Correspondence of John Hill Burton concerning the United Industrial Schools, the editing and publication of the second volume of the ‘Register of the Privy Council of Scotland’, and Burton's resignation from the Department of Prisons and Judicial Statistics., 1850-1878.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1850-1854, concerning the United Industrial Schools, of which John Hill Burton was secretary (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1876-1878, of Thomas Dickson, Sir William Gibson Craig and James Grant relating to the editing and publication of the second volume of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, together with some drafts of replies by Burton (folio 43);
(iii) Correspondence and drafts of letters, 1878, concerning Burton's resignation from the Department of Prisons and Judicial Statistics (folio 78).
Dates
- Creation: 1850-1878.
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Extent
130 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
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Arrangement
130 folios.
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