| Description | [This seems to be a companion volume to MS 3219/4/56 [JWP C1/15] letters between James Watt and Lind, which is in an identical binding].
The volume contains the following, in this order:
Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 14 Dec. 1783. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 18 Jan. 1784. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 7 Aug. 1784. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 22 Oct. 1786. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 2 Mar. 1787. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 19 Dec. 1788. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 3 Nov. 1789. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 5 May 1790. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 5 Oct. 1790. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 5 Nov. 1790. (With two pencil drawings attached). Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 15 Dec. 1792. (Includes a copy of a letter from Sir James Hall (Dunglass) to Professor John Robison (Edinburgh). 14 Nov. 1792 on electricity and nervous energy). Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 30 Mar. 1795. Letter. Patrick Wilson (Ramsgate; 9 Ettingham Place) to Dr. James Lind (Windsor). 25 Dec. 1802. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 28 Jun. 1769. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 6 Jan. 1770. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 15 Jan. 1770. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 3 Sep. 1770. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 11 Sep. 1770. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 26 Nov. 1770. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 7 May 1771. (Includes a postscript by Patrick Wilson). Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 7 Feb. 1774. Letter. Alexander Wilson (Glasgow; the College) to Dr. James Lind (Edinburgh). 5 Feb. 1776.
The letters cover various subjects including science; ballooning; the death of Alexander Wilson; astronomy; printing; the university; thermometers etc. |