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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 of James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, with Sir Alexander Bannerman, Adam Black, and others., 1827-1846.

 File
Identifier: MS.24747
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Four draft letters, 1827-1846, of James Abercromby, 1st Baron to various persons (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence, 1834 and 1836, with Sir Alexander Bannerman, M P for Aberdeen and, later, Governor of Newfoundland (folio 28); (iii) Correspondence, 1834 and 1839, and largely concerned with Edinburgh politics, with the publisher, Adam Black, later Lord Provost and M P for the city (folio 52).

Dates: 1827-1846.

Correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his parents., 1843-1854.

 File
Identifier: MS.17903
Scope and Contents

Letters of the Reverend James Grant to James Augustus Grant, 1843-1853 (folio 1); and of James Augustus to his father the Reverend James Grant and mother, Christina, 1848-1854 (folio 19).

Dates: 1843-1854.

Correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his wife Margaret T Grant., 1866-1871, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17905
Scope and Contents

Letters of James Augustus Grant to his wife Margaret T, 1866-1871, undated (folio 1); and of his wife to him, 1867 (folio 159). These letters come from periods when Grant was apart from his wife, in Kashmir in 1866-1867, in Abyssinia in 1868, and in Europe in 1871.

Dates: 1866-1871, undated.

Correspondence of James Augustus Grant with his sister Margaret and her husband, the Reverend Peter Mackenzie., 1848-1861, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17904
Scope and Contents

Letters of James Augustus Grant to Margaret and her husband, the Reverend Peter Mackenzie, 1848-1858 (folio 1); of Margaret to James Augustus, 1848-1861, undated (folio 10); and of her husband to James Augustus, 1853-1860 (folio 227).

Dates: 1848-1861, undated.

Correspondence of James Erskine, Lord Barjarg, on mining in the Ochil Hills., 1729-1779.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5098-5099
Scope and Contents

Most of the correspondence relates to the sending of specimens of ore to various parts of Scotland and to Germany for examination and report. Cobalt was the main mineral produced, and various attempts were made to market it. Among the people consulted by James Erskine on the question of the value of the ore were Joseph Black, the chemist, John Roebuck, the inventor, and various members of the Carron Iron Company.

Dates: 1729-1779.

Correspondence of James Grahame.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10479
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Henry Cockburn, Thomas Campbell, Joanna Baillie and John Wilson.

Dates: 1795-1811.

Correspondence of James Grant and of other members of his family., 1812-1884, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8876
Scope and Contents

Apart from nine letters, 1812-1842, of the family of James Browne, Doctor of Laws, James Grant's father-in-law, and a brief series of letters relating to the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights (folio 24), the correspondence is concerned with the City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps, in which Grant was a lieutenant.

Dates: 1812-1884, undated.

Correspondence of James Maidment with and concerning John Riddell, with some other papers of Riddell.

 File
Identifier: MS.5312
Scope and Contents

The letters chiefly concern genealogical matters and the disposal after his death of John Riddell's manuscripts (the Riddell Collection), which were arranged by James Maidment and chiefly purchased by Lord Lindsay for ultimate preservation in the Advocates' Library.

Dates: 1805-1867.

Correspondence of James Sinton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5458
Scope and Contents

Concerning mostly his writings on the Borders.

Dates: early 20th century.

Correspondence of James Skene concerning his sons, James H and George., 1821-1831.

 File
Identifier: MS.20472
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, 1821-1823, concerning the discharge of James Skene’s eldest son, George, from the navy (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1828-1831, concerning James H Skene's military career and financial difficulties (folio 29).

Dates: 1821-1831.