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Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/12/3/8/5
Title
Letter from Thomas Barnby Whitson, Whitson & Methuen, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes
Date(s)
- 27 August 1900 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3 ff.
Context area
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
Discusses selling Ramsay Gardens to Henry Bell, advises Patrick Geddes to accept Mr. Murdock's proposed repayment of his debt, and notes the financial loss caused by the fact that the Summer Meeting was not held that year in Edinburgh. Mentions Mr. Pollard. Sends the copy of a letter he had written to Mr. Murdoch dated 21 August 1900 [extant] regarding a debt he owes to Patrick Geddes.
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Language of material
- English