Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

• Reference:GB 254 MS 102/12/1
• Dates of Creation:1844
• Physical Description:
  1 bundle

• Scope and Content

  Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence mainly pertaining to engineering and business matters, current, general and family affairs. Correspondents and contents include:
  W. M. Milne, St Mary Foundry, Montreal, Canada (describes life in Canada); William Nairne, Milnhaugh (mainly relates to technical matters, but mentions sate of nation and [[Sir Robert]] Peel; discusses engineering issues; includes engineering diagram; discusses machinery; discusses plants; forthcoming visit and mechanical matters; discusses health and mechanical matters, has gone to Bridge of Allan for health; idea for mode of drying in dressing machine); John McBride, Nursery Mills, Little Govan, Glasgow (relates to Jacquard machine); D. Cruikshanks, Glasgow (reports on his search for a post as a school teacher); James Combe, Leeds (requests design for apparatus; talks about machinery issues); John Rowbotham, 39 Duke Street, Hulme, Manchester (Relates Mrs Rowbotham’s health and discusses business matters; letter dated 26 December 1844 contains a drawing of a conductor and calendar bowls on separate sheet); Thomas Marsden, Salford (Discusses machinery - includes sketches; enquires about cost of machine; tanks PC for his assistance; more discussion of engineering/mechanical matters);Thomas Coates, Water Works, Sunderland (Discusses water meter designed by Carmichael; John Kerr, Blaikie and Sons, Aberdeen (relates to copper gutters); Thomas Robinson, Leeds (Hackling of Flax and PC’s proposed visit to Leeds); Princes Street Yearly Society (pertains to the use of a school room). [c 35 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.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, April 2011 and updated by him in June 2023

• 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.

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• Additional Information

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