Scope and Contents From the Series: Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...

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Many of the photographs were not included in the final publication.

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The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).

Scope and Contents Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, correspondence, papers and plans, 1770, 1792, 1807-1820, including a printed report by John Smeaton, 1770 (folio 1); (ii) Ardglass, plan and correspondence, circa 1811, 1815 (folio 58); (iii) Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, correspondence, reports, and estimates, 1806-1821 (folio 67).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, correspondence, papers and plans, 1770, 1792, 1807-1820, including a printed report by John Smeaton, 1770 (folio 1); (ii) Ardglass, plan and correspondence, circa 1811, 1815 (folio 58); (iii) Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, correspondence, reports, and estimates, 1806-1821 (folio 67).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Bridlington, correspondence, 1810-1816, and reports, plans and other papers, 1806, 1811-1813, 1815 (folio 1); (ii) Bridport, correspondence, 1809 (folio 142); (iii) Bristol, printed memoranda, 1800, 1802, and a transcript of the evidence given by William Jessop concerning the harbour works, with John Rennie's comments, 1803 (folio 160); (iv) Buckie, reports and letter, 1780, 1808, 1810 (folio 210); (v) Burntisland, letter, 1821 (folio 218); (vl) Chatham,...

Scope and Contents From the File: The contents are as follows. (i) Leith, correspondence, 1803-1804, 1809, 1811, 1817, most of it concerning ferries across the Forth, and objections by the Port of Leith to the construction of the Union Canal. (Folio 1.) (ii) Liverpool, correspondence and plans, 1812, 1817, 1820-1821, including letters relating to the opposition to the erection of Telford's bridge at Runcorn, 1817. For papers relating to the Perch Rock Light see MS.19806, folios 239-252. (Folio 69.) (iii) London, reports and...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Leith, correspondence, 1803-1804, 1809, 1811, 1817, most of it concerning ferries across the Forth, and objections by the Port of Leith to the construction of the Union Canal. (Folio 1.) (ii) Liverpool, correspondence and plans, 1812, 1817, 1820-1821, including letters relating to the opposition to the erection of Telford's bridge at Runcorn, 1817. For papers relating to the Perch Rock Light see MS.19806, folios 239-252. (Folio 69.) (iii) London, reports and...

Scope and Contents From the File: The contents are as follows. (i) Leith, correspondence, 1803-1804, 1809, 1811, 1817, most of it concerning ferries across the Forth, and objections by the Port of Leith to the construction of the Union Canal. (Folio 1.) (ii) Liverpool, correspondence and plans, 1812, 1817, 1820-1821, including letters relating to the opposition to the erection of Telford's bridge at Runcorn, 1817. For papers relating to the Perch Rock Light see MS.19806, folios 239-252. (Folio 69.) (iii) London, reports and...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Port Patrick and Port Logan (Portnessock), correspondence and reports concerning the development of these harbours and others for the Irish crossing, 1810, 1813-1817, 1820-1821 (folio 1); (ii) Portsmouth, report and list of soundings, 1814, 1819 (folio 61); (iii) Queensferry, letters and printed plan, 1808, 1811-1812 (folio 67); (iv) Ramsgate, reports, 1782-1783, 1787-1788 by John Smeaton, correspondence, 1812, 1814-1817, 1820-1821, and printed tide tables,...

Scope and Contents Though John Rennie's reputation is based on his civil engineering works, he continued throughout his life to be interested in and to construct mill machinery, both for mills powered by water, wind, and horses, and for those powered by steam. He had been briefly employed by Boulton and Watt in 1784, and it is thought agreed then not to construct steam engines himself. As a quid pro quo, Boulton and Watt regularly gave Rennie the task of providing the machinery to go with their engines. Thus...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i)-(ix) Cornmills. (i) Albion Mill, street plans, circa 1795, circa 1814, showing the position of the mill, and the letter, 1786, in which John Rennie described to his brother George the first starting of the mill, with miscellaneous notes and calculations relating to the mill, and to corn-milling in London, 1796-1798 (folio 1); (ii) Cork, letters, 1816-1820 (folio 16); (iii) Barsloisnoch in Kilmartin, letter, 1797 (folio 49); (iv) Lingard and Sadler's Mill,...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Printing press for the Bank of England, correspondence and plan, 1805, 1810-1811, 1813-1815 (folio 1); (ii) Railways (folio 26); Berwick and Kelso, letters, report, and plans, 1808, 1810-1811; Charlestown, letter, 1812; Mansfield and Pinxton, letters, 1817; (iii) Retaining walls, (folio 49); Annan, reports, 1821; Chetney, letters, 1811, 1817; North Lynn, report, 1809. Redculver, correspondence and estimates, 1807, report, 1820; Tulliallan, correspondence and...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and estimate concerning the purchase by the government, for the use of the dockyard at Deptford, of the engine belonging to the Honourable George Villiers at Aldenham, 1811-1813 (folio 1); (ii) Reports, possibly by William Murdock, on the engines at Ale and Cakes, and Dolcoath copper mines near Redruth in Cornwall, 1782 (folio 9); (iii) Description of a Boulton and Watt engine made for Mark Bell, Battersea, undated (folio 13); (iv) Letters concerning...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Archway Bridge at Highgate, correspondence, 1811-1812, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Boston, draft report, estimate, and letter, 1800, 1811 (folio 31); (iii) Bridge of Earn, letters, 1820-1821, and plan, undated (folio 38); (iv) Carlisle, letter, 1812 (folio 43); (v) Chepstow, letters, 1811-1812 (folio 45); (vi) Conway and Menai, papers, reports, and correspondence relating to these bridges in particular, and to improvements to the road to Holyhead in general,...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, letters, 1796, 1801 (folio 1); (ii) Aire and Calder, correspondence and papers, 1820-1821 (folio 4); (iii) Bath and Bristol, estimates and reports, 1796, 1803, undated (folio 71); (iv) Birmingham, report, 1808 (folio 88); (v) Chelmer and Blackwater, reports, 1793-1796 (folio 118); (vi) Colne, report by Thomas Telford, 1811 (folio 133). (vii) Crinan, correspondence, papers and reports, 1803-1804, 1816-1820 (folio 135); (viii) Dart, letters, 1806...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, letters, 1796, 1801 (folio 1); (ii) Aire and Calder, correspondence and papers, 1820-1821 (folio 4); (iii) Bath and Bristol, estimates and reports, 1796, 1803, undated (folio 71); (iv) Birmingham, report, 1808 (folio 88); (v) Chelmer and Blackwater, reports, 1793-1796 (folio 118); (vi) Colne, report by Thomas Telford, 1811 (folio 133). (vii) Crinan, correspondence, papers and reports, 1803-1804, 1816-1820 (folio 135); (viii) Dart, letters, 1806...