Correspondence, 1859-1910, undated, of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family; with related papers., 1836-1910, undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1836-1910, undated.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
216 Leaves
Arrangement
iv + 212 folios.
Separated Materials
Correspondence, 1859-1910, undated (folio 1); fragments of letters, undated (folio 161); list of Samuel Brown's writings to 1842, followed by essays and poems by Brown (folio 175); poems, 1856, undated, addressed to Brown by Captain James Vetch, Royal Engineers (folio 202); miscellaneous material about the Brown family (folio 205); copies of a letter, 1836, of Samuel Brown, the founder of itinerating libraries, of the inscription on his gravestone at Haddington, and of a list of members of the Duncan family to which his wife belonged.
Repository Details
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