MS Journal of his Tour through the Scottish Highlands
Item author: Peter Mark Roget
Item date: 1795
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: 1,800
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2006
Item institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh
Roget (1779-1869), best known for his Thesaurus, studied medicine at Edinburgh University. In 1795, he toured the Highlands with his uncle (Sir) Samuel Romilly, the lawyre and reforming politician.
