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•Correspondence with J. Brodie (1795-1811), T.C. Hope (1784-1785), and A. Menzies (1819) - all appears to be copies of correspondence held at the Linnean Society
•1 box donated via the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sibbald Trust containing original letters c.1783 (RBGEA2023/014) and a folder of B.L. Burtt's papers and correspondence used in his contribution to A.G. Morton's book. •1 box containing I.B. Balfour’s scrap book, memoirs and other assorted items •1 box containing indices to NAS papers and various photocopies of correspondence, etc. •12 boxes containing copies of SRO Papers marked:
GD253/143/1-4
GD253/143/5-6
GD253/143/7-9
GD253/143/10-13
GD253/144/1-4
GD253/144/5-7
GD253/144/8-10
GD253/144/11-14
GD253/145/1-6
GD253/145/7-10
GD253/145/10-13
GD253/145/4 •Box of index cards referring to John Hope There is a detailed list stored with the following boxes containing photocopies of papers from the SRO which notes what is inside each box and what the references refer to. Documents include correspondence, bills, receipts and other financial accounts • E215/3-6, 1769-1829 • E414/1-7, 1764. 1769, 1789, 1825 • E414/8, 1767, 1770, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782 • E414/9-11, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1789 • E414/12-15, 1789, 1790, 1792 • E414/16-18, 1793, 1794, 1795 • E414/19-22, 1788, 1789, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799 • E414/23-25, 1797, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 • E414/26, 1803 • E414/27, 1801, 1803, 1804 • E414/28, 1804, 1805, 1806 • E414/32, 1899, 1800, 1801, 1803 • E414/33-40, 1769, 1776 • E414/41-46, 1777, 1778 • E414/47, 1782 • E414/48, 1783 • E414/49, 1785, 1784 • E414/50, 1787 • E414/51, 1789, 1788 • E414/52, 1789 • E414/53, 1790 • E414/54 ,1791 • E414/55, 1792 • E414/56, 1793 • E414/57, 1794 • E414/58, 1795 • E414/59, 1796 • E414/57, 1794 • E414/58, 1795 • E414/59, 1796 • E414/60, 1797 • E414/61, 1798, 1797 • E414/62, 1799 • E414/63, 1800 • E414/64, 1801 • E414/65 ,1802
exhibition catalogue: John Hope; Enlightened Botanist written by Henry Noltie and relating to exhibition at Inverleith House, May to July 2011
•Memoir of Dr Thomas Charles Hope, Late Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh by Thomas Stewart Traill (from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. xvi, part iv; 1848 •Copy of letters to Sir J.E. Smith, dated January 1784 – May 1785 filed under “Smith, JE.”
Hand written letter from J. Gordon Senior, to Reverend/Mr. Tilson, dated 10th of February 1767, re: strawberry plants – Bath strawberry/Chili Beet, Discussing the identification of the strawberry originally brought to England by the Spanish ambassador 10 years previously, falsely called the chili beet. Enclosed seed of the humming–bird plant.
•Correspondence with Jonn Mackay (1800-1801), G.A. Walker Arnott (1828), P. Neill (1828), J. McNab (1834), R. Graham (1826), and also referenced to correspondence with G. Don (1802-1812) and W.M. McNab (1818 and 1823).
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.
