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

Collection contents

Saunders-Dundas, Robert (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount MelvilleMS.5122
- 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)MS.5122/1-113

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).