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Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.

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Identifier: MS.15554 [Mf.MSS.46]
Scope and Contents

One of the account books also contains the diary of a clerk in the lead-mines at Leadhills, June-December 1745, and July 1746, and notes on optics, 18th century.

Dates: 18th century, 1818-1859.