Photocopies of 14 letters, mainly to Mrs Peter Brown, from her sons Peter and Robert, at school and in the West Indies.
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1818-1826, of Peter Brown to his mother, his cousin and his mother’s husband Thomas Lawrie concerning his education in Glasgow and his life in St Vincent (folios 1-28).
Letters, 1826-1832, of Robert Brown to his mother concerning his education, his life in St Vincent and the death of Peter Brown (folios 29-35).
Letter, 1840, of Archibald Lamont to Lilly Lowrie [Lawrie] concerning a loan (folios 36-37).
Letters, 1842-1845 of William Lawrie to Duncan Brown concerning his health, his financial situation and a fire in Bridgetown, Barbados (folios 38 to 45).
Letter, 1838, of Duncan McKinlay to Mrs Lawrie concerning a gift he sent (folios 46-47).
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1845.
Creator
- Brown, Peter (Creator, Person)
- Brown, Robert (Mount Pleasant Estate, Saint Vincent) (Creator, Person)
- Lamont, Archibald (Killellan, Renfrewshire) (Creator, Person)
- Lawrie, William (merchant, Bridgetown) (Creator, Person)
- McKinlay, Duncan (correspondent of Mrs Thomas Lawrie, Greenock) (Creator, Person)
- Lawrie, Mrs Thomas (mother of Peter and Robert Brown, Dunoon) (Recipient, Person)
- Lawrie, Thomas (correspondent of Robert Brown, Dunoon) (Recipient, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Not to be copied. The Library maintains a blanket ban on creating copies or photographs of photocopied or copied materials. Further information is available from the Archives and Manuscript Division.
Extent
47 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The manuscript is arranged alphabetically by the surnames of the main correspondents. Where more than one letter is held under each surname they are arranged by the surname of the recipient.
Custodial History
Formerly Acc.9019.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1985, by Pat Knox, Ayr.
- 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
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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