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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:

Correspondence and papers concerning Chalmers family history and genealogy., 1840-1849.

 File
Identifier: MS.15478
Scope and Contents The correspondence dates largely from the 1840s, with a few earlier and later letters, including two of 1934 which refer to manuscripts which had strayed from the Chalmers papers. The miscellaneous papers include: 'Genealogical collections relative to the family of Chalmers collected by Alexander Deuchar, Genealogist, Edinburgh' (folio 87); 'Memoranda relative to the notices of families of the name of Chalmers' compiled by John Stuart, 1846 (folio 99); notes on the family by Patrick Chalmers...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1840-1849.

Correspondence and papers concerning Dalkeith; and letters of celebrities of the 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1749
Scope and Contents

The first part of the volume (folios 1-32) is composed of correspondence and papers relating to the affairs of the First Associate Congregation of Dalkeith; the second part (folios 33-38), of papers relating to the weaving and linen trades of Dalkeith, and a dispute with their Deacon; the third (folios 39-55), of letters of celebrities of the 19th century.

Dates: 18th century-19th century.