1336 William, sixth Earl of Ross and oldest son of William 5th and Lady Maud Bruce became earl after returning from Norway and three years after his father’s death. William was a close assistant to Robert, High Steward of Scotland, and Governor of the Kingdom.

1336-1346 King David II assembled the barons of Scotland and their armies to invade England. David had restored properties in North Argyll to Reginald of the Isles.

1346 King David II is captured at the Battle of Durham.

1350 –1340 After David II was captured, William 5th Earl of Ross appointed his brother Hugh as heir of the Earldom of Ross, having the approval of his sister Marjory, upon condition of the king’s consent. In 1357 William and his wife Mary/Moire the daughter of Angus Og of the Isles had a son William (d.1357) and daughters Countess Euphemia and Joanna.

1370-1411 David II’s eleven yeare confinement in the Tower and refusal by northern lords to pay his ransom caused William 5th Earl of Ross to forfeit all of his lands and the earldom was given to his daughter Countess Euphemia and Sir Walter Leslie after the death of Earl William in 1372 at Castle of Delney. Countess Euphemia became a nun and resigned the earldom to her uncle John, the Earl of Buchan (Albany’s second son, whose only daughter married her son) 1411 Alexander, the Earl of Ross and son of Euphemia of Ross and Sir Walter Leslie married the daughter of the Regent of Albany. Countess Euphemia’s aunt Margaret married Donald, 2nd Lord of the Isles who as a chief, assumed right the title of Earl of Ross and taking possession, led to the Battle of Harlaw in 1411.

1390 sacrilege of Lord Badenoch; Alexander (Robert II fourth son), the Wolf of Badenoch burned the town of Forres, Elgin, the church of Saint Giles, Maison-Dieu cathedral, eighteenehouses of the canons. In 1392 he was opposed by Walter Ogilvy, sheriff of Angus, Sir Patrick Gray, and Sir David Lindsay of Glenesk.


1334-1399  Waterford, the place of landing and embarkation of other kings of England: Richard the Second. On the 2nd of September, A.D. 1689, King William the Third embarked at Waterford for England; and, being again in Ireland, at the siege of Limerick, A.D. 1690, he came to Waterford and embarked for England on the 5th of September. On the 2nd of July, 1690, King James the Second, after the battle of the Boyne, arrived at Waterford, whence he set sail for France.

1411- The Battle of Harlaw death of John, the 4th Earl of Buchan and Ross.

1411 Invasion by Donald, Lord of Isles between the inhabitants of Sutherland and Strathnaver. Countess of Ross, was the only issue of this marriage, but becoming a nun she resigned the

Earldom of Ross in favor of her uncle John Stewart, Earl of Buchan…The Duke of Albany, governor of Scotland, at whose instigation the countess had made the renunciation, of course refused to sustain the claim of the prince of the islands. The Lord of the Isles having formed an alliance with England; This memorable battle was fought on the eve of the feast of St. James the Apostle, July 25th, 1411. It was the final contest for supremacy between the Celt and the Teutonic, for more than a hundred years, it is said, the battle of Harlaw continued to be fought over again.

1355-1371 Queen Euphemia de Ross and K. Robert Stewart anticipate marriage. The Cairdeneys of Foss descended from Sir John de Ross son of the Earl of Ross (replacing the epithet “Ross”).

1372 Paul MacTire is chief of the Clan MacIntyre and a cousin of William, the last Celtic Earl of Ross (the Leslies), and the 1st Chief of Clan Ross, Hugh of Rariches. The line of the MacIntyre, Taggarts, MacTeir, Tiernan, Founded a priesthood  [colm MacBeth, the first Earl of Ross is often less frequent in the chief and line.]

1400 MacAndrews settle in Clan Chattan country – sought protection of the MacKintosh.

1420-1429- James I returns from captivity in England and restore the earldom to the heiress of the line; the mother of Alexander, Lord of the Isles who had succeeded his father. By 1429, Donald summoned together his vassals of Ross and the Isles when they were most united, with ten thousand men, burned the crownlands of Inverness. James I marched to Lochaber to surprise the Earl and won over Clan Chattan and Clan Cameron in his favor.

1424 –1565 After the struggle between the Regent of Albany and the Lord of the Isles, the Earldom of Ross reverted to the Crown but James I restored it to Margaret, mother of Alexander, third Lord of the Isles until that yeare it was became vested in the Crown. The Celtic Earls of Ross after thee O’Beolans were the Leslies, briefly Sir John Stewart, and then the MacDonalds. The forfeiture ended when Lord Henry Stewart Darnley was created Earl of Ross in 1565 by Elizabeth I of England (by forename instead of surname).

 Edward IV and the accession of James III are met in rebellion. John, the Earl of Ross (son of Alexander) joins with the Earl of Douglas in rebellion against James II under command of Donald Balloch Lord of Islay. The Earls of Ross made submission after the bunch invaded the whole coast from Innerkip to Bute and the Cumbrays to Isle of Arran. On October 19, 1461, Edward IV negotiated to detach James III from allegiance and the Earl of Ross, Donald Balloch, his son, John of Islay held council of their vassals at Astornish. It was agreed to send ambassadors to England to treat with Edward, for assisting to affect the entire conquest of Scotland. The forfeiture of the Lord of Isles in 1476 put the earldom of Ross to be vested in the crown when James I restored the earldom previously to Earl John’s grandmother (she perhaps, cousin of Queen Euphemia). 

1424 Battle of Verneuil in France – when the earldom of Ross converted to the Crown.

1427 Another branch of the MacNeils established themselves on the island of Gigha under Torquil MacNeil . After 1493 the two branches of MacNeils took opposite sides in the long running feud between the MacDonalds of Islay and the MacLeans of Duart, Barra MacNeils sided with the MacLeans while the Gigha MacNeils fought on the side of the Clan Donald.

1428 Iaon/John MacArthir 1st chief of Clan Arthur of Tirracladich/ Argyll executed by James I.

1452-1453 The beginning of the War of the Roses (the Neville-Percy dispute) began from the base of the dispute between the Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy (brother in law of Salisbury, York, Buckingham) and The Nevilles Richard the Earl of Salisbury. Percy was from a northern family and lost lands to the Nevilles which were the same lands owned by Lord Cromwell and those same lands were once Percy lands. The son of Richard Neville, Richard the Earl of Salisbury who is also the nephew of York eventually married Anne Beauchamp who purchased a portion of the lands owned by the Despencer family. The rivalry had not involved the royal court because for each member’s detachment, they had nobles support. The Yorkists had the noble’s support. By 1453, a council meeting with Warwick and Salisbury took place to invite York to attend as a more powerful supporter against the Percies. Meanwhile, the quarrels maintained by Northumberland were between there and Somerset and Kemp and it were not York’s decision to side.  

1457 George Leslie-Rothes created 1st Earl of Rothes.

1476 Earldom of Ross forfeited to the Scottish crown John, tenth Earl and fourth Lord of the Isles convicted of treason. The chiefship was more active when the earldom was not.

1481 The descendants of Alasdair Mor settled mainly in South Knapdale (Kintyre) and Charles MacAlister was invested with the Stewartry of Kintyre by James III...

1486 Alexander 6th of Balnagowan and seventeen others died at the Battle of Blar ault an Charish on the River Carran opposing the MacKeys of Strathnaver.

1496 Angus Ilach MacDonald of Dunnyveg and the Glens and of MacDonald country (Kintyre) executed by James IV 1496 after founding the Sanda family.  (Next to Angus, Alester Oig was the second in being as son of Archibald who was the son of Angus of Islay. Alester was succeeded by his son Archibald Mor who with Archibald Oig, another son, perished at Dunavery.

1547 Donald son of Farquhar (Farquharson d. at the Battle of Pinkie).

1505 The earliest list was made at Kilkerran (Campbeltown by the 2nd Earl of Argyll due to the 1493 forfeit of John MacDonald 4th and last Lord of the Isles and David, Bishop of Argyll.

1505 The head of the MacDonalds in Kintyre, Donald McRynald Waan (from McRanald Bane) and member of cadet branch of MacDonalds of Largie descended from Ronald Bane the younger son of John Mor and Marjorie Bisset of County Antrim. His name is fully written “Alexander MacDonald, Laird of Largie as late as 1636.

1562 The Act of 1562 regarding the Protestant Religion in Kintyre held that one third of ecclesiastical benefices were appropriated to the Crown for the purpose of paying the clergy, though it did not apply to Argyll and the Isles.

1567 Campbells of Inverawe granted pardon for the drowning of Clan Arthur  (hereditary feud).

1569 1/10 Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll grants to Iam John MacArthur Tirivadick charter of the Office of Baillgiarie.

1595 John Haggart of Perth, Caputh, Dunkeld from name changes of MacTaggart to the Tayside name Haggart.

17th century the charter of the lands of Balnagowan in 1374 for which Hugh Ross of Rarichies, the brother of the last Earl of Ross, by clan law, the chiefship devolved. The last of his race Donald Ross of Balnagowan sold the estate to Hon. General Ross, the brother of the twelfth Lord Ross of Hawkhead.

1605 MacAllister becomes a fixed surname.

1609 The seventh Earl of Argyll became the feudal Lord of the ancient clan that had married a Catholic lady (MacDonalds of Argyll, Kintyre, Campbeltown.) There are no for records prior to 1610 The Minutes of Synod of Argyll (1639).

1610 Episcopacy is to be replaced by Presbyterianism after the Glasgow Assembly and after the 1584 favor of the Episcopacy.

1617 The organizational unit of the Roman Church replaced the old Columban Church as was the Parish and the pre-Reformation Parish, each with its their own church incorporated into the Parish of Lochhead-Kilkeran and Kinloch was then the Parish of Campbeltown including Kilkerran, Kilchousland, Kilmichael, and Kilkivan By 1722 the parish of Kilkivan was incorporated with Kilblaan and Kilcolmkill into the Southend where it became a part of Campbeltown.

1622 A ship was set sail from Campbeltown to assist the besieged French Protestants in La Rochelle …McSporran, McLarty, McMillan, McNeill, McAllister

1623-1629 Irish Franciscan Monks sent from Ireland frequently refer to difficulties encountered from local ministers without indication of denomination.  The Protestant Bishop complained to James VI of the activities of the missionaries about converting with “wild natives” of Kintyre. The “wisest fool of Christendom” relied that if it came from Rome they ought to be thanked. . The Franciscans of Louvain shared the faith and the language of their forebears, and these attributes were to take them north to the Uists and inland to Glengarry in a mission, which lasted until the outbreak of civil war in three kingdoms. It was successful in a number of areas, which are still predominantly Catholic but not, despite a promising start, in Kintyre.

1624 In July three Franciscan priests, Patrick Hegarty, Cornelius Ward and Paul Ó Neill, crossed from Antrim in Ireland to Kintyre in Scotland by way of the island of Sanda. They were welcomed to Carskey on the south coast by Hector McNeill, who was a Catholic.

1636 The 1636l List:  names of Kintyre there and still here; McQuilkan, McKillop, McFater, McKendrick, McMurchy, McKerral, Sinclair, McKelvie, McGougan, McInnes, Gilchrist, McSporran, Matheson/McMath, Stalker (McStokkir), Mcilchere, McKinlary, McLarty, McTaggart/McIntaggirt, Kelly/Okaldie, Taylor/ McIntailer, McKellar, McIvor, Hyndman.

1638 The Glasgow Assembly restored by the Marquis of Argyll.

1638 The Kintyre Ministers at the Synod; Murdo McWharry (Currie) at Saddell, Donald Omey, Lochhead, Duncan Omey, Kiicolmkill, and colm McOsenage, from Kilkivan.

1645-47 The period when Kintyre was ravaged by Irish troops of Alistair MacColla, the Cromwellian period was one of calm and progress.

1650-1660 Armour families came from Ayrshire as part of the Ralston plantation. John Cunningham of Hill-of-Beith given tacks of Trodigal and Machrihanish.

1651 The Marquis of Argyll crowned the young Charles II at Scone on New Years Day. The Marquis retired at his garden at Inveraray when Royal forces were scattered at Worcester and Cromwell occupied Scotland, there making peace with The Protector.

1651 Battle of Worcester led by Oliver Cromwell

1653 David, the 12th chief of Ross as a Royalist during the Civil War, led almost a thousand of his clansmen against forces of Oliver Cromwell David was imprisoned at the Tower of London after the defeat.

1653 The son of the Marquis of Argyll, Lord Lorne in charge of joining the sl Royalist band still in arms in the Highlands. He invaded Kintyre and obtained the surrender of Kinloch Castle located at Castlehill, which was occupied by William Ralston, and other Remonstrants  Remonstrants are described as extreme Covenanters who opposed Royal authority.

1655 The first recorded meeting of the Kintyre Presbytery was held at Lochhead on August 15 when the Gaelic Highlanders’ congregation were represented by Rev. Dugald Darroch and Lachlan McNeill, Buidhe of Tirfergus, his leading elder, and Lowlanders by Garner and William Ralston of that Ilk. The Thatched House describes the Lowlanders whom wanted a church of their own assisted by the Marquis. Edward Keith, son of the Provost of Montrose was appointed.

1659 The earliest baptis records of the Lowland congregation.

1660-1689 The Restoration of Charles II implies the ascendancy of Episcopalianism in the active repression of the Presbyterian form of government until the abdication of the Catholic James VII and II and arrival of the Dutch William in 1689.

1662 The House of Argyll favored the Lowlanders probably due to the influence of the Marquis. The synod agreed that a new church for the Highlanders including a manse should be built at Kilkenzie (a portion of Campbeltown). The proposals were all forgotten with the Restoration and the House of Argyll was did not overrun the Highlanders the way the Lowlanders conceived of possessing Campbeltown through the church.

1665 The Pentland Rising led by Colonel James Wallace, before escaped capture and made his way to the Low Country. Kintyre had not suffered like the Southwest mainland during the killing times. The two leading elders William Ralston and colonel Halket were imprisoned for two years at Dumbarton Castle.

1681-1694    Keith, perhaps the most neutral died 1681 and the Lowland congregation was without a minister till 1694. Elizabeth Tollemache, the first Duchess of Argyll was redoubtable if Reverend James Boes was presented. He acknowledged the Lowland congregation by the General Assembly. Kirk Street founded a new stone carved in Boes name at the expense of the congregation assisted by the Duke.

Boes served his congregation unitl his death in 1749. His colleague of similar terms Rev Charles Stewart ministered in the Highland Church from 1708-1765.  Boes daughter Mary married Hugh Montgomery of the Broomlands, Provost of Campbeltown 1725-1743. Their daughter Elizabeth married Rev. David Campbell of the Askomel family of a Minister at Southend. The Duke of Argyll recognized Boes efforts about the Lowland Church and presented John McAlpine, Highlander to the Lowland Charge. Another dispute developed into war as no reconciliation took place at the Assembly. George Robertson was ordained as assistant in the Highland Church to Mr. Stewart whose daughter he married. The 1766 opposition includes only three members signing Robertson’s call. Most of the congregation seceded to form a relief Congregation. The natives of Kintyre in their congregation raised sums according to the number of sittings.

1667 Campbeltown is created a Burgh of Barony in favor of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll during the reign of Charles II. Elevated to a Royal Burgh 1700 by William of Orange. Its arms matriculated 1929; its component parts in descending order of importance; shield, coronet, helmet, mantling and wreath, crest, motto. (each component in order is convenient)

Quarterly; 1st Vert, a castle triple-towered Or, masoned Sable, windows and port Gules; 2nd gyronny of eight Or and Sable, 3rd Argent, a lymphad Sable, sail furled and oars in action, flagged Gules, at the masthead a beacon in flames Proper, 4th Argent, a fret Sable.

1685 rise of Argyll with Monmouth against James VII and II. Macarthurs on Lochaweside land ravaged by the Anthollmen.

1694 The Hearth Tax list lists fencibles and most who were not taken prisoner. Many are Argyll supporters periodically described between commerce between Ayrshire holdings and Kintyre tacks of land. Lowland Baptis Register reflects families living in Kintyre once the plantation began.

1685 The most important event to effect the town of Kintyre during the Episcopalian period was the raising of the Ninth Earl’s Standard of Rebellion at Campbeltown Cross during the Spring. Both the Church and Kirk Street meetinghouse included a number of rousing sermons and members of both congregations. Either were executed or exiled to the Colonies. Both congregations among the Lowlanders were in a danger zone around the Atholl troops.

1707 Campbeltown Scots after 50 years of Union trades with the American colonies and the West Indies as England’s Navigation Laws reserved trading rights with the Colonies for English merchants. Most of Campbeltowns trade was with the West Indies and North America over teas, rum, and wool, scarcity imports.

1651- 1711 Twelfth Laird, David (Ross) taken prisoner at the Battle of Worcester (1651) died at the Tower of London. Thirteenth Chief and Laird David of Balnagowan dies 1711. Titled estate purchased by Frances Stewart, then by Lowland Norman Rosses of Hawkbead. David passed the line to colm Ross of Pitcalnie who fought chiefly in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745, eventually joined the Old Pretender. But the Balnagowan estate was purchased by General Charles Ross of the Lowland Norman family of de Roos.

1662 Ross constituted a county and Cromarty in 1685, 1689.

1715 the two great houses of Campbell divided when Breadalbane rose for James VIII the Old Pretender and Argyll for reigning Queen Anne

1744 Patrick MacArthur dies and his brother Duncan petitioned to Archibald of Argyll 3rd Duke – permissions suspended after cornstocks were ravaged throughout the highlands. Patrick’s son Duncan resigned his hereditary land of Keppochan, Drumurik to the Duke of Argyll though retained position as Captain or Marty over Loch Awe.

1745 The Jacobite Uprising; Chief Angus MacKintosh is an officer in the Black Watch but wife “Colonel Anne” Farquharson of Invercauld rallied the Clan MacKintosh to fight under Clan Chattan for the Jacobite Cause. She also saved Bonnie Prince Charles from capture at one point.

1745- 1756 The “Prince Charles” of Belfast was the first transatlantic cargo from Campbeltown to Kingston, Jamaica brought by William McKinlay. The next year, Francis Farquharson another local merchant brought herring busses. Another eight years later, a cargo of linen and copper stills was sent to Cape Fear, North Carolina; there was the location of Campbeltown made famous through Flora MacDonald. The next year, tartans, linen, handkerchiefs, threads were exported to Pennsylvania. By 1754, two cargos with passengers and their stores sailed for Pennsylvania and North Carolina also carrying flax seed and oak. 

1746 the Battle of Falkirk

1755-1770 a new pattern of trade began with two cargos landing in Campbeltown and then to Belfast. Within three years, re-export was well established with only eight cargos. The vessels used were all-Irish and landed their cargoes in Londonderry, Newry, and Belfast. Cargoes continued to arrive at Campbeltown from Boston, Philadelphia, the Carolinas or New York.  Two cargoes, The Monfield and the Endeavor brought oil, blubber, and fish from Newfoundland. In 1765, the popular demand centered trade with the West Indies with the desire for cargo rum. The rum trade to Ireland and Campbeltown merchants, like provincial merchants, exported to companies on a sler scale. It was the same yeare that under the jurisdiction of the British Parliament, Ireland lost value in the transatlantic trade. Much of Campbeltown’s assistance came from merchants Colin McNeill and Robert Orr. Rerouted rum was landed by ships “the Sally” and “the Newry.” These trades became certified because there was no way of knowing what happened to (any) goods and to prevent its smuggle back to Britain where quantities brewed, the population suffered under the high duties of a revenue seeking government.

1769-1770 The end of the overextended bounds: The Campbeltown ship the Neptune imported the last series of rum and reshipped it at the risk of local merchant Charles McNeill. John Montgomery landed it for him in Larne. The ship Rubie began when peak traded the next year. Sixteen cargos were exported to Ireland. Handled by John Campbell and John Montgomery were the two ships the Neptune and the Bell. John Campbell, John Montgomery, William Stewart, James McVicar traded at about the same time. After 1772 all re-export cargoes showed a reduction while customs laws were changed to forbid rum to be reexported to Britain after landing in Ireland. After 1772, cargoes were only to carry sugar and wool and the West Indies trade ceased and led to the American rebellion in 1775. The last Irish merchant risk of importing sugar was 1778 and trade with American colonies 1785 was then free trade.

1746 Battle of Culloden; April 26, 1746, the last Jacobite uprising, edict against tartans.

1746 300 of Clan Farquharson at front line fate at the Battle of Cullodon.

1746 Suspension of the Rising caused the government to abolish hereditary jurisdiction in Scotland and the old order.

1752 Patrick MacArthur marries Mary Campbell of Craignish. Lilly is born 1752, Charles is born 1755-1787. Patrick was said by Duke Neil Munro to be the last chief of the Sept.

1757 The two churches of Kintyre were conjoined in a collegiate charge. Each church served the whole parish but there was only one Kirk session to which each congregation elected members. The two ministers shifted about the chair.

1765-1771 The busiest years of Campbetltown’s migrant history. Distilling and herring bus fishing returned to the coasts.

1775 Lillie MacArthur married Neil MacArthur; 8 children.

1792 Census of the Inhabitants upon the Duke of Argyll’s property.

1798 “Old Lachlan” who is the grandson of Neil Oig, loses son in Jamaica and the daughter Elizabeth married John Campbell of Kildalloig together have a daughter Annabella who is the mother of Captain Robert Stewart. Captain Robert Stewart is a friend of General George Washington and Robert’s brother  Peter Stewart becomes Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island.

(Baron) Neil McNeil is the grandson of Old Lachlan’s second daughter Isabel. Neil is the son of Torquil who married Barbara, the last of the MacKays of Ugadale who held land under a Charter of King Robert the Bruce (possibly changing the spelling in course to McNeal.)  Neil’s sister Elizabeth marries Reverend John McVicar of Kildalton who was also a Council and Commander member in Tobago during the French wars. His uncle, Hector McNeill indicate the relationship to Neil McNeill during the generation of “the Annabella” fleet. Also earlier emigration of Kintyre Scots to North Carolina. Neil’s cousin Dugald was one of the leaders of the 1739 emigration to North Carolina.

Lachlan’s granddaughter Margaret married Archibald Campbell of Askomil having 2 sons, one, Rt. Hon. Henry Colvill Montgomery Campbell, Bishop of London. Old Lachlan’s oldest son John succeed him in Tirfergus and whose son John further has a fourth son Neil who married someone Irish and their son John became proprietor of Faughart in County Louth and further became the grandfather of Sir Benjamin McNeil.

1805- 1847 An Independent Chapel was set up in Burnside Street where the Salvation Army Citadel now stands. The hiatus between 1812-1823 continued till 1863 when the congregation dissolved, becoming the first Congregation Church in Scotland.  The first minister of the Relief Church, Rev. James Pinkerton ministered for thirty-seven years. James Smith, the third successor almost terminated the life of the congregation by entering disputes with the magistrates about ringing the town bell of Longrow Church bell tower. By 1847, The Relief Church united with the Secession Church to form the United Presbyterian Church. Longrow Church joined the United Free Church of Scotland 1900.  A good number of Independent Chapels evolved from the Secession churches as salaried ministers decided on the Presbytery and Sunday service. When Relief Churches attended on the rebound, Smith attempted to take whole congregations to Scotland. Instances of quarrel ending in the Courts such as the Campbeltown case lasted for three years and eventually favored the congregation to the possession of church property.

1834 David Stewart Galbraith of Machrihanish and Drumore, Bailie of the Burgh. Voters roll is shown as possessing writing chambers in the Burgh. In 1827 John Lorne Stewart Younger of Glenbuckie reported a Procurator Fiscal. The Fiscal knew that Sheriff MacTavish had not thought necessary to report the matter. In reporting the case of the interaction between David and a Dugald Hendry among witnesses, Robert Bruce the Sheriff Depute of the County, Daniel MacTaggart the Procurator Fiscal pointed out David for striking Robert Muir, a baker in Campbeltown. The magistrates of the Burgh instructed David to give a bond for his good behavior. Believed to be reported was actually John Lorne Stewart, the son of Duncan Stewart and ex-Provost of the Burgh and Chamberlain of Kintyre. Earlier in 1827, Alexander Campbell, Messenger at Arms was then in the seate of Angus McAlester that resulted in charges of Campbell with the old Scots crime of hamesucken and deforcenent. The pattern of McAlester earlier granting a bond before the Fiscal wrote about a disagreement was consistent with the relations between other factions such as David and John Lorne Stewart. Bruce and MacTaggarts duties were to ensure that all parties were reported.  Angus McAlester’s seate at the Ballinakiel House brought the charge back to John and it was the house and no one involved that was accused. Consequence was reduced without favor; Lorne struck Dugald and Campbell meeting disastrously over hamesucken as no one was related except for the witnesses of the duel.

1835 James Smith’s Views of Campbeltown (1835) in publication by George Stewart, in review it is said to have portrayed the harbors and environments, as they would have existed in 1770 and further depicts the large vessel in the scene of  “the Annabella. It includes a caption “The Brig Annabella leaving Campbeltown Harbor 1770,” its second voyage, the first during 1739.  [No.31 (June 1992) of the Kintyre Magazine]