Series 1 > Diary of the Reverend John Mill, minister of the parishes of Dunrossness Sandwick and Cunningsburgh in Shetland, 1740-1803. With selections from local records and original documents relating to the district

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1747-1749.
Appointed Commissioner to the General Assembly—
Preaches in the north of Scotland, and in- Edin¬
burgh and Glasgow—Incident in the Tolbooth
Church, Edinburgh—Returns to Shetland,
1750-1752.
Sequestration of the estates of Sinclair of Quendale—
Difficulty in obtaining the tithes collected by him
—Kirk of Dunrossness never furnished with seats—
Manse built in 1751, furnished in 1752, and burnt
same year—Rebuilt by Mill at his own expense—
Another fire in the manse—Spiritual reflections
thereupon, . . . .
1753.
Visit to Fair Isle—Remarkable religious experience
there—Prepares last Will and Testament—Religious
condition of parish at his settlement—Subsequent
improvement—Young female convert—Profanity
followed by death, which regarded as a judgment.
1754-1757.
Manse repaired—Matrimonial projects — Marriage—
Preaches at Leith and Edinburgh — Returns to
Shetland—Troubles with servants and neighbours
—Demoniacal possession of certain parishioners—
Interferes in a question of mortification of certain
land for behoof of widows—Intrigues against him
by a neighbouring heritor—Parochial court held by
Chief Magistrate (‘ Bailie ’),...