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Will Crockett's Diary Excerpts from William Crockett's 1876 diary
'Lady Beatrice'Portrait of Ruth Milner by William MacGeorge in frontispiece of Dulce Cor 1886. Ruth Milner was Crockett's wife from 1887 until his death.
CD - The CrossCopland illustration of Castle Douglas from Crockett and Grey Galloway 1907
Edinburgh 1870sPicture from the 1909 'My Two Edinburghs' of the town as it was when Crockett arrived in October 1876
Professor Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) Balliol College OxfordProfessor Jowett
Cleg KellyIllustration of the character Cleg Kelly from The Stickit Minister
Sooth BackIllustration of 'Hunker Court' part of what Crockett called 'The Sooth Back' in his fiction
New College'New' College where Crockett attended from 1881-1886 (with a gap in 1884)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807- 1892)Whittier was an American Quaker poet, influenced by Robert Burns. Crockett corresponded with him in the 1880s.
Samuel RutherfordScottish Presbyterian Minister (from Galloway) c1600-1661 from whom Crockett derived/adopted his middle name in tribute.