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Ref NoMS 3219/7/1/1/5/28
Finding NumberMS 3219/7/5/28
TitleLetter. William Creighton (Glasgow) to Gregory Watt (Soho)
LevelItem
Date14 September 1800 - 16 September 1800
Description[He has been hurt. Asks again for another hammer. Visits to Airdrie and Edinburgh and the geology. Falkirk, Carron, Musselburgh (where he ate haggis). His face is swollen. He had 'best whisky' which tasted of turpentine. So far, he has not enough specimens to fill the box. One page of the letter has details of the metals and coals in a boring at Inveresk Colliery, Musselburgh. Sketch of a hammer and a monument].
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Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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