Correspondence
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1341 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter from William Steven to J. Leslie, 11 November 1836
Item — Box CLX-A-353
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0168
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Autograph letter from William Steven, author of 'The history of the Scottish church in Holland', to the bookseller J. Leslie, discussing the library at the Scots international church, proposals to create a printed catalogue and requesting additional books.
Dates:
11 November 1836
Autograph Letter Signed from Alexander Campbell Fraser to an unidentified recipient, 23 October 1865
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/17
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Autograph Letter Signed from Alexander Campbell Fraser to an unidentified recipient, University of Edinburgh, 23 October 1865. The letter refers to his forthcoming edition of Bishop Berkeley [Collected Edition of the Works of Bishop Berkeley with Annotations, etc. (1871; enlarged 1901).], and two recent reviews by him: The letter reads: "As yet my productions have been occasional & fragmentary, but I am now engaged in a larger work - an edition of...
Dates:
23 October 1865
Autograph Letter Signed from Andrew Duncan Senior to an unnamed member of the British Cabinet, 4 June 1827
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/16
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The recipient is not named, and the letter begins: "Although I have already often interrupted important business of State, yet I trust you will once more, forgive an Octogenarian, when he can plead, that his principal temptation, to transgression, is an earnest desire to promote the publick good -". He recommends to the recipient's attention "the enclosed printed paper, respecting the Caledonian Horticultural Society". If the recipient, as "a member of the Kings Cabinet Council", can be "in...
Dates:
4 June 1827
Autograph Letter Signed from Andrew Duncan Senior to Samuel Parkes, 29 August 1825
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/15
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Autograph Letter Signed from Andrew Duncan Senior to Samuel Parkes, Edinburgh, 29 August 2025. Duncan writes that he has "searched, but in vain, for a printed copy of the discourse which I delivered to the Horticultural Society when their gold medal was awarded to you". [Parkes's essay on the advantages of employing common salt in gardening obtained the annual Gold Medal of the Horticultural Society of Scotland in 1819.] He would however "fain hope, that Mr Neil, upon further search, may yet...
Dates:
29 August 1825
Autograph Letter Signed from David Oliphant to David Covingrie of Newark, 27 June 1748
Item — Box CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0241
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Autograph letter signed from David Oliphant to David Covingtrie of Newark (Orkney), from Charles Town (nowadays Charleston, South Carolina), dated June 27th 1748.This relic of colonial America links two Scottish Jacobites across the ocean. David Oliphant, a medical man, made some impact on South Caroline society, and was tutor to Charles Pinckney - 37th Governor of South Carolina. The addressee was a member of a family of lairds and merchants in Orkney, who, in their opposition...
Dates:
27 June 1748
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to an unidentified recipient, 1 January 1849
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0060/4
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This is an autograph letter signed sent by Scottish lawyer and Phrenological Society spokesman George Combe, dated 10 May 1851, Edinburgh. Unidentified recipient ("My dear Sir"). The letter is discussing subscriptions to the society, and German theology. It partly reads: "I duly received your letter of the 24th April and regret that I am able only to muster two subscribers in addition to myself. This is the very focus of Evangelical faith, & your views are in favour with few; but I hope...
Dates:
1 January 1849
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to Dr Robert Carruthers, Inverness Courier editor, 27 February 1851
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/12
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to Inverness Courier editor Dr Robert Carruthers, regarding the attribution of an Edinburgh Review article on "The Ethics of Phrenology" to "Mr. A. Smith, Banff", when the author might in fact be Sir William Hamilton: "In your notice of the late Mr. A. Smith, Banff, you mention that he wrote "The Ethics of Phrenology" an article in the Edinburgh Review. As...
Dates:
27 February 1851
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to his agents, 19 June 1840
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/9
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to his agents, requesting remittance of the previous years account, and for a parcel to be sent to Professor Benjamin Silliman of New Haven. Westminster Bridge, 19 June 1840.Begins: "Gentlemen! | As I am on my way to Edinburgh, from the United States, I shall be obliged by your informing me, here, whether you have remitted or otherways paid the balance due to me on last years account, due on 4th. June,...
Dates:
19 June 1840
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to Joseph C. Neal, 11 March 1839
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/8
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to Joseph C. Neal, Marshall House [i.e. Marshall House Hotel Philadelphia], 11 March 1839. In the letter, Combe tells Neal he is "obliged & gratified" by his notice of "Roget's re-publication". In 1838, Peter Mark Roget (who was hostile to phrenology) published Treatises on physiology and phrenology : from the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which was...
Dates:
11 March 1839
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to W. E. Hickson, 7 May 1857
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/13
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to educationist W. E. Hickson, praising his book 'History of Sunday' and discussing his 'broken down' health. Edinburgh, 7 May 1857.Addressed to "W E. Hickson Esq". Combe thanks him for his "kind remembrance", and for "sending me your "History of Sunday"; It is a most valuable, & from its small compass & cheapness, a most serviceable, contribution to the great cause of human emancipation...
Dates:
7 May 1857