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Leadhills (Scotland)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/43-44
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about gold at Leadhills.

Dates: 1772
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, 14 March 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/45-46
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about the assaying of sand from Leadhills.

Dates: 14 March 1772
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Hope Account Book, Sir John Hope of Craighall

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1149
Scope and Contents This key research resource is an important survival, being a manuscript account book detailing transactions - debits and credits - relating to the lead-ore company at Leadhills, operated by Sir John Hope of Craighall. Many important people are mentioned in this book, including Alexander Hope of London, Archibald Hope of Craighall, the Earl of Wigtown, the Duke of Hamilton, the Lord of Inglestone, Charles Erskine of Alba, Alexander Tait, Lady Marie Keith, the Earl of Crawford, Lord...
Dates: 1662-1671
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections