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•Letter dated 29 Jan 1862 to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 185 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – Box 2
Nolischlan, J (Batavia)1 presentation drawing and elevation of how the new library interior could look, dated November 28th 1962, though eventually superceded.
Ministry of Public Building and Works1 letter
Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel•Copy of the title page of his ‘Report on an Exploration on the North East Frontier, 1913
Morshead, Captain H.T.Some correspondence is filed with Sir William Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir Wm. W” “Rhododendron Corres.”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes
Montrose, Duchess of•Letter to J.A. Terras, from C. B. Moffat, dated 17 Aug1897. re; memoire of A.G. More
Moffat, C. B.•Letter dated 29 Mar 1877 to Capt. Henderson, filed with papers under “Henderson, F”
Mitten, William• Copy of covering letter from NLS to Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, dated 13 Jan 1978 re; letter from Minto Collection. Original of covering letter in “McNab, Wm” papers.
•Copy of letter from William McNab, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh dated 17 Oct 1845, probably to Mary, Countess of Minto concerning Minto House Garden
•Copy of a letter from Miller, dated 29 Dec 1747, found loose inside John Hope’s copy of Miller’s ‘Figures of… Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary’ 1755-60,
Miller, Phillip•Copy of a newspaper article in which he features, taken from the Glasgow Herald dated 3 Oct 1967
Mill, Robert