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•Copy of letter from W.J. Hooker regarding a selection of plants from the Arctic Herbarium, put into Hooker’s hands by Capt. Parry, for publication in the appendix to Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage (1821 – 1823).
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Letter from Foreign Office to Thomas Blaikie
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter from Foreign Office on behalf of Secretary Canning responding to Thomas Blaikie’s request for intervention on his claim.
Foreign Office
•Helen Graham, James Irvine (ed.)‘Parties and Pleasure: The Diaries of Helen Graham, 1823-26’, Munro Press, Perth, 1957
Graham, Helen
Letter from Thomas Blaikie to Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter from Thomas Blaikie to the Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury – a memorial of events during the French Revolution, impact on him and costs incurred (with some pencil edits). Also a note from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie.
Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener
Copy of letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Copy of a letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie regarding funds and compensation.
Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener
Letter from Joannes H. Balfour [John Hutton Balfour], Edinburgh, to Professor Ernst Meyer
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
Letter from Joannes H. Balfour [John Hutton Balfour], Edinburgh, to Professor Ernst Meyer
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
Letter from W.A.F. Browne, Golspie, to John Hutton Balfour
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
•Photocopy of Letter from W.J. Hooker, dated 18th of September 1825 addressed to Dr. Gillies when he was residing at Mendoza (1833 – 1838)
Gillies, Dr. John
Catalogue of Thomas Drummond’s first parcel from St. Louis, the Alleganies and New Orleans in 1832 (hand written by R.K. Greville)
Drummond, Thomas
