NAHSTE: Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 Sir Archibald Geikie Gen. 524/3/57
Date(s)	30 January 1860
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Wilson \| Jessie Aitken \| fl1860 \| sister of George Wilson
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson enclosing a letter from Emily M Yelverton (not attached) which places obstacles in the way of the completion of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. A discussion follows concerning the intellectual ownership of personal letters which are to be used as source material and possible methods of pacifying Emily M Yelverton.
Index
Subjects	Biography Borrowing and Lending
People	Balfour \| John Hutton \| 1808-1884 \| professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh Campbell \| Peter Colin \| 1810-1876 \| first principal, University of Aberdeen Forbes \| Edward \| 1815-1854 \| professor of natural history, the University of Edinburgh Geikie \| Sir \| Archibald \| 1835-1924 \| professor of geology, University of Edinburgh Godwin-Austen \| Robert Alfred Cloyne \| 1808-1884 \| foreign secretary of the Geological Society Jukes \| Joseph Beete \| 1811-1869 \| director of the Geological Survey of Ireland MacMillan \| Alexander \| 1815-1896 \| publisher Patterson \| Robert \| 1802-1872 \| president, Natural History Society of Belfast Voorst \| John \| Van \| fl1863 \| publisher Wilson \| Jessie Aitken \| fl1860 \| sister of George Wilson Yelverton \| Emily M \| fl1860 \| widow of Edward Forbes
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