Elisabeth West 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
a woodcut from an 1817 copy of her book
Elisabeth West's memoirs were published in the US in 1817
George Meldrum was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Scottish Church. He was one of the prominent Scottis