Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, mainly re Scottish affairs

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, mainly relating to Scottish affairs, especially the University of Edinburgh. Subjects include chairs at the University; the new College building (with a letter from the architect Robert Adam); the state of the University in 1809 (with the number of students studying with each professor); the madness of George III and the political situation in 1804.

1780-1811

45 pieces

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).