Letters and documents relating chiefly to appointments to the first charge of the Canongate Parish Church, Edinburgh, and to the National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh., 1808-1824, 1828-1848.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters and documents, 1808-1824, relating chiefly to appointments to the first charge of the Canongate Parish Church, Edinburgh. The correspondents include: Reverend Dr Andrew Grant, Moderator of the General Assembly, on the proposed Teind Bill, 1808, and on the Canongate, 1810; Sir John Sinclair, Baronet 1808; The Earl of Wemyss, 1808; Magistrates, Elders, and Incorporated Trades of the Canongate, 1808, 1810-1811, 1824; Reverend Dr Thomas Davidson, 1808, 1810-1811; Reverend Dr Walter Buchanan, Canongate, 1809-1810; Lord Calthorpe, 1810; The Earl of Galloway, 1812; Reverend Dr John Lee, 1820.
(ii) Letters and documents (printed and manuscript), 1828-1848, relating to the National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
Dates
- Creation: 1808-1824, 1828-1848.
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Extent
187 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
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Arrangement
187 folios.
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