Stirling
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Copy of a letter to James Preston from [Thomas Young?], 1824-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 135
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1824-02-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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James Preston on finding the longitude by the distance of the moon from the meridian
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Letter from Frances 'Fanny' Farrer née Erskine to Frances Julia 'Snow' Wedgwood; written at Stirling in with envelope, 1849-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1503
Scope and Contents
Letter from Frances 'Fanny' Farrer née Erskine to Frances Julia 'Snow' Wedgwood; written at Stirling in with envelope
(Letter)
Dates:
1849-01-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Letter from James Preston of Sterling to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-03-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 589-590
Scope and Contents
Requesting the return of his papers from Lord Melville, as he wished to print them. Preston questions why Young had asked him not to print his papers, and explains that being elderly and infirm he needed the income from their publication.
Dates:
1824-03-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Moral Sense-69 Letter, 1871-08-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 88: 110-111
Scope and Contents
James Lamont to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Stirling Letter from James Lamont to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Stirling
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-08-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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NS II Means of distribution-118 Note, 1855-08-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 120r
Scope and Contents
H C Watson told me that he took some earth from a depth to see if plants wd come up
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1855-08-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Requests from James Preston for assistance, 1824 - 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 422-426
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1824 - 1825
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).