Item 77 - Letter from Thomas B. Whitson, Town and Gown Association Ltd., Edinburgh to [Patrick] Geddes, Edinburgh

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GB 249 T-GED/7/10/77

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Letter from Thomas B. Whitson, Town and Gown Association Ltd., Edinburgh to [Patrick] Geddes, Edinburgh

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  • 26 October 1911 (Creation)

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2 pp.

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Whitson, Thomas Barnby, 1869-1948, chartered accountant
(1869-1948)

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  • Chartered accountant.
  • Chairman of Town and Gown Association.
  • Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1929-1932.

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University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, United Kingdom

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Writes about several financial matters relating to Town and Gown; Branford's effort to raise money in London to pay off the University and City Association debt to the Town and Gown Association; the solvency of the [University and City Association]. Also mentions the misuse of loans from [A.J.] Herbertson and [J.A.] Thomson and the repayment of a loan from Mrs. Milne Murray. Typescript.

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  • English

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