Macdonald, John (Lieutenant-Colonel, military engineer, son of Flora Macdonald)
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Dates
- Existence: 1759 - 1831
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his treatises on telegraphic communication systems, but also others of his publications, and with some financial and legal papers., 1791-1825.
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Identifier: MS.50699
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Letters of correspondents at the Admiralty.Barrow, JohnLetter, 1 September 1814, of John Barrow, Southampton, to John Macdonald praising his telegraphic system. Folios 1-2.Letter, 13 May 1817, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald stating that his work on telegraphic communication has been laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Folios 3-4.Letter, 22 August 1818, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald...
Dates:
1791-1825.
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy'., 1810-1826.
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Identifier: MS.50698
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Correspondence concerning treatises by John Macdonald on telegraphic communicationCorrespondence mostly between John Macdonald, the East India Company, and the Admiralty concerning the development and publication of 'A treatise explanatory of a new system of naval, military and political telegraphic communication of general application, in which a comprehensive numerical dictionary, [...] is applied'. (London: T. Egerton, 1817.)Letters of John Macdonald...
Dates:
1810-1826.
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.
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Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates:
1791-1826
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