Miscellaneous correspondence, being letters of and to persons outwith the Strange and Lumisden families., 1743-1932, undated.
Scope and Contents
Notable correspondents include Thomas Wagstaffe, Anglican Chaplain to the Court of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1752 (folio 2); Professor Hugh Blair, 1791 (folio 20); Benjamin West, the painter, 1814 (folio 28); Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone to Sir James Stuyart Denham, 1823 (for another copy of this letter, see MS.683, folio 45) (folio 30); William Thompson, Baron Kelvin, 1890 (folio 40 verso); and Baron Rayleigh, 1890, 1912 (folios 40, 48).
Dates
- Creation: 1743-1932, undated.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
56 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Arrangement
56 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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