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Letter from Foreign Office to Thomas Blaikie
Parte 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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Letter from Thomas Blaikie to Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury
Parte 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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Copy of letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie
Parte de Thomas Blaikie collection
Copy of a letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie regarding funds and compensation.
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Parte de Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French dated 52 years after Blaikie's death.
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Parte 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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Parte de Thomas Blaikie collection
Third edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, published 1775. Inscribed with the names John Murray and Thomas Blaikie on the frontispiece. (Box 2)
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History of the Plants of Switzerland
Parte de Thomas Blaikie collection
Vellum bound 1769 copy of Haller’s History of the Plants of Switzerland, in Latin and containing detailed annotations in the front and back covers and throughout. (Box 1)
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Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday
Parte 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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Print of Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XVII (the Dauphin)
Parte de Thomas Blaikie collection
Monochrome print of Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XVII (the Dauphin), pictured in a circular frame above a marble stand containing a vase and various plants. The picture itself has been cut from a larger image and mounted on another piece of paper. The picture is in a black and gold painted wooden frame with a glass panel.
A similar copy of the portrait is held at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3523963&partId=1&searchText=Louis+seize&page=1
(Box 4)
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Photograph of a marble bust of Marie Antoinette
Parte 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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