Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

• Reference:GB 254 MS 102/12/13
• Dates of Creation:1860
• Physical Description:
  1 bundle

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence: 1860. Miscellaneous topics pertaining to engineering and business matters together with current, general and family affairs. Correspondents and contents include: James Carmichael, À Ailly-sur-Somme, France (includes reference to political situation in France and impact upon his business, and later letters responding to PC’s ‘reproach’); D. Bruce Peebles, High Street, Airdrie (discusses engineering); William O. Dalgleish, Royal Hotel (discusses business); J. B. Johnstone, Nairn (discusses possible lodgings for PC): D Cruickshank, Bedford Place, Southampton (mentions Dens Works School); Charles Mackie [author of MS 11/5/14] (asks for help to be admitted to Edinburgh Infirmary and recalls PC’s father); Assessed taxes; James Paterson, HMS Ariadne, Plymouth (agrees to forward a few yards of sail cloth); William Methven, Dundee (refers to subscription debt of the Congregational Union); Rachel Spence, Mile End terrace [Glasgow?]; (thanks PC, her Uncle, for his Christmas gift). (44 items)

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Note

  Charles Mackie is the author of MS 11/5/14 - Charles Mackie's Reminiscences of Flax Spinning

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, April 2011

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published