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Miscellaneous letters, 1829 - 1845

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Reference Code: GBR/0279/CPS 15/2

Scope and Contents

1) Letter to J W Lubbock from Thomas Tonkins, 17 December 1829, in reply to Lubbock’s letter to Tonkins of 10 November; discusses the subject of flooding on the river Neva and the population of Moscow and St Petersburg, referring to previous flooding in 1824 and a bill of mortality for Moscow;
2) Letter from David Brewster to James Thomson, 16 September 1843, on the threat to Brewster’s job because of the Free Church Movement;
3) Letter from James D Forbes to James Thomson, 14 April 1845, from Edinburgh, concerning Thomson’s son.
Full transcripts below at CPS 15/2/1, 15/2/2 and 15/2/3.


Dates

  • Creation: 1829 - 1845

Extent

1 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Various

Finding aid date

2015-05-18 08:51:43+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Repository

Contact:
CPS Archivist, Joan Bullock-Anderson
c/o Sedgwick Museum Archives, A G Brighton Building
Madingley Rise
Cambridge CB3 0UD