| Date |
Item Description |
|---|
| 1692 |
Original Manuscript by Andrew Adam, set in tablature for the lyra viol |
| before 1838 |
The original is owned by William Blaikie, an engraver in Paisley, who copies most or all of the Scottish melodies in notation. |
| 1820s |
William Dauney in his Ancient Scottish Melodies lists Down Tweedside as one of the tunes in the original manuscript in Blaikie's possession. |
| 182?-1857 |
The original has passed to the flautist Mr. James Davie of Aberdeen. There is no record as to whether or not Davie made a copy of it. |
| 1866 or earlier |
Forty tunes are copied in tablature by Andrew John Wighton from Davie's copy. Wighton’s copy will later be called the Blaikie Manuscript . Tweedside is not among the tunes he copied. |
| 1866 |
Wighton’s collection of music (including his copy of the manuscript under discussion) is bequeathed to the Town Council of Dundee, but did not become the property of the council until 1884 |
| 1866-1884 |
Unknown where Wighton’s tablature copy is during this time. |
| 1877 or later |
John Muir Wood copies Doun Tweedside into one of his private commonplace books in notation, with this annotation: from a M.S. Signed A. Blaikie, Paisley_believed to have been translated from the Tablature of 1692. |
| 1884 |
Wighton’s collection became part of the Dundee Library collection. |
