Requesting Young to preside over a meeting to be addressed by H.M. Stanley.
Personal letter, thanking Young for the kindness shown to his brother.
Playfair, Lyon, 1818-1898, first Baron Playfair, politician and chemistCovering 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 chemistRequesting Young to investigate the chemical composition of bone manure and informing him that the stannate of soda process may not be accepted in France by the customs.
Note to Young telling him of his whereabouts.
Meldrum, Edward, fl. 1850-1859, chemistPlayfair is going to address the British Association meeting on matters relating to Young’s patent.
Playfair, Lyon, 1818-1898, first Baron Playfair, politician and chemistInviting him to attend a meeting of French chemists and physicists in the Royal Palace. Mention of Monsieur Dumas.
Referring to the fact that Young is about to recruit Hofmann’s assistant.
Hofmann, August Wilhelm, Von, 1818-1892, chemistWishing Young well for the New Year.
Regarding the publication of the David Livingstone papers.
Concerning the chemistry of dyestuffs.
Regarding a dispute over the transfer of the [Addiewell] works to the [Young Paraffin] Limited Company. Incomplete.
Requesting a sample of caustic potash and its price.
Hofmann, August Wilhelm, Von, 1818-1892, chemistRegarding the stannate patent in America.
Giving details of Young’s American patent for 'Improvements in the manufacture of Stannate of Soda or Potash'.