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Chinese material, 1859
Series — CLX-A-351: Series Coll-1835/21
Identifier: Coll-1835/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in Chinese and in English, and coloured sketch of the Porcelain Tower in Nanking. There is little information on the origin and context of the documents. One of the letters has the following annotation: 'Letter to Rt from Dong - a chinese baptised ... from Ninqho who visited Edinburgh along with Dr McGowan in Oct Nov and Dec 1859 signed (Dong Patzai) translated by Dr McGowan'.
Dates:
1859
Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist [to Edinburgh], 6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/93
Scope and Contents
Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist towards Edinburgh. In it, Carmichael is pining for his pregnant wife Mary, who is in Edinburgh and is anxious about her health. It is clear that there has been a lack of correspondence between them causing each of them distress 'No letter no watch. God grant that she is well. Oh Mary Mary if you knew my suffer[in]g you would not thus treat me...God grant y[ou]r safe arriv[al] home my darling wife...
Dates:
6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872
Papers of James Anderson (1806-1833), 1822-1829
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-349
Identifier: coll-1835/12
Scope and Contents
This subfonds consists of c. 15 letters, mainly between James and his parents regarding his professional life and his travels. Also include a letter from his sister Euphemia, and from Mr Lothian, who briefly employed him, to his father Robert Anderson.
Dates:
1822-1829