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Correspondence

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Found in 1373 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Henry Holland to Dr George Gregory, 10 April 1821

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/2
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Autograph Letter Signed ('H Holland') from Sir Henry Holland, physician to William IV and Victoria, to Dr George Gregory, pressing the claims of William Pulteney Alison to succeed Dr James Gregory as Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh. Mount street, 10 April 1821.

Dates: 10 April 1821
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Leonard Rogers to a "young Duchess", 1 May 1903

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0060/2
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This an original letter written and signed by Sir Leonard Rogers, sent to a "young Duchess", Plymouth, 1 May 1903. The letter discusses his recent holiday to Newquay, Bodmin Moor, and other areas of interest. Part of the letter discusses his treating of Malaria at the hospital in Plymouth and some of his findings.

Dates: 1 May 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to John Eddowes Bowman, 11 April 1846

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/4
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to Dr. Bowman [John Eddowes Bowman Jnr], correcting a statement regarding the subject of the Nitrate of Iron as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea. Edinburgh, 11 April 1846.Christison begins the letter by referring to a previous communication received from the South of England on the subject of the Nitrate of Iron as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea. He assumes that Dr Graves took his information from some old pupil of his, who,...
Dates: 11 April 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to R. Herbert Story, 9 January 1854

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/5
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter Signed from Sir Robert Christison to Robert Herbert Story (future Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, then student at the University of Edinburgh), 9 January 1854. The subject of the letter is the novelist and Whig MP Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873): Christison writes that if he is not "prevented by professional occupations, which are apt to be rather pressing at this season", it will give him great pleasure "to attend on the occasion of the...
Dates: 9 January 1854
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Sophia Jex-Blake to an unnamed correspondent, late 19th century-early 20th century

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0039
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Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent returning "the original lists from Lyons & Montpelier, & also a list of all the women we know of from books who are not in any official list. I think among these latter you will find one or more students at each University mentioned in the Record ... ", with a note in another hand at the head saying "Here is a whole letter from your friend. P.F.", 2 sides 8vo., no place, 16th July, no year.

Dates: late 19th century-early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Principal John Lee, 18 August 1845

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0060/5
Scope and Contents This is an autograph letter signed sent by Thomas Babington Macaulay to John Lee, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, London, 18 August 1845. It reads: "The approbation of the distinguished body over which you preside is most gratifying to me. I am sincerely desirous to guard the rights and to promote the prosperity of your University. I heartily wish that this were always as easy a task as it was on the occasion to which you refer. The injustice then meditated was so monstrous that...
Dates: 18 August 1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph letter signed from Thomas Murray to John Ramsay McCulloch, 12 March 1834

 Item — Box CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0237
Scope and Contents An interesting letter giving an insight into the relationship between Murray and the political economist John Ramsay McCulloch (1789'-1864), who imbued him with 'a taste for political economy' (ODNB). In his letter Murray explains that his friends had recently presented him with a piece of plate in thanks for a course of lectures at Edinburgh on history and political economy ('the science of which you are the ornament'). Murray is sure that McCulloch 'would have been delighted to learn that...
Dates: 12 March 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Autograph letter signed from Walter de la Mare to Mr Wood, 20 September 1920

 Item — Box CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0236
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Wood, thanking him for his letter and saying he is "sorry you will be obliged to omit some of the poems you selected, but of course there's no help for it. May one of the others be substituted for Bunches of Grapes which has already been over-used? Have you written to Longman's? I'm afraid they will want a fee - but please tell them you have made arrangements with me. The poems from Peacock Pie I have Complete Control - as far as anthologies etc are concerned...
Dates: 20 September 1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection