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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Genealogical material concerning the Strange family., 1731-1854, 1955, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14259
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1853-1854, of James Dennistoun, antiquary, concerning his publication ‘Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange ... and ... Andrew Lumisden. There are letters principally from Louisa, Lady Strange, Isabella Trotter, granddaughter of Sir Robert, and James Robertson, Sheriff-Substitute of Orkney. (Folio 1.)(ii) Genealogical and biographical papers, 1731-1854, 1955, undated, chiefly concerning Sir Robert Strange and his family...
Dates: 1731-1854, 1955, undated.

Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1804, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8290-8324
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.

Dates: 1767-1804, undated.

General antiquarian correspondence., 1829-1862.

 File
Identifier: MS.15475
Scope and Contents The great majority of the letters date from [circa 1850] to I853. A copy of a letter (1829) from James Chalmers to David Laing on the subject of the sale of the Hutton collection, of which the original is Adv.MS.29.4.2(i), folio 1, is included (folio 1). There is a long letter on vitrified forts (folio 11). Correspondents include Albert Way, founder of the [Royal] Archaeological Institute; David Laing; William B D D Turnbull; Patrick Chalmers (on Roman methods of crucifixion); James Giles,...
Dates: 1829-1862.