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Three vellum bound notebooks covering the period 1775-1822.

Diary covering the period 1775 to 1781 including an account of a collecting trip in the Swiss Alps and a list of plants collected and sent to Fothergill and Pitcairn from Bourdigny in November 1775. The first page has been cut out.

Contains a loose and undated handwritten note in English and French on particular dates and points in Blaikie's life including residence, age and date of death. (Box 1)

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)

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.

The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises:

• 3 notebooks including financial records, language studies and diaries;
• 17 pieces of correspondence and handwritten notes;
• a printed compendium of Swiss flora;
• a copy of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress;
• 4 prints of notable 18th century French figures; and
• two photographs of items which belonged to Blaikie's family.

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)

Letter from Office of Commissioners for Claims in France to Thomas Blaikie, accompanying the copy of the Award of Rejection on his claim.

Note in French detailing losses Thomas Blaikie incurred as a result of the French Revolution and total losses up to 1821.

Note in French with 25 centimes franking mark. May possibly be signed by Laurarguais.

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)