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Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, c1845

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Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.7
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Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose regarding articles written by the former, the most recent relating to limestone and he promises to send Rose samples. He remarks on astronomical geologists and their view of religion, specifically creation.

Dates: c1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Miscellany

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, c1845

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Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.8
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Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, originally accompanying some Old Red Sandstone fossils which he comments on. He also refers to the space they will occupy and to an article Rose had sent him.

Dates: c1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Miscellany

Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell to Joseph Black, 24 October 1779

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/93-96
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Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell with a translation of extracts from his Chemisches Journal.

Dates: 24 October 1779
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter to Edward Speyer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 23 November 1903

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L156
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Letter, 23 November 1903, Surrey, Donald Tovey to Edward Speyer. Description of concerts and covering note for an essay on concerto form. Holograph signed, L156 - L161 sewn together.

Dates: 23 November 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 25 February 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L70
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Letter, 25 February 1927, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Hubert Foss. Request to edit work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 February 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1936

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L296
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Letter, [1936], London, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Notes concerning a commemoration of Lord Murray, and publication of three volumes of a work by Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Bartolommeo Gastaldi, 14 February 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/7
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Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Bartolommeo Gastaldi reporting a riot at his school where a colleague's lectures were boycotted. He mentions having sent details of geological maps of the area around Jura and promises to pay what he owes to the Geological Survey. Mention is also made of a letter by Gastaldi that Sir Charles Lyell is having published in the next edition of the Geological Magazine.

Dates: 14 February 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 27 May 1880

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/4
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton sending him an advance copy of his book for review with some notes concerning known typographical errors. He reports that the United States Geological Survey is awaiting a decision from the Senate concerning expansion to incorporate individual State Surveys. He is not hopeful of a favourable outcome due to some hostility from Congress.

Dates: 27 May 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 21 June 1880

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/5
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton giving the background details to the current Congress debate concerning the expansion of the United States Geological Survey to incorporate individual State Surveys. He reports that he will shortly be leaving to undertake field work at the Grand Canyon and requests that Geikie send his sister copies of the review he has written of Dutton's book.

Dates: 21 June 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 17 January 1881

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/6
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, thanking him for his articles on weathering and postulating that the Grand Canyon was formed in this manner, and that he is preparing a section concerning this for Geikie's manual. He recommends William Henry Holmes' topographical drawings of the Grand Canyon and reports that photolithographs are being prepared. He gives details of the depths of the individual geological stratifications which can be observed at the Grand...
Dates: 17 January 1881
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton