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Thomas Blaikie diary 1781-1792, lesson notes and accounts
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Vellum bound notebook including notes of French lessons, lists of accounts, housekeeping expenses and an account of events from 1781 to 1792. (Box 1)
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Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Portrait of Jacques Balmat wearing a navy jacket and purple waistcoat in a circular, ageing stone frame; beneath is an old ledge under which is a old, cracked, inscribed tablet supported by two wooden bars; an axe and a broken spear cross each other beneath the portrait; foliage grows around the whole structure. Source: British Museum collection, where additional copies are held.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308021&partId=1&searchText=Balma&page=1
(Box 3)
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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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Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French with 25 centimes franking mark. May possibly be signed by Laurarguais.
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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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Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French dated 52 years after Blaikie's death.
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Copy of letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie
Fait partie de Thomas Blaikie collection
Copy of a letter from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie regarding funds and compensation.
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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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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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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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