Speaks of his warfare with 'the Flesh'. Has put in an offer for a farm in Nithsdale and is setting out for Edinburgh.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, poetMinutes; contribution books; quarterly reports; rules and standing orders; financial records; membership records; branch and section records; chapel records; correspondence and agreements.
Glasgow Typographical SocietyTypescript and printed reports; lectures and articles by Garrett, illustrated with textile samples; photographs; correspondence; printed books.
Garrett, Colin, b. 1897, textile engineerThe diary covers the period May-November 1856. The anonymous writer, a farmer's son, and his brother appear to have had gold claims at Whitehorse, near Ballarat for about three years. The writer then describes life aboard ship on a voyage (without his brother) from Melbourne on the 'James Baines' bound for Liverpool, as far as Cape Clear.
Typescript with amendments.
Includes circulars, constitution, objects of association.