. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. to adistrict of Scotland till then practically unknown. No man was betterknown between Aberdeen and Inverness, and so far as Elgin wasconcerned, there was nothing of a public character he was not inti-mately connected with. He was one of the founders and for manyyears Secretary of the Morayshire Fanner Club ; he took a life-longinterest in the Cathedral, and mainly through his efforts the Governmentwere induced to take charge of the ruins ; the Stotfield disaster fundof 1806 had his warm support ; and in connection with
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. to adistrict of Scotland till then practically unknown. No man was betterknown between Aberdeen and Inverness, and so far as Elgin wasconcerned, there was nothing of a public character he was not inti-mately connected with. He was one of the founders and for manyyears Secretary of the Morayshire Fanner Club ; he took a life-longinterest in the Cathedral, and mainly through his efforts the Governmentwere induced to take charge of the ruins ; the Stotfield disaster fundof 1806 had his warm support ; and in connection with the MorayFloods of 1829 he was Secretary of the Elgin Central Committee. TheAcademy, the Morayshire Railway, the Assembly Rooms, theMuseum, were some of the public institutions he was concerned time to time he published various local books, still accepted asauthorities. Two of these books locally bear his name. The one, aSurvey of the Province of Moray, Historical, Geographical, and Political,published in 1798, is called Muckle Isaac ; the other, an Account of. Mr Isaac Forsyth. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 223 the Antiquities, Modern Buildings, and Natural Curiosities of theProvince of Moray, worthy of the attention of the Tourist,with an Itinerary of the Province, of which the first editionappeared in 1813, and the second, adjusted to the passingtime, in 1823, is, from its smaller size, known as Little joint author of the former and the sole author of the latterwork being the Rev. William Leslie, minister of St Andrews-Lhanbryde. In 1851 Mr Forsyth was invited to sit for his portrait with a view toits being placed in the Assembly Rooms. The painter was Mr Innesof Edinburgh, and the likeness is decidedly good. A copy of it is heregiven. The following is on the frame :— Isaac Forsyth, Esq., Portrait is placed here by the desire and at the expense of hisFellow-Citizens and Friends at a distance, as a mark of respect for him,and in approbation of the zeal
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