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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:

Notes and papers of John Boyes.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9009
Scope and Contents

Concerning Boyes` researches into the history of medicine and dentistry in Edinburgh.

Dates: circa 1970-1980.

Notes of Dr Alexander Mitchell for a biography of John Gibson Lockhart, taken chiefly from manuscript material in the National Library of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5210-5265
Scope and Contents

The notes fill fifty-four notebooks (MSS.5210-5263).

MSS.5264-5265 contain miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning John Gibson Lockhart.

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Notes of Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham on life in the Grand Fleet to Jutland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4317
Scope and Contents

With copies of correspondence between Cunninghame Graham and Arthur Marder.

Dates: 20th century.

Official and personal correspondence and papers of Jacques Mellini, Captain of Engineers in the Armée d'ltalie., 1794-1796.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11221-11223
Scope and Contents

Jacques Mellini served at Bastia during the siege in 1794, was stationed at Nice in 1795, and in 1796 served in Napoleon's campaign in northern Italy. This correspondence was captured.

Dates: 1794-1796.

Official and private correspondence of Alexander Walker during his period as Military Secretary to General James Stuart, as assistant to the Malabar Commission and then as a Commissioner., 1795-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13601-13602
Scope and Contents After the cession of Malabar to the East India Company by the Treaties of Seringapatam in 1792 the Malabar Commission was set up to establish a system for the future government of Malabar. The letters contain much information about the revenue claims of the Zamorin of Calicut, the movements of Tipu Sultan and the Pychy Raja, the campaign leading to the fall of Seringapatam, the pursuit of the dissident Dhondia Wahan and the prospects for settling the administration of Malabar. This period...
Dates: 1795-1801.

Official and private correspondence of Alexander Walker during his period as political resident at Baroda., 1801-1811, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13630-13638
Scope and Contents Much of the correspondence takes the form of letters to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, and covers such matters as Walker's efforts to mediate between rivals to the succession in Baroda; his successful campaign against the dissident Malhar Rao; the reform of the Gaikwar's army and the expulsion of the Arab mercenaries from Baroda; the consolidation of the Company's position in the area; the prolonged campaign against Kánhoji, Sindhia and Holkar; the difficulty of maintaining and...
Dates: 1801-1811, undated.