Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to William Tait, 9 October 1846
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/10
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to William Tait, asking him to insert an advertisement in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, and complaining of the loss of previous advertisements. Edinburgh, 9 October 1846.Combe writes that he is enclosing an advertisement which he wishes to be inserted in Tait's Magazine on four occasions between November 1846 and May 1847. "As my advertisement was altogether lost sight of in...
Dates:
9 October 1846
Autograph Letter Signed from Herbert S. Oakeley to Sir Lovelace Stamer, 10 June 1875
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/21
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Autograph Letter Signed from Herbert S. Oakeley, Professor of Music at Edinburgh University to Sir Lovelace Stamer, attacking the degraded standard of English hymn tunes. Bristol, 10 June 1875.
Dates:
10 June 1875
Autograph Letter Signed from James Ritchie to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts, 11 March 1925
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/23
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Autograph letter signed from James Ritchie, Professor of Natural History and keeper of the Natural History Department, University of Edinburgh, to the Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts. Paper headed: "The Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh". Dated 11 March 1925.In the letter, Ritchie wonders whether "some Fellows" might be interested to "hear an account of "Methods of Controlling mussels & other Marine growths in Sea-Pipes"". He explains: "The blocking of pipes by mussel...
Dates:
11 March 1925
Autograph letter signed from James Simpson to Dr Barham, 3 January 1866
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0017
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Autograph letter signed from Sir James Young Simpson to Dr Barham, Edinburgh, 3 January 1866, on the subject of Dr Barham's antique tin marked with a symbol that Simpson is trying to decipher.In the letter, Simpson tells Barham that "Professor Stephens of Copenhagen is here at pressent, & has told us at the Antiquarian Society that your jug of tin ... has upon it this mark X which he reads as a rune in old English meaning ST which he believes to mean Stan or Stone - the name...
Dates:
3 January 1866
Autograph Letter Signed from John Murry to "Dear Eddie", early/mid-20th century
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0037
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Affectionate Autograph Letter Signed from John Murry to "Dear Eddie", asking his correspondent to "do what you can with these two books? The Vigo anthology was edited by W.W.G. I shall probably be up again on Friday. Shall we see each other? I think that Ihlee is extraordinary good - now that I have seen more of his work." Ructon Cottage, near Chichester, Wednesday, no year. Signed with Murry's nickname "Jack Tiger"."Ihlee" is Rudolph Ihlee (1883-1968), an artist who was a member...
Dates:
early/mid-20th century
Autograph letter signed from John Scott to Walter Scott, merchant in Kelso, 17 March 2019
Item — Box CLX-A-1126
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0103
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Autograph letter signed by John Scott, sent from Edinburgh to his brother Walter Scott (1653-1729, grandfather of Sir Walter Scott and merchant in Kelso) on the 24th March 1708. It answers one he received on the 15th, and regards arrangements concerning heritable rights to land, and moveables from a deceased estate. He expresses surprise, and refers to jealousies, and the matter may be in the process of resolution. A note on the back reads: 'letter from John Scot [sic] to his brother Walter...
Dates:
17 March 2019
Autograph Letter Signed from Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, 31 July 1860
Item — Box CLX-A-1705
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0015
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This is an autograph letter signed from the geologist and reformer Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, widow of Sir Charles Lyell, quoting letters from Thomas Longman and the son of Macvey Napier about an Edinburgh Review article on W. H. Prescott. The letter is dated 31 July 1860.
Dates:
31 July 1860
Autograph Letter Signed from Lyon Playfair to an unidentified recipient, 2 April 1869
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/22
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Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Lyon Playfair to an unnamed correspondent, discussing the education of teachers, and a pamphlet on a parliamentary bill on the subject. Dated 2 April 1869.Begins: "Dear Sir | I am much obliged to you for your Pamphlet, & agree with you that there is a serious deficiency in the Bill in not securing a Practical Proof of Teaching Power." He finds the recipient's pamphlet "clear & decided as to the Evil", but not "very explicit as to the...
Dates:
2 April 1869
Autograph Letter Signed from Lyon Playfair to Levi Leone, 30 October 1862
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0060/3
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This is an original handwritten letter signed by Lyon Playfair, sent to Levi Leone and dated 30 October 1862. A long letter commenting on the 1862 International Exhibition in London, and the representation of classification systems there. Suggesting improvements and recalling the 1851 exhibition.
Dates:
30 October 1862
Autograph Letter Signed from Macvey Napier to Robert MacFarlane, 3 March 1837
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/20
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Autograph Letter Signed from Macvey Napier to his former pupil Robert MacFarlane (the future Lord Ormidale), regarding his book on the "Practice of the Jury Court". Castle Street, 3 March 1837.
Dates:
3 March 1837