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Reference numberMC/14/292
LevelItem
TitleLetter from ?, The Mitchell Library, Ingram Street, Glasgow, to the Council of the Royal Society
Date8 February 1888
DescriptionColquhoun requests the Mitchell Library to be added to the list of institutions that receive copies of the Society's [Philosophical] Transactions. Describes the position and breadth of the Mitchell Library. Remarks they contain more than 75,000 volumes, and are the largest 'public reference library' in Scotland, not including Universities and public bodies.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
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