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Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes', 1854-1861
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' sub-series consists of:
pen and ink sketches by Edward Forbes (c1854)
letters from and to contributors and collaborators (1854-1861)
letters to and from the publisher Alexander MacMillan (1860-1861)
letters to and from the printer Thomas Constable (1860-1861)
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Dates:
1854-1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 24 September 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/33
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan telling him that Jessie Aitken Wilson's biography of her brother George Wilson has already gone to press. He urges Sir Archibald Geikie to proceed with sending the initial chapters of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' to press and arrange an engraver for the illustrations. He also encloses some material from Joseph Beete Jukes and tells him he has forwarded a parcel from Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen.
Dates:
24 September 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 04 December 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/59
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson apologising for earlier abrupt behaviour due to a misunderstanding concerning mistakes made by the printer Thomas Constable [when printing 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'].
Dates:
04 December 1860