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Ref NoMS 3219/4/11/3
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/293
TitleJames Lind: Letters to James Lind from Professor Alexander Wilson and his son, Dr. Patrick Wilson
LevelItem
Date1769 - 1802
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.
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FormatVolume
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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