Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, mainly relating to the University of Edinburgh (appointments to chairs, the botanic garden, the museum of natural history, building projects, and other University affairs)
- Date:
- 1808-1844
- Reference:
- MS.5122/1-113
- Part of:
- Saunders-Dundas, Robert (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Melville
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Correspondents include Alexander Monro secundus, Daniel Rutherford and other professors at Edinburgh, and the Revd G H Baird, Principal of the University.
Publication/Creation
1808-1844
Physical description
114 pieces (including no.63A)
Acquisition note
Purchased from Bernard Halliday, Leicester, 25 March 1927, item 161. A few items were purchased separately.
Finding aids
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).
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Accession number
- acc. 45275