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Reference | Title | Date |
GD1 | Miscellaneous small collections of family, business and other papers | |
GD1/912 | Hon Arthur Kinnaird's American scrapbooks. | 1861-1866 |
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Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
GD1/912/1 |
Title |
Press-cuttings from American and British papers: Miscellaneous printed matter: MS correspondence: MS copies of earlier documents. |
Dates |
1861-1866 |
Access status |
Open |
Location |
On site |
Description |
Press-cuttings from American and British papers: Civil War, 1861-6; American railways and oil production, Canadian confederation, Dalhousie College, 1865.
Miscellaneous printed matter: Including railway maps; 'Traveller's Guide' map of Ohio and Mississipi rivers, Cincinatti, 1844 (p.46); pamphlet, 'Farewell dinner of Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., to his American friends', 1865 (p.63a); print of letter by Peto on affairs of Atlantic and Great Western Railway, 1864 (p.64).
Manuscript correspondence: Letters of introduction for Kinnaird on his America tour; writers include Charles Francis Adams, America diplomat, 11 July 1865 (p.49), Rev Edward N. Kirk, Boston, 25 Sept. 1865 (p.50), George Walker, London, 14 Aug. 1865 (p.52). Other letters, mainly social, to Kinnaird, during and after his tour; writers include William H Aspinall, American railroad promoter, 18 Sept. 1865 (p.57), Robert B Minturn, merchant, 24 Sept. 1865 (p.57), Rev Charles P McIlvaine, Boston, 24 Sept. [1865] (p.58), Charles F Adams, 14 Oct. 1865 (p.59), Lewis R Ashhurst [American], Paris, 2 Oct. 1865, on political affairs of Mexico and USA (p.59), James McHenry, financier, London, sending walking stick made from wood from house of 'the notorious John Brown' (p.60), Capt. Thomas Dick, Toronto, 20 Jan. 1866, sending gift of 'Canada game' (p.61), Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Scotia off Cape Clear, 10 Nov. 1865, commenting on America visit and relief funds for 'our colored brethren of the South' (p.62).
Manuscript copies of earlier documents: Including letter to Charles F. Adams from [-], 14 July 1854, criticising official British attitude to South Carolina's legislation on slavery (p.1). |
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File |
Extent |
1 volume |
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