MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043955
Shelfmark:
CH12/12/939
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
[Letter from Thomas Blackwell, Marischal College, to Bishop Robert Keith, 15 January 1750]
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:
1750
Description:
Blackwell, as Principal of Marischal College, thanks Keith for the gift of Robert Gordon's map of Aberdeen (see image no. 00001410), etc. 'The Map is a real Curiosity, & by it's great Exactness, worthy of the well-known Name of it's Maker; ... your Map & Coin are to be laid up in our Repository, with a Ticket annex'd, bearing the Name of the Donor...'.
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:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
65502130
Repro Title:
[Letter from Thomas Blackwell, Marischal College, to Bishop Robert Keith, 15 January 1750] [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043955c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002364
Repro Capture Date:
28/02/2001 16:38:00

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