Box Dk.2.40-42

Scope and Contents This is a collection of letters sent to James Guthrie Tait containing references to William Farrer, as well as one letter sent by Tait, and one letter sent by Farrer, 1903-1943. Letter to "Dear Prof." from an unidentified sender, Weston-Super-Mare, 16 September 1917. Letter from John F. Curwen to John Guthrie Tait regarding the death of William Farrer and asking him to send him an...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the correspondence of John Barker of Langshaw, including five letters from his widow, 1881-1837. Includes a one-page typescript description of the letter by the original seller. Barker was a "gentleman farmer", and the correspondence is addressed to Mr Wyatt of Foolow near Bakewell, who was in the lead-mining business. Barker comments on his farming, crops, cattle and sheep, and discusses his investments and economic matters of the first part of the 19th century....

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This is a typescript entitled: "Transcription of the Letter book of John S. Black as Agent of The Edinburgh Spanish Evangelisation Society in Sevilla from January 1870 to June 1871". British missionaries came to support the expansion of protestantism in Spain in the 19th century.