Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 OA/7/6
Title
Of the propriety of erecting an obelisk in honour of Buchanan
Date(s)
- 1781 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 copies of 1 volume, 1 with ornate title page
Context area
Name of creator
(1726-1796)
Archival history
Numbered as MS 24 in the 1832 Catalogue of Anderson's Library.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Discourse read to the Literary Society in Glasgow College, November 1781, with extensive notes in support of his argument. Anderson proposed the erection in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, of an obelisk to George Buchanan, 16th century poet, political writer and historian. In fact, an obelisk was built in Buchanan's birthplace, Killearn, in 1788.
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Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English