Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of letter to [Jessie Aitken Wilson] from Emily M Yelverton, 27 January 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/60
Scope and Contents
Copy of letter to [Jessie Aitken Wilson] from Emily M Yelverton telling her that she does not sanction the completion of the 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' by Sir Archibald Geikie and asking for the return of all personal items which she had lent to the late George Wilson for the project.
Dates:
27 January 1860
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)
list...
Dates:
1854-1861
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