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Elisabeth West

Elisabeth West (fl. 1690s – 1709) was a Scottish servant and memoirist in Edinburgh. She was inspired to create her record by Rev George Meldrum of the Tron Kirk, who would later become the Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. She was employed as a servant but she was also an early mistress at The Mary Erskine School. She was associated with the Cameronians and she opposed the Acts of Union 1707. Provided by Wikipedia