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GB 249 T-YOU/2/135 · Item · 15 February 1866
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Dealing with the purchase of statuary in Edinburgh. Also purifying the smell of burning oil. Playfair conveys his thanks to Young for the gifts to his wife and daughters.

Playfair, Lyon, 1818-1898, first Baron Playfair, politician and chemist
GB 249 T-YOU/2/139 · Item · 20 July 1882
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Covering note for an enclosed letter (not extant) concerning an unidentified dispute involving a brother and a friend of the writer.

Playfair, Lyon, 1818-1898, first Baron Playfair, politician and chemist