Skip to main content

Correspondence to Robert Stevenson., 1813-1844, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10706/655

Scope and Contents

Contains: Lord Elgin to Robert Stevenson concerning a visit, 1813.

John Playfair to Robert Stevenson concerning to Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1815.

James Watt to Robert Stevenson concerning drawings, 1817.

John Fleming, Flisk, to Robert Stevenson, 23rd Feb 1818.

John Barclay to Robert Stevenson, 5 June 1819.

William Burn to Robert Stevenson 4 April 1821.

Letter of John Murray to Robert Stevenson concerning the Bell Rock book, 1824.

Letter of John Murray to Robert Stevenson concerning the Bell Rock book, 1824.

John Abercrombie to Robert Stevenson, 1824.

Letter of Archibald Constable to Robert Stevenson concerning Bell Rock publication, 1824.

Josias Jessop, Butterley Hall, Derby, to Robert Stevenson concerning early railways, 1824.

Robert Cadell to Robert Stevenson concerning Bell Rock bookplates, 1824.

Sir John Leslie to Robert Stevenson relating to visit by Robert Stevenson to France, 1824.

Letter, possibly from Peter Soutar to Robert Stevenson concerning journey by lighthouse yacht to Bordeaux and problems with Customs over the delivery of oil, 1825.

Letter from Earl of Kellie to Robert Stevenson concerning the rent of property at Fifeness, 1827.

Letter from W Gibb to Robert Stevenson offering the use of a boat to test the Light from Girdleness Lighthouse, 1829.

Letter of William Brydon to Robert Stevenson concerning joinery work at Tarbat Ness lighthouse, 1829.

James Smith, Deanston, to Robert Stevenson relating to engineering education of David S., 1830

James Smith, Deanston, to Robert Stevenson concerning a railway project, 1830

Letter of William Vernon Harcourt to Robert Stevenson, requesting Stevenson to survey and report on the coastal defenses, 1831.

Letter of R Christison to Robert Stevenson asking for wind measurements taken at Inch Keith to be used in an account of the progress of cholera in Edinburgh, 1832.

Thomas Stewart Traill to Robert Stevenson 17 May 1832.

Duke of Buccleuch to Robert Stevenson arranging to meet, 1834

Letter from John Peck, possibly to Robert Stevenson, 1834.

Lord Palmerston to Robert Stevenson confirming meeting, 1835.

Marquess of Bute to Lewis D B Gordon, 1835.

Letter of John Anderson to Robert Stevenson concerning the prices of stationery items, 1835.

Letter to Robert Stevenson from Alexander McNeil requesting an estimate for a lighthouse at Port Patrick, using Sir John Rennie’s plan and specifications, 1835.

James Smith, Deanston, to Robert Stevenson concerning a work placement for Thomas Stevenson, 1836

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey to Robert Stevenson concerning a visit by visit David Stevenson to America, 1837.

Lord Glenelg to Robert Stevenson, 18 May 1837.

2 letters to Robert Stevenson concerning his evidence to the House of Lords committee re Birkenhead Docks Bill, 1844. Robert Jameson to Robert Stevenson, undated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1813-1844, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English