On 4 March 1798 Dr James Robertson borrowed Leighton Library's 1782 "Adventures of a Rupee"
Added at 20:00 on 04 March 2024
đź“š #OnThisDay (4 March) 1798, Dr James Robertson (who was Minister of Callander, 1768-1812), having given a donation to be a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, borrowed its first edition of 1782 of "The adventures of a rupee. Wherein are interspersed various anecdotes Asiatic and European." "The Adventures of a Rupee" is a novel written by Helenus Scott which follows the journey of a rupee coin as it passes through the hands of various characters in India during the British Raj. The rupee travels from wealthy merchants to beggars, from soldiers to priests, and from princes to farmers. Helenus Scott M.D. (1760–1821) was a Scottish physician.
If you're like to explore what other books were borrowed on this day, or any other day, in Dunblane's historic Leighton Library then you can search the "Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830" website database accessible from the Leighton Library website https://www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-borrowing-1750-1830