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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:

General correspondence, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1720-1765.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16525-16733
Scope and Contents The great majority of the letters are to Lord Milton; there are some to other members of his family (especially Lady Milton and his son Andrew) and some to others which for various reasons came into his possession (including intercepted rebel letters during the '45); there are also a number of scrolls and copies of his replies.The correspondence reflects all Lord Milton's many activities, especially in his public offices and his capacity as friend and agent of the 3rd Duke of...
Dates: 1720-1765.

General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family., 1789-1867.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1847-1854
Scope and Contents The letters include the correspondence of Major-General John Brown, Royal Staff Corps, uncle of Sir George, regarding engineering works in Ireland and the false report of his nephew George's death at Bladensburg, 1789-1814; and a report on the Moray floods, compiled in 1829 by Peter Brown for Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's ‘Account of the Great Floods’ (Edinburgh, 1830) (MS.1847). The correspondence of Sir George Brown relates, among other things, to Army administration at the Horse...
Dates: 1789-1867.

General correspondence, chiefly of John and William Thomson, and also letters to Anne Millar, John's sister-in-law, some of which are from Joanna Baillie., 1801-1851.

 File
Identifier: MS.9236
Scope and Contents

The letters of John Thomson are chiefly to his second wife, and cover the periods he spent abroad, visiting hospitals in 1814 (cf. MS.9235), and studying the treatment of the wounded after the battle of Waterloo. The correspondence of William Thomson is on family affairs.

Dates: 1801-1851.