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Correspondence of Joseph Black I, 1754-1783

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/I
Scope and Contents

Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with James Watt (1736-1819), Lord Kames (1696-1782), James Hope Johnstone (1741-1816) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).

1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1754-1783)

Dates: 1754-1783

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/43-44
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about gold at Leadhills.

Dates: 1772

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, 14 March 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/45-46
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about the assaying of sand from Leadhills.

Dates: 14 March 1772

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, 01 April 1773

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/57
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about gold sand.

Dates: 01 April 1773

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 29 January 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/40
Scope and Contents

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black sending sand for assaying.

Dates: 29 January 1772

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 27 January 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/41-42
Scope and Contents

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black regarding gold soil.

Dates: 27 January 1772

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 12 February 1773

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/51-52
Scope and Contents

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black regarding gold soil.

Dates: 12 February 1773

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  • Names: Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) X
  • Names: Johnstone, James Hope-, 1741-1816 (3rd Earl of Hopetoun) X

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Gold 4
Sand 3
Assaying 2
Leadhills (Scotland) 2
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