Miscellaneous correspondence relating to engineering, much of it addressed to Robert Stevenson or his family, and apparently at one time part of the Stevenson family papers.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Letter of John Smeaton to William Hall of Whitehall concerning Eyemouth harbour, 1769 (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1787-1874, undated, and other papers, 1768-1853, undated, addressed to the Stevenson family on engineering matters (folio 3); (iii) Two letters of Robert Stevenson, 1808, from the Bell Rock Light; a certificate signed by Stevenson with an accompanying medallion giving George Milne, a seaman in the service of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners, immunity from impressment, 1809; and letters of and to Stevenson concerning the impact of waves on vertical surfaces (folio 190); (iv) Letters to Robert Stevenson from Sir Walter Scott, circa 1820, I K Brunei, 1834, and Viscount Palmerston, 1835, the last of these relating to proposed improvements to the harbour at Mullaghmore, in Sligo (folio 192).
Dates
- Creation: 1769-1874.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
198 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
198 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's 4 March 1980, (i) lot 350; (ii) lot 356; (iii) lots 352-355; (iv) lots 311, 326, 481.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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