Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)

Letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Black, 14 June 1792

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/241-242

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Letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes, Oxford to Joseph Black, dated 14 June 1792. The letter is about James Hutton's theory of the earth and Beddoes asking for mineralogical specimens.

Dates: 14 June 1792

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Black, 6 November 1787

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/52-53F

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Letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes, London to Joseph Black, dated 6 November 1787. The letter is about the necessity for "a new arrangement" in chemistry. Beddoes states in the letter that he does not approve of the Nouvelle nomenclature chymique and proposes to publish his ideas on the new chemistry in the form of a letter to Black, which he hopes will be ready by March 1788.

Dates: 6 November 1787

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Letter from Doctor Thomas Fulham to Joseph Black, 8 March 1789

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/123-124F

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Letter from Doctor Thomas Fulham, Madrid to Joseph Black, dated 8 March 1789. The letter is about Doctor L- [sic] (probably Dr Luzuriaga) to whom Black had recommended him, but who treated Fulham poorly.

Dates: 8 March 1789

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Letter from Doctor Thomas Percival to Joseph Black, 15 October 1787

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/164-165

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Letter from Doctor Thomas Percival, Manchester to Joseph Black, dated 15 October 1787. The letter is about Percival recommending his son who is to be a student at Edinburgh. It also mentions Mr Garbett and Doctor Priestley.

Dates: 15 October 1787

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Letter from Doctor W Gray to Joseph Black , 26 October 1791

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/216-217

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Letter from Doctor W Gray, Dublin to Joseph Black, dated 26 October 1791. The letter is about Gray introducing a medical student, Mr Redmond, expressing gladness to hear Black has an assistant, news of Black's sister, etc. and lack of support for the fund for the College of Edinburgh.

Dates: 26 October 1791

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Letter from Doctor William Fraser to Joseph Black, 23 October 1784

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/212-213

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Letter from Doctor William Fraser, Southampton to Joseph Black, dated 23 October 1784. The letter is about Black's niece, Mrs Chambers.

Dates: 23 October 1784

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Dolly Birkett (née Dolly Black), Joseph Black's niece to Joseph Black, 10 February 1792

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/35-36

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Letter from Dolly, niece of Joseph Black, Belfast to Joseph Black , dated 10 February 1792. The letter is about a legal action with which she is threatened.

Dates: 10 February 1792