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Correspondence of Professor Allan Menzies

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1109

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Scope and Contents

Contained in the bound volume forming the collection are:

  1. - brief notes on a building in Lanark
  2. - loose letter dated 1816, to 'My dear Mother' from Menzies
  3. - offprintThe image of clay that the screw-maker set up, George Stephens, Denmark, 1885
  4. - various letters 1855-1856, largely to Menzies' widow commiserating on his death, and including a letter from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh and senior University figures

Dates

  • Creation: 1816-1885

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

Allan Menzies was Professor of Conveyancing, Edinburgh University, between 1847 and 1856. In 1851-1852 the Menzies' household resided at Murrayfield House in the city. His law firm was Menzies and Maconochie, Queen Street, Edinburgh.

Professor Allan Menzies died in 1856 aged 51. He was buried in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.

Menzies' daughter married the Victorian landscape painter John MacWhirter.

Full Extent

1 folder containing volume notes and letters

Additional Description

Physical Location

E2007.07

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Correspondence relating to Professor Allan Menzies (d. 1856)
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

https://library.ed.ac.uk/heritage-collections
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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