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Letter from Office of Commissioners for Claims in France to Thomas Blaikie
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter from Office of Commissioners for Claims in France to Thomas Blaikie, accompanying the copy of the Award of Rejection on his claim.
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Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French detailing losses Thomas Blaikie incurred as a result of the French Revolution and total losses up to 1821.
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Note in French with 25 centimes franking mark. May possibly be signed by Laurarguais.
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Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
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)
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Letter from Office of Commissioners for Claims in France to Thomas Blaikie
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter outlining the issues with Thomas Blaikie's claim for losses and detailing additional paperwork required.
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Award of Rejection on Claim of Thomas Blaikie
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Copy of the Award of Rejection in the claim of Thomas Blaikie, issued by the Commissioners of Liquidation, Arbitration and Award.
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Letter from Foreign Office to Thomas Blaikie
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter from Foreign Office on behalf of Secretary Canning responding to Thomas Blaikie’s request for intervention on his claim.
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Photograph of a marble bust of Marie Antoinette
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
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)
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Letter from Thomas Blaikie to Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury
Fait partie de 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.
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Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Handwritten note in French which appears to include detail of discussion relating to Thomas Blaikie's complaints.
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