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Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday entitled, 'Marie Anne Charlotte Corday, ci-devat Darmans Agée de 25 ans'. Portrait of Charlotte Corday, half-length, sitting at desk in her cell, holding a letter to her parents; in circle, with below a small figurative scene showing her assassinating Marat in his bath-tub. The portrait is in a black and gold painted wooden frame with a glass panel.
Another copy is held in the British Museum collection: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3599824&partId=1&searchText=Massol&page=1
(Box 4)

Note in French detailing losses Thomas Blaikie incurred as a result of the French Revolution and total losses up to 1821.

Note in French with 25 centimes franking mark. May possibly be signed by Laurarguais.

Letter from Office of Commissioners for Claims in France dated 20 July 1821, to Thomas Blaikie, accompanying the copy of the Award of Rejection on his claim.

Colour photograph of a marble bust of Marie Antionette, on a black plinth and standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Believed to be a sculpture which belonged to the Blaikie family. (Box 3)

Two textbooks - Haller's 'History of the Plants of Switzerland' published in 1769 and Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' published in 1775. Both include some degree of annotation or inscription.

Letter dated 17 February 1821 outlining the issues with Thomas Blaikie's claim for losses and detailing additional paperwork required.

Copy of the Award of Rejection in the claim of Thomas Blaikie, issued by the Commissioners of Liquidation, Arbitration and Award dated 18 July 1821.

Letter from Foreign Office dated 17 August 1825 on behalf of Secretary Canning responding to Thomas Blaikie’s request for intervention on his claim.

One colour photograph of a clock, standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Notes on the back state it is a clock belonging to Blaikie's family. Image 55 in P. Taylor's book is of an identical clock, labelled as a gift from Louis XVI to Thomas Blaikie. (Box 3)