegiate Church.— Property of the Abbey given to that of Aberbrothoc.—Controversy on his Head.— Temporal Lords of Abernethy.
These can be read at http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/culdees/index.htm
And that's it for now and hope you all have a good weekend.
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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