| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 2206/8/15/38 |
| Alt Ref No | 46/D/13 (48/D/13) |
| Title | Gregory family: papers of James Gregory (1753 - 1821): Letter from James Gregory (1753 - 1821) to an unknown recipient, possibly George Gregory |
| Date | 1 January 1820 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Creator Name | Gregory, James (1753 - 1821), professor of the practice and theory of physic at the University of Edinburgh |
| Description | Letter from James Gregory to an unknown recipient, possibly George Gregory, regarding his brother John's 'new and honourable appointment'; the gazette reports that the Prince-Regent has appointed William Pulteney Alison as professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh; Dr Duncan, the former incumbent, resigned after being appointed colleague and successor to his father in the professorship of the theory of physic; deal between Alison and Duncan that Duncan would continue to receive the salary of the professor of medical jurisprudence (£100 a year) as long as his father lived; he does not believe that anyone could make much money from the medical jurisprudence post but that it gives him a formal foot in the door at the University which precludes attempts by his 'loving colleagues' to plague or thwart him in employing Dr Alison as his assistant in the teaching of the practice of physic; he states that his request to employ Dr Alison was granted without limitation by the Lord Provost and magistrates of Edinburgh Council but that a courtesy request to the Senatus Academicus of the University added the limitation that it was only to be for that winter; he suggests that they did not refuse outright as that might have caused the magistrates to appoint Alison as his successor to the professorship of the practice of physic rather than Dr James Home; hopes that he lives long enough to allow Alison to succeed him; George Gregory's sister and all the Alisons have been afflicted by Montagu's death but are now recovering; his family are well; John and James carry muskets on the K.E.V. John as Grenadier, James as a Light Infantry (or Rifle) man; John's eyes are well and strong, expresses his gratitude at the steps George Gregory had previously taken to prevent blindness; his class is great for the 30th successive winter; he has made £1200 clear from teaching from 1819 to 1820 and in 1819 he made £2823 from his practice; encloses a Jacobite inscription which he calls a curiosity; he is glad to be assured that Gregory is making money as a teacher and practitioner of physic and would like to know the details, 1 January 1820. |
| Access Status | Open |
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