COLLECTION NAME:
              
                  Charting The Nation
                
                
              Record
                          
                      Work Record ID:
                    
                    
                        0042866
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Shelfmark:
                    
                    
                        CH12/12/941
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Holding Institution:
                    
                    
                        National Archives of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Title:
                    
                    
                        [Letter from Thomas Blackwell, Marischal College, Aberdeen, to Bishop Robert Keith, 18 November 1752]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Gordon, James (b.1615?, d.1686)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Mapmaker
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Blackwell, Thomas (b.1701, d.1757)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Author
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Keith, Robert, Bishop of Fife (b.1681, d.1757)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Recipient
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Date:
                    
                    
                        1752
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Description:
                    
                    
                        Blackwell was Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen. He thanks Keith for the gift of James Gordon's map of Aberdeen - 'a curious Map of the two Towns' (image no. 00001480) - coins minted at Aberdeen, etc.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Work Type:
                    
                    
                        Manuscript text
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Material:
                    
                    
                        Paper
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Technique:
                    
                    
                        Pen and ink
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Aberdeen
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Rights Statement:
                    
                    
                        Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro File Type:
                    
                    
                        Cropped Tiff
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        27447336
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Title:
                    
                    
                        [Letter from Thomas Blackwell, Marischal College, Aberdeen, to Bishop Robert Keith, 18 November 1752] [1 of 3]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        3651 x 3555
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro ID Number:
                    
                    
                        0042866c.tif
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Old ID Number:
                    
                    
                        00002411
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Capture Date:
                    
                    
                        01/03/2001
                      
                      
                        
                      
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