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Ouseley, William, 1801

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/91
Scope and Contents William Ouseley (1767-1842), orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1801.1 Letter. - 11 March 1801, London. A letter to Gen. Vallancy, sent to Dublin. Ouseley first tells an anecdote in which a speaker of Bengali is able to understand Irish due to their linguistic 'resemblance'. He then speaks about rearrangements that have been happening in government which he is not pleased with. Finally, he copies an inscription found on bricks from ancient Babylon. ...
Dates: 1801
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Outgoing correspondence, 1879-1898

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1385/6
Scope and Contents

Contains letter book no. 1, with alphabetical and numbered record of outgoing correspondence.

Dates: 1879-1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the Scottish Musical Society

P, 1980

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.73
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, P in alphabetical sequence, 1980.

Dates: 1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES / Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981 / Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders

P. A. Cole-King, 1973-1981

 File — Box CLX-A-28: Series Coll-490/A-G
Identifier: Coll-490/B
Scope and Contents

P. A. Cole-King: Cape Maclear, booklet. P. A. Cole-King: Blantyre: a Historical Guide. Ms P. A. Cole-King and David Leishman: The Origin and Development of a Central African City: Blantyre. Two lettersbetween George Shepperson and Paul Cole-King dated 26 november 1973 and 30 October 1981.

Dates: 1973-1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File "A-G"

Pages of The Illustrated London News relating to Charles Lyell, and a letter from Mary Lyell to Mrs Brine, 1864-1873

 File
Identifier: Coll-1848/24-0054
Content Description Two pages from two different issues of the London Illustrated News: title page from the No. 1279 vol. XLV (Saturday, September 24, 1864), showing an illustration of Charles Lyell giving a speech at Bath (caption: "The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address in the Theatre"); and a page from No. 1308, vol. XLVI (11 March 1865) showing a full-page engraved portrait of Charles Lyell. Admiral Lindesay...
Dates: 1864-1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Papers, 1827-1830

 Item — Folder Dk.2.38
Identifier: Coll-2253/2
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, large paper sheets with manuscript writings (calligraphy) in Arabic (some with an ink seal), copies and translation of letters as well as originals. Original leather portfolio.

Dates: 1827-1830
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir

Papers and correspondence regarding an appeal for support for scientific equipment for North Vietnam., 1971

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.55
Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series consists of 58 files relating to organisations which Pollock was involved in. Arranged in alphabetical order. The single largest component is the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science, with its Working Party on International Responsibility of Scientists and the Edinburgh Society for Social Responsibility in Science.

Dates: 1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / ORGANISATIONS

Papers and letters of Sir John Dalrymple, on the subject of fish soap

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1917
Scope and Contents

Papers and letters of Sir John Dalrymple, on the subject of "fish soap from herrings", 1798-1799.

Dates: 1798-1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers and notebooks of Euphemia Cargill Anderson (1801-1856), 1813-1819

 Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-349
Identifier: coll-1835/10
Scope and Contents This subfonds contains: Diary no 1, from 15 January 1818 to 12 January 1819 Diary no 2, from 18 January 1819 to 1 November 1819 Notebook with handwritten considerations on various subjects, January 1813. Her father Robert Anderson wrote a few pages at the back. Approximately twenty letters from Euphemia Cargill Anderson to Anne Urquhart, 1840s ...
Dates: 1813-1819
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Papers and notebooks of Euphemia Cargill Anderson (1848-1916), 1870-1883

 Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-349
Identifier: coll-1835/15
Scope and Contents This subfonds contains:Diaries and notebooks: A diary entitled 'A Journey to Italy', from 2 December 1870 to 19 June 1871 A notebook entitled 'My Extract Book', 15 November 1866 A small printed book entitled 'Memoirs of the Rev. Henry Martyn', signed by Charles Anderon in 1823, printed in Leith by A. Allardice ...
Dates: 1870-1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families