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Dalhousie University Archives James Dinwiddie fonds
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Journal, 1836

Item is the beginning of W.J. Proudfoot's journal of the first part of his journey to America, with entries from June 1-6, 1836, in which he describes his days in Liverpool waiting for the Corinthian to sail.

Journal kept by Dinwiddie in Paris

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie possibly during a stay in Paris, containing a few dated entries from September 1787 as well as lists, queries and observations.

James Dinwiddie's personal journals or land logs

Series contains journals kept by James Dinwiddie between 1779 and 1812, during which time he travelled and lived in Ireland, Paris, Canton, Madras, Calcutta, Edinburgh and London. Some journals were written while he was at sea and many others are labelled as "land logs."

James Dinwiddie's notebooks

Series contains notebooks kept by James Dinwiddie in which he made notes and observations about topics in natural philosophy and politics, recorded meteorological and chronological observations, catalogued his books, and wrote about his and others' experiments.

James Dinwiddie's notebook

Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.

James Dinwiddie fonds

  • MS-2-726
  • Fonds
  • 1767-1815
Fonds comprises the personal papers of James Dinwiddie, which include lecture notes, scientific journals, notebooks, manuscript, early experiments, correspondence, personal journals and also some records from the Royal Institution for 1808-1814. His papers also include the journals of W.J. Proudfoot and a biography of his father (and Dinwiddie's son-in-law), James Proudfoot.

Dinwiddie, James

Jackall, 1 July 1794, off Bantam Bay

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 1 - October 4, 1794 from onboard the Jackall, one of the squadron of ships that made up the George McCartney mission to China, 1792-1794.
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