Letter from Mr Cumming to Joseph Black and Doctor Hutton , c 30 December 1785
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IV/53-54
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mr Cumming to Joseph Black and Doctor Hutton, dated 30 December, no year. The letter is an invitation to supper and an added note says "Mrs Cuming ...will take care to keep a piece of Bun to his (Hutton's) hugminy." The item also includes notes on waters examined for Edinburgh, December 1785, written in Joseph Black's hand. The item was found too late to be put in chronological order.
Dates
- Creation: c 30 December 1785
Creator
- From the Series: Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
1 letter
Subject
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Recipient, Person)
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk