Biography
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/55
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.
Dates:
24 January 1860
Letter to [Sir Archibald Geikie] from Robert Patterson, 28 November 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/48
Scope and Contents
Letter to [Sir Archibald Geikie] from Robert Patterson giving him information concerning the deaths of William Thompson, Captain Graves and Robert Ball. He suggests other people to contact for information on the life of Edward Forbes. A newspaper clipping with a memoir of Captain Graves is enclosed.
Dates:
28 November 1860