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Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/12/3/8/8
Title
Letter from Thomas Barnby Whitson, Whitson and Methuen, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes, Dundee
Date(s)
- 22 June 1906 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
5 ff.
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Name of creator
(1869-1948)
Biographical history
- Chartered accountant.
- Chairman of Town and Gown Association.
- Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1929-1932.
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Scope and content
Acknowledges receipt of Patrick Geddes' letters . Mentions the estimate for the building of a Lawnmarket tenement. Discusses Geddes' capital accounts and clarifies misunderstandings regarding a series of transactions. Mentions Slater, Messrs Irons Roberts & Company, Irons and Coy, John Ross, and Landale. Geddes' reply to Thomas Barnby Whitson is written at the end.
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Language of material
- English