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Edinburgh Phrenological Society (founded 1820)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to an unidentified recipient, 1 January 1849

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0060/4
Scope and Contents This is an autograph letter signed sent by Scottish lawyer and Phrenological Society spokesman George Combe, dated 10 May 1851, Edinburgh. Unidentified recipient ("My dear Sir"). The letter is discussing subscriptions to the society, and German theology. It partly reads: "I duly received your letter of the 24th April and regret that I am able only to muster two subscribers in addition to myself. This is the very focus of Evangelical faith, & your views are in favour with few; but I hope...
Dates: 1 January 1849
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Edinburgh Phrenological Society: Visitors Books, 1850-1885

 sub-series — Box EUA-A-517
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A2/23/2
Dates: 1850-1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Anatomy / William Ramsay Henderson Trust

Records of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-227
Scope and Contents The records of the Phrenological Society include, within boxes: cash book; catalogues of skull casts and other; papers of the Society; six notebooks including lecture titles, names of members and visitors who inspected the casts, and a "memoir on the phrenology of Hindostan" read to the Society in 1823. The records also include a letter-book covering the period 1820-1840, minute-books for 1820-1870, and scrap-books of newspaper cuttings and printed items. Some material is stamped: Henderson...
Dates: 1820-1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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