| Description | 11 diaries dating from 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1882. The diaries date from his time as a teenager at Aberdeen Grammar School, as an apprentice at William Skinner, solicitor, at Turiff, studying law at Edinburgh University and as Junior Partner in Burnett & Reid, solicitors. Diaries contain short daily entries on the weather, places travelled to and people visited. |