Correspondence of Joseph Black III, 1785-1793
Series
Identifier: Coll-16/III
Scope and Contents
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with Adam Smith (1723-1790), George Dempster of Dunnichen (1732-1818) and Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1785-1793).
Dates
- Creation: 1785-1793
Creator
Language of Materials
English and French
Extent
1 box
Arrangement
Note: larger items from this series are held in box Gen.875.
Physical Location
Gen. 873, outsize material in Gen. 875 (505)
Archivist's Note
Grant Buttars 04 February 2002
Item descriptions keyed into ArchivesSpace by Stephen Willis in May-June 2020, using an older handlist.
Creator
Subject
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk