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Correspondence

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Composite item, created from correspondence to Marianne Talbot, 26 November 1837

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/2
Scope and Contents Composite item made up of three folios pasted to a fourth.Main item is a fragment of a letter from Harriet Hepburne-Scott [Lady Polwarth] to Marianne Talbert. Lady Polwarth reminisces about a visit to Charles Montagu-Scott [4th Duke of Buccleuch], various whig balls during childhood, and a recent letter from William Laidlaw.The second and third folios adhered are pencil portraits, both made in 1837. The first is captioned 'Hugh Scott of Harden 1800 / Baron Polwarth...
Dates: 26 November 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot

Contemporary Copies of Letters relating to Mary Queen of Scots

 Fonds — Volume Dk.7.32
Identifier: Coll-2221
Scope and Contents

Contemporary copies of letters relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, also Estat de Royaume d'Angleterre. 1578.

Dates: c 1578
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Cooke, Hugh Fothergill, 1911

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/26
Scope and Contents Hugh Fothergill Cooke (1871-1915), British officer in India, 3 home letters (Autograph Letters Signed) 1911. All handwritten, from Fothergill Cooke to his wife Edith, and sent from Bannu. Letter 1: 27 April 1911. Fothergill Cooke gives an account of a recent 'successful' military expedition. He describes the destruction of a village and injured men. He goes on to mention meeting a medical missionary called Pennell, who has a good relationship with the local tribes. Letter 2: 10...
Dates: 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Copies of articles in Nature and other publications, 1969-1970

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.2
Scope and Content

The material consists of copies of articles in Nature and other publications, 1969-1970. It includes a copy of Martin Rivers Pollock's letter as published, 4 October 1969.

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / ORGANISATIONS / British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS) / Working Group on International Responsibility of Scientists

Copies of material in the Public Record Office regarding Booth in Basutholand, 1972 (originals: 1915)

 File
Identifier: Coll-210/2/9
Scope and Contents

Copies of material in the Public Record Office regarding Booth in Basutholand, the material is similar to that in the Lesotho archives. Correspondence about items in the PRO is in Shepperson’s correspondence.

Dates: 1972 (originals: 1915)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Research correspondence and material of George Shepperson

Copy of a letter from the 5th Earl of Bothwell to David Black, Minister at St Andrews, 1594

 piece
Identifier: De.1.12/16
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of letter from Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell to David Black, Minister of St Andrews. In it Bothwell urges Black not to believe lies and rumours about him, and explains his innocence of intrigues with the "papist Lords".

Dates: 1594
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection / Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618"

Copy of Pollock's article as sent to the editor and as published; newscuttings of the TV programme correspondence arising from Pollock's letter, 1981

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/E/1/E.53
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a copy of Pollock's article as sent to the editor and as published; copies of newspaper coverage of the TV programme, 'Playing for Time'; and letters to The Guardian arising from Pollock's letter, dated 1981.

Dates: 1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION E: DRAFTS AND PUBLICATIONS / DRAFTS / Letter to The Guardian on ITV commercials, 19 January 1981

Correspondence, ? 1597-1931

 Series — Box CLX-A-1122: Series Coll-1383/4
Identifier: Coll-1383/4
Scope and Contents

Series of letters from various correspondents, on various subjects. See individual descriptions for more details.

Dates: ? 1597-1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Ian R. Grant, antiquarian bookseller

Correspondence, 1950-1953

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.1
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and Edward Abraham, dated 1950-1953.

Dates: 1950-1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE / Abraham, E.P.

Correspondence, 1955

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.2
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and Edward Abraham, dated 1955. It relates to the supply of penicillinase to Abraham for work on cephalosporins and it includes Abraham's letter of 14 January 1955 referring to 'our new crystalline antibiotic ("C")', the newly discovered cephalosporin c.

Dates: 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE / Abraham, E.P.