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Three letters of George Tancred of Weens tipped into a copy of his ‘Rulewater and its people’ (Edinburgh, 1907), presented by him to J Lindsay Hilson.

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Identifier: MS.9044

Scope and Contents

The letters are tipped in on guards inside the front cover. On one of the letters is pasted a signed photograph of George Tancred of Weens.

There is a presentation note, 1907, on the flyleaf of the book.

Tipped in inside the back cover is a cutting from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, dated 11 January 1908, containing a review of the book.

Dates

  • Creation: 1907-1909.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

5 Items

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

5 items.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1955, by an unknown donor, and transferred, 1968, from the Department of Printed Books.

Bibliography

The printed book cited in the title of this description has been described in full in the catalogue of printed books. A link to the description is included under 'External Documents'.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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