Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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237
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Repository
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Edinburgh University Library: Special Collections Division
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Reference
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GB237/Coll/476
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Title
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Papers of Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery (1783-1868)
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Dates
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19th century
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Access Status
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Closed
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Access Conditions
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Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
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Description
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The papers are composed of: a letter to Sir Patrick Walker; a sketch of coal marches on the land of the Earl, by R, Bald, 1817; and, letters to Sir Patrick Walker about the opening of Cramond Bridge, 1824, and to the Royal Academy, circa 1825.
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Level
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Fonds
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Extent
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4 letters or notes
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Finding Aids
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Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
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Previous Numbers
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Gen.1790, no. 176; Gen.1982/87; Gen.1983/72-73
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Format
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Undefined
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Related Material
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The local Indexes show other references to Roseberry (4th Earl of) related material in the Laing Collection (check the Indexes for more details): letter to Sir G. Warrender, at La.II.509. There are also references to material relating to the 5th and 6th Earls. In addition, for the 4th Earl, the UK National Register of Archives (NRA), updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes: correspondence and papers, 1803-1868, Private, Ref. NRA(S)0175 NRA 10461 Primrose; correspondence and papers relating to Trusts etc, 1808-1833, Surrey History Centre, Ref. 319 NRA 777 Goulburn; letters (28) to Duke of Richmond, 1831-1848, West Sussex Record Office, Ref. vol 3 NRA 850 Gordon Lennox; letters (19) to Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, 1831-1834, Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green Section, Ref. Grey of Howick collection NRA 6228 Grey; correspondence with Sir Robert Peel, 1822-1844, British Library, Manuscript Collections, Ref. Add MSS 40345-605 passim; letters to James Loch, 1834-1853, National Records of Scotland, Ref. GD2/117 NRA 21901 NAS misc, and correspondence with R. B. W. Ramsay, 1838-1853, Ref. GD143 NRA 10800 Wardlaw-Ramsay, and letters to 8th Earl of Stair, 1827-1848, Ref. GD135 NRA 10017 Dalrymple; and, letters to J. P. Wood, 1806-1836, National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division, Ref. MS 2252.
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Associated Persons
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ED320 | Archibald John Primrose 4th Earl of Rosebery |
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