Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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233
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Repository
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National Library of Scotland
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Reference
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GB233/MS.3925
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Title
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Small Collections and Single Letters
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Dates
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1793-1874
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Access Status
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Open
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Description
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They include: letters of Scottish botanists to James Sowerby, 1793-1814; letters to William Blackwood, Publisher (d. 1834), and his sons, 1816-74; correspondence relating to John Murray, of Bowling Bay, and the Anti-Slavery Movement, 1824-50; letters to the 7th, 8th, and 9th Lords Napier, 1810-65; and letters to David Milne-Home, of Milne Graden, from men of science, 1837-73 Among writers of the other letters are James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, James Beattie, Robert Southey, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, James Nasmyth, and Lord Kelvin
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Level
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Series
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Finding Aids
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NLS Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925 Volume 2
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