Correspondence of James Sime, Lord Francis Jeffrey and William Sharp
Fonds — Box: Dk.6.23
Identifier: Coll-2211
Scope and Contents
Dk.6.23/1
- Letters (24) of Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey to Dr George Wilson, afterwards Professor of Technology at Edinburgh University about articles in The Edinburgh University Review on Watt and Cavendish, January 1848, and the electric telegraph, Oct. 1849. 1847-49, n.d.
- A letter of James Patrick Muirhead to Wilson with an extract from a letter of Jeffrey. 12 January 1847.
Dk.6.23/2
- Letters (13) to James Sime, writer on Germany, from Charles S. Addis, William Barry (4), Kentarō Kaneko, James Martineau (3) and Joseph Henry Shorthouse (4). 1883-1890.
- A printed ticket for admission to Westminster Abbey for Tennyson's funeral, 12, October, 1892.
- A letter of William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) to Theodore Watts, afterwards Sir Theodore Watts-Dunton. Micheldever, 14 August 1886 (Postmark).
Dates
- Creation: 1847-1890
Creator
- Jeffrey, Francis, Lord, 1773-1850 (Scottish judge) (Author, Person)
- Sime, James, 1843-1895 (Scottish biologist, literary critic, and historian) (Author, Person)
- Addis, Charles Stewart, 1861-1945 (Scottish banker) (Author, Person)
- Kentarō, Kaneko, 1853-1942 (Japanese statesman, diplomat, and legal scholar) (Author, Person)
- Martineau, James, 1805-1900 (British religious philosopher influential in the history of Unitarianism) (Author, Person)
- Shorthouse, Joseph Henry, 1834 – 1903 (English novelist) (Author, Person)
- Sharp, William, 1855-1905 (Scottish writer of poetry and literary biography) (Author, Person)
- Barry, William Francis, 1849-1930 (British Catholic priest, theologian, writer) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Sime was an alumnus of Edinburgh University, graduating MA in 1867.
Full Extent
1 file
Previous Reference
Dk.6.23/1 Dk.6.23/2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: E58/6; E58/6x
Accessioned on 14 February 1958.
Presented by Dr. F. C. Nicholson. 1958. Includes a letter addressed to Dr. F. C. Nicholson in February 1958, thanking him for his donation.
Physical Description
Brown box file. Title on binding: "Letters (of) Lord Jeffrey 1847-9. (to) James Sim 1883-90."
Dk.6.23/1: 63 ff. 8/o.
Dk.6.23/2: 49 ff. 8/o.
Subject
- Wilson, George, 1818-1859 (regius professor of technology, University of Edinburgh) (Recipient, Person)
- Watt, James, 1769-1848 (British engineer, businessman, activist) (Person)
- Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810 (English chemist, physicist) (Person)
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 (poet) (Person)
- Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914 (English poetry critic) (Recipient, Person)
Source
- Title
- Correspondence of James Sime, Lord Francis Jeffrey and William Sharp, 1847-1890
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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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