Correspondence of the Gibson family., 1844-1872.
File
Identifier: MS.10327
Dates
- Creation: 1844-1872.
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Extent
313 Leaves
Arrangement
The contents are as follows.
Letters, 1844-1851, from Thomas Gibson in Ajo to Robert in Buenos Aires, reporting on the day- to-day running of the estancia. (Folio 1.)
Letters 1847-1872, from Matthew Dunnett in Glasgow to his relations Thomas and Jessie Gibson. Matthew's letters concern family matters, trade in Glasgow, the cholera outbreak of 1848, the opening of new railways, and news from abroad, especially from France. (Folio 178.)
Papers concerning the estancia and the family collected by Sir Herbert Gibson. (Folio 283.)
Arrangement
313 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk