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RefNoMS/257/1/251
AltRefNoSa.251
Previous numbersES1/40/251
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Alexander Bryson, Edinburgh to Edward Sabine
Date24 March 1860
DescriptionThe ‘executors’ of the late Sir Thomas [Macdougall] Brisbane have entrusted Bryson to the sale of his instruments and remarks on his desire for them to be exposed to the ‘best market’. Bryson states his difficulty with the magnetic instruments due to the dissolution of the Magnetic Congress and the instruments and therefore the instruments being of little value. Professor [James David] Forbes suggested to Bryson to offer the instruments to Sabine at an offer that would be satisfactory to the executors who look only to ‘money value’.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6556Bryson; Alexander (1802 - 1869)1802 - 1869
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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