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Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to R. Herbert Story, 9 January 1854

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/5

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Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to Robert Herbert Story (future Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, then student at the University of Edinburgh), 9 January 1854. The subject of the letter is the novelist and Whig MP Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873): Christison writes that if he is not "prevented by professional occupations, which are apt to be rather pressing at this season", it will give him great pleasure "to attend on the occasion of the delivering of the address of Sir E. B. Lytton to the Associated Societies of the University on the evening of Wednesday the 18th. Instant".

Dates

  • Creation: 9 January 1854

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 letter ; 11.3 cm x 17.8 cm

Additional Description

Custodial History

From the autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in April 2025. Accession no. SC-Acc-2025-0059.

Physical Description

1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to reverse. Folded twice. With Christison's expansive signature.

Processing Information

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in September 2025.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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