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Correspondence

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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Campbell of Barcaldine Correspondence Papers

 Fonds — Box Dk.8.2-4
Identifier: Coll-2245
Scope and Contents Campbell (family of) of Barcaldine. Correspondence (52 letters). 1789-1843. Some letters with description attached. With an item price list of E.Halls, arranged alphabetically, some letters cross written.Includes: 21 Letters from Lady Baillie Mary L to her sister Mrs (Lady) Campbell of Barcaldine, Bonaw. 1818-1835. About domestic life, a 'Public Rebuke' in church, smallpox etc. 6 letters about Mrs Dundas J. Hamilton. 1824-1835. About social news, personal life and...
Dates: 1789-1843
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of Miscellaneous Letters of Scottish Interest

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2239
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters (39) of Scottish interest, 1719-1905. Includes a letter from James Erskine, a naval officer on board the Queen Charlotte at sea, to Miss Annie Erskine of Cardross, giving an account of naval activities in the Mediterranean against the French, 17 July 1799.

Dates: 1719-1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Commonplace Book of Brian Fairfax

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.25
Identifier: Coll-2201
Scope and Contents

Fairfax (B.) Commonplace book of Brian Fairfax, containing his "Iter Boreale" etc.


  1. "Iter Boreale", an account of his mission to George Monck in 1659. Ff.9-29.
  2. A letter of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax to his son, Thomas, about portraits by a servant of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. F.2.
  3. Extracts from anti-papistical literature. 82 ff.
Dates: c 1646
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence of Armand Leslie

 Fonds — Box Dk.2.15
Identifier: Coll-2148
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to Armand Leslie, M.R.C.S., surgeon and Chief Medical Officer who died in Sudan under the command of Charles George Baker. This collection includes many letters to him, some from his sister Jane Young Elvira Leslie and his brother John Leslie, as well as further correspondence after his death between Elvira, John Leslie, and others.Some material (newspaper cuttings, parts of a rough diary, and correspondence, including two letters from...
Dates: 1824-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.53
Identifier: Coll-2231
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire. 242 letters. 1773-1859, two legal documents dated 1680 and 1685. 58 letters (1773-1790) to Lt.Col. John Campbell, Governor of Fort George (d. 1790). 72 letters (1793-1823) to Capt. Archibald Campbell. Son of the above (d. 1823). 4 letters (1816-1843) of, and 94 letters (1825-1859) to Lt. Col. John...
Dates: 1680-1685, 1773-1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Cunningham Family Correspondence

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.46
Identifier: Coll-2226
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and Papers (154 items) of the Cunningham family of Glenwood Flour Mills, Belfast, 1785-1875, including letters (34) of Thomas Cunningham M.D. (Edinburgh) which contain some account of his medical career in Edinburgh and of his association with professor J. Y. Simpson, 1840-1858.

Dates: 1785-1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letterbook of Dr James Arthur

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.20
Identifier: Coll-2196
Scope and Contents

Letterbook of Dr James Arthur, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, containing copies and drafts of letters about his nephew William John MacKnight Craufurd of Cartsburn, Sir James McGrigor, private legal business, etc. Also satirical verses on Cardinal Wiseman. 1850.

Dates: 1850
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters from Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie to Richard Wharton

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2259
Scope and Contents

Letters (2) from Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie to Richard Wharton, about oak plantations in the New Forest, etc., for naval timber. Office of Woods, etc. Dated 15, 26 October 1813. 2 volumes.

Dates: 15, 26 October 1813
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters of Commercial Transactions in Scotland, mainly to Patrick Crawfurd

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2233
Scope and Contents

Collection of letters (22) relating principally to commercial transactions in Scotland. Fourteen of the letters are addressed to Patrick Crawfurd, merchant in Edinburgh. 1687-1715. 2^o.


Also, tack (Scottish word for lease and tenancy) by Patrick Crawfurd, leasing lands and property at Cumnock, Ayrshire, to Captain Hugh Campbell. 17 November 1702.

Dates: 1687-1715
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North"), Andrew Wilson, and Alexander Blair

 Fonds — Volume Dk.3.48
Identifier: Coll-2179
Scope and Contents

Three letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North") to Robert Findlay, also a letter of Andrew Wilson, his brother, and six letters of Alexander Blair to Findlay, about J. Wilson's life at Oxford, etc. 1804-1807.

Dates: 1804-1807
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections