Statistics published today show that the provisional total number of deaths registered in Scotland from 22 to 28 April was 1,167.

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“I must tell you I saw J. K… who has joined the Pretender, and got on highland Cloaths, and a white Cockade”

A Edinburgh mother, describing the distinctive highland dress of supporters of “Bonnie Prince Charlie”.

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Professor Susan Pedersen of Columbia University shares her findings from the Balfour papers in #NRSArchives , looking at the lives of Lady Frances Campbell and Lady Betty Lytton

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Baptism entry for David Hume, a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, born 26 April 1711.

An annotation in the margin reads: “the child here registered is the celebrated David Hume historian and philosopher”.

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A map of Scotland, 1612.

Vignettes show “James, King of Britain, France & Ireland”, with the Queen and princes.

This map also includes dramatic touches, with several more sea monsters than are found in most of our maps and plans!

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Letter from a 14-year-old Dauphin Francis, future King of France and husband of Mary I, soon after their marriage in Paris on 24 April 1558.

Francis wrote to his mother-in-law expressing his happiness which, he adds diplomatically, could only have been enhanced by her presence.

'How long that may be the Case, God only knows…”

A letter describing a deadly cholera outbreak in #Paisley that caused many deaths and sparked rioting in the town, written 24 April 1832.

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Free event - Alliance & Misalliance in the Balfour Family: The Choices of Lady Frances and Lady Betty.

Professor Susan Pedersen of Columbia University shares her findings from the Balfour papers in #NRSArchives

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Testament of nurse Louisa Jordan, now known for her work in WWI field hospitals.

Jordan succumbed to typhus while working in a ward treating injured soldiers in Kragujevac, Serbia.

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In the week ending 14 April, 1, 284 deaths were registered in Scotland, 26 or 2% above the expected number of deaths.

These figures are provisional.

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New event, General Register House, 2 May - Alliance & Misalliance in the Balfour Family: The Choices of Lady Frances & Lady Betty.

Professor Susan Pedersen of Columbia University shares her findings from the Balfour papers in #NRSArchives .

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A church book containing donations made by Aberdeenshire parishioners in thanks for the government victory over the Jacobite army at Culloden, 16 April 1746.

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A Jacobite account of the Battle of #Culloden , 16 April 1746, from a manuscript in the handwriting of Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie.

Culloden was the last pitched battle fought in Britain, marking the end of the Jacobite uprising.

The Forth Bridge under construction, 15 April 1889, seen from the east.

The central cantilevers have been completed but work has not yet commenced on the central connecting girders.

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The Forth Bridges

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