Piece 65 - Letter from Thomas Barnby Whitson, Whitson and Methuen, chartered accountants, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes, University College, Dundee

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GB 249 T-GED/12/3/8/65

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Letter from Thomas Barnby Whitson, Whitson and Methuen, chartered accountants, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes, University College, Dundee

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  • 2 May 1912 (Creation)

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(1869-1948)

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

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Details his efforts in selecting names from the Register of Members of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh to whom he could send a Prospectus of the Town and Gown Association in order to obtain funding. Apologises that Harry W. Methuen’s letter of 1st May was not delivered until that day. Suggests sending a letter written by A.J Balfour and signed also by Lord Pentland in support of the Prospectus.

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  • English

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