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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

one sketchbook of 18 flower paintings with inscription "Edith H. Nobbs, from her mother, St Petersburg, January 1st 1902"

•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,

1 presentation drawing and elevation of how the new library interior could look, dated November 28th 1962, though eventually superceded.

•Letter to J.A. Terras, from C. B. Moffat, dated 17 Aug1897. re; memoire of A.G. More

Album is attributed to Nigel Douglas McDouall of Logan and includes:
East Africa Rift Valley: January-June 1909; 77 photographic prints, 33 watercolours and 5 pencil studies through the territories of the Uganda Protectorate (Uganda), Congo Free State (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the North Western corner of German East Africa (Rwanda)
Angola: May-October 1904, 29 watercolours, 4 views from the Africa West Coast steamer with the remainder being landscapes, vegetation and portraits of local people in the south west highland area.
Mediteranean views - 15 unlabelled watercolour views of the Mediterranean, probably Spain, including coastline views, highland scenes, a village scene and 2 views of roads through arid landscapes featuring local people.

•Letter dated 29 Mar 1877 to Capt. Henderson, filed with papers under “Henderson, F”

• 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 newspaper article in which he features, taken from the Glasgow Herald dated 3 Oct 1967