Events > Royal Visits
Inverness - The Archduke Frederick of Austria arrived in Inverness & purchased several MacPherson tartan plaids & bonnets before he departed for Glasgow
Inverness Journal Friday, October 21, 1842
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Events > Shipwrecks
Stroma Isle -'Blue Bonnet' wrecked
Inverness Advertiser Tuesday, June 2, 1857
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Industries > Millinery
Orkney Islands - The manufacture of Leghorn Bonnets is carried on to a great extent in Orkney
Inverness Journal Friday, December 18, 1829
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Industries > Millinery
Orkney (re Dr. Lang's visit to Orkney) mention of plaiting of straw for hats and bonnets by young woman of islands, earning eighteen pence a day, at one time.
John O'Groat Journal Friday, October 5, 1849
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Industries > Millinery
Inverness - Mrs Calder, milliner, straw bonnet maker & furrier, removal of business to 54 Church Street
Inverness Advertiser Tuesday, June 11, 1878
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Law & Order > Assault
100 Years Ago - Angus Macdonald, convicted of assault in the last circuit of the Justiciary Court held in Inverness, & sentenced to be transported for 7 years, made his escape from Inverness jail on 12th by means of a rope fixed to a grating skylight in the prison. He is aged 19, 5ft 10in, dark complexion. He wore a bonnet, red & black tartan coat, black cloth waistcoat, grey worsted stockings & no neck cloth. Reward of 10 guineas for his capture
Inverness Courier Friday, June 9, 1922
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Law & Order > Juvenile Crime
Inverness - William Ross, William Fraser & Thomas MacDonald, sentenced to be whipped, jailed for 14 days & sent to Industrial School, stole caps & bonnets from shop
Inverness Advertiser Tuesday, February 3, 1857
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Law & Order > Juvenile Crime
Inverness - Five boys, aged 11 to 13, were charged with the theft of two cloth bonnets from the shop of Mr Stewart, hatter, Academy Street
Scottish Highlander Thursday, December 22, 1887
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Military > Regular Army
Highlands - An order has been issued for the five kilted regiments (the 42nd, 78th, 79th, 92nd & 93rd) to wear in future, as a forage cap, the Glengarry bonnet instead of the one hitherto in use
Inverness Advertiser Tuesday, August 26, 1851
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Military > Regular Army
Highland Light Infantry - New bonnets, description
Inverness Advertiser Friday, March 23, 1877
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