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From the Archives - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit Rothesay during their 1847 Tour
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Rothesay during their 1847 Tour. Francis H. Groome, described the visit in the "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical":
"The Queen and Prince Albert spent the night of August 17, 1847, in Rothesay Bay; and Rothesay she describes in her Journal as ` a pretty little town, built round a fine bay, with hills in the distance, and a fine harbour. The people cheered the "Duke of Rothesay " very much, and also called for a cheer for the "Princess of Great Britain. " When we went on deck after dinner, we found the whole town brilliantly illuminated, with every window lit up, which had a very pretty effect.'" (www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory551.html, (c) The Gazetteer for Scotland, 2009 and used with permission from The Gazetteer for Scotland at www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/).
Today's image shows a list of payments made by the Town Treasurer in connection with the visit. Many of the preparations are of a military nature. We can certainly understand why William MacNaughton would have been employed to watch the guns for six nights and a day, but can anyone explain to us why Daniel Cameron, carpenter, had to spend six days "placing cannons on logs"?
From the Archives - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit Rothesay during their 1847 Tour
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Rothesay during their 1847 Tour. Francis H. Groome, described the visit in the "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical":
"The Queen and Prince Albert spent the night of August 17, 1847, in Rothesay Bay; and Rothesay she describes in her Journal as ` a pretty little town, built round a fine bay, with hills in the distance, and a fine harbour. The people cheered the "Duke of Rothesay " very much, and also called for a cheer for the "Princess of Great Britain. " When we went on deck after dinner, we found the whole town brilliantly illuminated, with every window lit up, which had a very pretty effect.'" (www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory551.html, (c) The Gazetteer for Scotland, 2009 and used with permission from The Gazetteer for Scotland at www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/).
Today's image shows a list of payments made by the Town Treasurer in connection with the visit. Many of the preparations are of a military nature. We can certainly understand why William MacNaughton would have been employed to watch the guns for six nights and a day, but can anyone explain to us why Daniel Cameron, carpenter, had to spend six days "placing cannons on logs"?