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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 12 April 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes saying that he has seen the proofs of the biography of Edward Forbes sent to Robert Patterson, and suggesting some amendments.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 14 May 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes with more information for the biography of Edward Forbes. He comments on Edward Forbes' relationship with his wife (now Emily M Yelverton) and on her character.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, 05 August 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen thanking him for a copy of his book Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) , and offering some criticisms of the text.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 27 May 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay with editorial comments about the inclusion of sensitive material concerning the School of Mines, the Museum of Economic Geology and the Geological Survey of Great Britain in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 27 May 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay. (continuation of Coll-74/11/3/49) reporting that he has written a title page and introduction [to his memoir of Edinburgh], and sent it to press.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 03 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay complaining that the proofs of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' obviously arrived too late for him to make any meaningful comment and that the sensitive information about the School of Mines contained in personal letters, which he had lent to George Wilson, had been published without his input or consent.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 10 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay reiterating that sensitive material from his private letters should not have been published in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' before he had had the opportunity to correct the proofs.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily, 18 February 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily commenting on 4 letters and 3 sketches by Edward Forbes (not attached) and reporting on his health.
Letter to Thomas Constable the printer, from Alexander MacMillan, 29 October 1860
Letter to Thomas Constable the printer, from Alexander MacMillan telling them that Sir Archibald Geikie's book ['Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] will be larger than originally indicated and not to continue until the size is known, and requesting a sample of a small type trial.
Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 1843-1879
The Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay sub-series consists of:
- 14 letters from a variety of European correspondents concerning geological papers and research (1843-1879).