Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1403 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Autograph Letter Signed to William Pulteney Alison from William Benjamin Carpenter, 8 November 1837
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/1
Scope and Contents
Autograph Letter Signed from William B. Carpenter to Professor William Alison of Edinburgh University, addressing amongst other things an accusation of plagiarism laid against him by fellow-student John Hughes Bennett. Bristol, 8 November 1837.Carpenter begins by apologising to Alison for asking his opinion "on a subject on which I am anxious to obtain the best information I can from those most qualified to judge". The question Carpenter asks is: "Do you think that there is any...
Dates:
8 November 1837
Autograph letters from Colin Maclaurin to James Stirling
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2911
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven letters from Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin addressed to his fellow mathematician James Stirling "at the Academy in Little Tower Street", London, or "at Leadhills". The correspondence is dated from 1728 to 1740, and discusses the 1728-9 controversy between Colin MacLaurin and George Campbell over complex roots, as well as other contemporary mathematical and scientific subjects. The letters Coll-2911/6, 7, 10 are annotated with mathematical...
Dates:
1728-1740
Autograph signed letter from Charles Hotham to Sir Roderick Murchison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1731
Scope and Contents
Addressed from Port Philip Heads, Melbourne, 10 July 1855, the autograph letter signed by Sir Charles Hotham (then lieutenant governor of
the Australian colony of Victoria) is to the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison (1792-1871).The letter begins with Hotham assuring Murchison that with regard to the
'pretensions' of 'Mr. Clarke' (meaning the geologist William Branwhite Clarke, 1798-1878), in claiming to
have made the first discovery of gold in Australia, he is 'delighted' that...
Dates:
10 July 1855
Ba, 1945-1979
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.19
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Ba, dated 1945-1979.
Dates:
1945-1979
Ba-Bl, 1980-1982
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.44
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Ba-Bl in alphabetical sequence, 1980-1982.
Dates:
1980-1982
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock
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SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES
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Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981
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Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders
Bacon, J.S.D., 1959-1969
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Section L, Correspondence, is by far the most substantial and comprehensive section in the collection. Pollock kept his correspondence - incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters - in a single alphabetical sequence ordered by correspondent and this arrangement has been retained. It includes correspondence with some of the most distinguished biochemists, microbiologists and molecular biologists of the day, including E.P. Abraham, M. Cohn, F.H.C. Crick, E.F. Gale, W.E. van...
Dates:
1959-1969
Bangour Village Probationers' Engagement Book, 1935 - 1938
Series
Identifier: LHB44/9a
Scope and Contents
Volume of form letters signed by probationer nurses and addressed to the Medical Superintendent of the Edinburgh District Asylum, Bangour Village.
Dates:
1935 - 1938
Bank Correspondence/Info[rmation], 19 Mar 1993 - 7 Mar 1997
File
Identifier: GD61/5/3/8
Scope and Contents
Financial papers relating to the Scottish Switchboards Association (SSA), including: paperwork and correspondence about an application to open a Treasurer's Account; expenses; receipts; and correspondence.
Dates:
19 Mar 1993 - 7 Mar 1997