A Seaforth's Story
Bobby Sellar of Tain's 1,000-mile journey across war-torn Europe for love.
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The Russians of Ross-shire
'The Russians of Ross-shire' or the Massacre of the Rosses. A pamphlet by Donald Ross concerning the Clearances at Greenyards in 1854.
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Christmas Shopping in Tain.
An article from the Ross-shire Journal, which describes in detail the Shops in Tain during the Christmas of 1895.
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Holding the Chief to Account
In June of 1676, David Ross the Laird of Balnagown and Chief of the Ross Clan attacked and 'cut with his whinger' his kinsman Walter Ross. A legal agreement in the Pitcalnie Paper records a meeting at Tain, the following month, where the Ross Clansmen bring their Chief to account by threatening 'to withdraw from following or serving him'.
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Flogging an Unruly Boy
Robert Ross writes from Australia concerned that Tain teachers may be 'prohibited from flogging an unruly boy'.
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Going To America 1773
The following transcription is part of an incomplete letter found in the documents of the Rosses of Pitcalnie and was likely written by Naomi Ross, widow of Alex Ross of Pitcalnie. The letter clearly explains her fears for the people and suggests the tenants at Corromulie (likely Corriemulzie in Kincardine) were already considering leaving for America.
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The Rosses of Glencalvie
An article by John Robertson on his visit to Glencalve in June of 1844 shorty before the Glen was cleared for sheep.
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The Loss of an Earldom
The following is a translation of a Petition addressed by William Earl of Ross to King Robert II., in which he states the circumstances of his being deprived of his estates in Buchan, and of the earldom of Ross passing to Walter Leslie, the husband of his daughter, instead of to his brother and heir-male Hugh. It is dated Edinburgh, 24th June 1371.
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