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Copy of a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Dr B Rush and Dr J Potts, made by D. Lewis

 Fonds — Box: CLX-D-33
Identifier: Coll-1466
Scope and Contents The copy of the letter is dated 1 April 1882 below the statement that it 'is an exact copy of the copy of the original letter as made by D. Lewis', 1 December 1859. The original letter was written in London 20 December 1766 by Dr. Benjamin Franklin and was addressed to Dr. Benjamin Rush and Dr. Jonathan Potts. It refers to letters of introduction to several of Franklin's friends in Edinburgh. At the same time he states that 'you will be your own best friends if you apply...
Dates: 1766-1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of a (typed) manuscript memoir by George and Dorothy Barbour on their mission work in Peking (Beijing), China

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: CSWC 92
Dates: Publication: 1972; coverage: 1911-1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of 'Case history: the musical perspective' by Leopoldo E. Acuna & Axel W. Bauer

 Fonds — Box: EUA-A-1532
Identifier: Coll-1704
Content Description

Typescript copy of the work, "Case History: the musical perspective", by Leopoldo E. Acuna and Axel W. Bauer. 8pp

Dates: 1991-1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of ‘General account of Congregationalism in Scotland from 1798 to 1848’

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Identifier: MS GEN 1
Scope and Contents

General history of Congregationalism in Scotland from 1798 to 1848, and particular accounts referring to separate counties. 463 pages divided into regional sections, with each section having its own pagination. The volume is a photocopy of a typescript of an anonymous account c.1850. Neither the author, nor the compiler of the photocopy, is known.

Dates: c.1850
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of letter of Application and Testimonials in favour of Norman Kemp Smith

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Identifier: Coll-1526
Scope and Contents

This small group of material consists of:


  1. Printed item: University of Edinburgh. Chair of Logic and Metaphysics. Letter of Application and Testimonials in favaour of Norman Kemp Smith
  2. Printed item: University of Edinburgh. Chair of Logic and Metaphysics. Additional Testimonials in favaour of Norman Kemp Smith
Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of Memorial for the Reformation of England, Father Robert Persons

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Identifier: Coll-1312
Scope and Contents

This item - Memorial for the Reformation of England - is a 17th century English manuscript and is a copy of recusant tract pleading the English to return to Catholicism. The original was the work of Father Robert Persons in 1596.

It measures 185mm by 150mm., has 80 leaves, and is in modern marbled boards with red cloth spine.

It was formerly part of Bergendal Collection (MS.82) which had been owned by Joseph Pope (1921-2010).

Dates: 1600-1699
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of minute book of London Missionary Society, Glasgow Committee

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Identifier: MS BOX 49.11
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1796-1803
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of Officers' Training Corps (OTC) Inter-Unit MacDougall Trophy Fixtures list 1938

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1556
Identifier: Coll-1756
Scope and Contents The 'Fixtures list' shows at the top of the page, a note of ‘G. O. E. Berry’. However, ‘G.O.E.’ as an abbreviation may be quite separate a note from the name ‘Berry’. There is also note of ‘5-30pm’, which is a repeat of the start time in the printed content of the 'list'. The name 'Berry' may be a misinterpretation however... perhaps it is 'Barry' referring to the shooting-range at Buddon Point, Barry, near Carnoustie, Angus.The page appears to have been clipped...
Dates: 1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of ‘Offices of devotion’ by James Foster with manuscript annotations by William Cameron (1751-1811)

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Identifier: MS CAME
Scope and Contents

Copy of ‘Offices of devotion’ (1754) by James Foster belonging to William Cameron (1751-1811), minister of Kirknewton, with additional leaves containing his manuscript prayers. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1754-1805
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of poems of W. T. Johnston

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Identifier: Coll-1422
Scope and Contents Johnston's poems are copies of typescript said to have been published in 2000 under the title New joined words, Livingston, West Lothian. There are 53-pages. The works of poetry are dated from 1957, with the poem 'The fish of horror' which was written at Honington, presumably R.A.F. Honington, and tell of a night of over-drinking. There is a poem written in 1966 - 'Good luck boys'. The remainder were written in succeeding decades up to 2001, with the poems 'To the...
Dates: 1957-2001
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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