Correspondence of Joseph Black IV, 1749-1799
Scope and Contents
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes letters from John Walker, Baron de Montesquieu and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
32 letters and related documents, mostly chronologically arranged, with index (1749-1786).
Dates
- Creation: 1749-1799
Creator
Language of Materials
English and French
Extent
1 box
Physical Location
Gen. 874, 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
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