| Description | Personal correspondence of Nicolson and Monboddo families, 1782-1845, including: Copy letter from Sarah Siddons to Lord Monboddo thanking him for sending on a present from 'generous donors', Shakespeare Square, 29 July 1788. Copy letter from Philip Thicknesse to [Lord Monboddo] congratulaing him and commenting on his 'Origin of Language', London, March 1789. Letter from Sir Walter Scott- 'I return with my best thanks Albino and Bellama...', commenting on the volume, Castle Street, 'Tuesday', [1812]. No addressee. Letter from Duke of Wellington to Lord Arbuthnot telling him he has made successful application to Sir James MacGregor that Captain Badenach, at present serving in Edinburgh should not be moved from there, Stratfield Saye, 19 November 1832. Copy letter from Thomas Chalmers to Captain Burnett on religious matters- 'What chiefly distresses me is, that the adherents of our church who make great profession of attachment to Christianity should be so sordid and so neglectful of what is obviously plain and incumbent duty', Edinburgh, 25 April 1845. Letter from Lord Thurlow to [Lord Monboddo] thanking him for 'the collection of those works, most of which i have read with so much satisfaction...' and discussing differences in law opinions, undated, with copy |