Archives Catalogue

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B12
Item
1787

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie possibly during a stay in Paris, containing a few dated entries from September 1787 as well as lists, queries and observations.

Vol. 6 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D6
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 6 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 795-1000, created by James Dinwiddie in April 1787 while he was in London.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blair

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A12
File
March 24, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::London ; Language ; Spanish ; Edinburgh ; recommendation

On Christian conversation

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
1788

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

A letter from Margaret Kertland, to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 6
File
October 27, 1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Baggle ; Kertland ; Henderson ; diamond ring

One letter to James Dinwiddie from H.B.T.

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A116
File
May 16, 1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::H.B.T. ; 1788 ; matrimony ;

Queries and hints, vol. 8, Paris

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 8 of "Queries and Hints" created by James Dinwiddie in Paris. This volume contains queries numbered 1111 to 1286.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D7
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 9 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1287-1721, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1788 while in London.

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown,

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A117
File
September 16, 1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::London ; Dover ; 1788

One letter to James Dinwiddie from J.S. Ewart

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A38
File
January 13, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mercury ; artificial ; horizon ; compass ; W.J. Bele ; J.S. Ewart ; 1789

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Andrew Mitchell

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A75
File
March 28, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Andrew Mitchell ; 1789 ; Copenhagen ; ships ; Elysium ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Steven

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A91
File
December 16, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::William Steven ; 1789 ; tickets ; lecture ; philosophy ;

Two letters to James Dinwiddie from Herbert Jenkins

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A64
File
August 1787, September 28, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Herbert Jenkins ; 1789 ; General ; Addington ; Pulpit ;

Letter written by William Dyott from Fort Edward, near Windsor, N. America, dated 27 July 1789

MS-2-779, SF Box 82, Folder 26
File
1789

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

See url (http://archive.org/stream/dyottsdiary1781100dyot/dyottsdiary1781100dyot_djvu.txt)

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A119
File
August 24, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1789 ; London ; Philosopher ; lectures ; machine ; stockings ; English ; coals ; Groombridge ; fireworks ; inflamable air ; Newcastle

Queries and hints, vol. 10

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D8
Item
1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Bernard Cologan

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A22
File
June 12, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::ticket ; lecture ; Besley

Queries and hints on fermentation

MS-2-276, Box 15, Folder D19
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints on Fermentation," which contains queries numbered 1-142.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Lt. Gen. Helvill

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A53
File
July 11, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Helvill ; Planta ; mathematician ; mechanitian ; Greek ; Roman ; antiquities ; museum ; Channel ; Lt. Gen Helvill ; 1790

Three letters to James Dinwiddie from Margaret Henderson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A55
File
November 1, 1789 - February 18, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::lung ; lectures ; circu ; equestrian ; theatre ; Hume ; laboratory ; Blair ; chemical ; London ; Taylor ; spinning ; Anderson ; Warren ; France ; perfumary ; Newcastle ; Slade ; apothecary Scotland ; Ireland ; Margaret Henderson ; 1789 ; 1790

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D9
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.

Two letter written by Phos Boyd to James Dinwiddie,

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 9
File
November 3 - November 20, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Byron ; McKenzie ; farm ; fortune ; Armstrong ; Anderson

A letter from Alex Copland to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 39
File
September 27, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Copland ; Jardine

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dr. Copeland

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A23
File
December 24, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::gunpowder ; chemical ; atmosphere ; water gague ; weather ; wind

Seventeen letters to James Dinwiddie from Logan Henderson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A54
File
July 23, 1783 - November 28, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::John ; Dr. Gray ; arrest ; England ; paper ; phosperhous ; Liverpool ; Hamilton ; Playfair ; Germany ; government ; kingdom ; telescopes ; apparatus ; Maggy ; Slade ; Dublin ; Boulton ; experiments ; Lynch ; flight ; Ireland ; balloon ; wing ; Ferguson ; Wood ; Newcastle ; machine ; electrical ; Betty ; Nova Scotia ; Christmas ; speaker ; house of commons ; Greenwich ; Paris ; Hydrostatics ; Johnstone ; election ; Logan Henderson ; 1783 ; 1790

One letter to James Dinwiddie from R. Vevers

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A105
File
August 25, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::R. Vevers ; 1790 ; Richmond ; Scotland ; lectures ; Philosophy of Science

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr and Mrs Barclay

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A4
File
May 20, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Barclay ; dinner ; invitation ; 1790

Queries and hints, vol. 12

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D10
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.

Description of a planetarium, or astronomical machine : which exhibits the most remarkable phaenomena, motions, and revolutions of the universe

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H1
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a volume published in London in 1791.

A letter written by Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 26
File
January 24, 1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::lectures ; ancient war ; gun powder

A letter from Janet McNaught to William Kellock

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 34
File
August 29, 1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::McNaught ; Kellock

Letters from Harry Robertson to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A85
File
January 8, 1792 - August 15, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains six letters from Harry Robertson to James Dinwiddie, written between January and August 1792. Letters touch on life in China, London, and Glasgow.

Declaration of an estate sale of Luther Freeman to Nathan Tupper for the sum of one pound, 19 shillings at a public auction for 2 twelve acre lots.

MS-2-201, SF Box 30, Folder 43, Item 3
Item
1792

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

Tibetan (?) manuscript with Chinese insert

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K9
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document may be a Tibetan manuscript with a Chinese insert.

Introduction

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C58
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This introductory lecture written by James Dinwiddie discusses natural philosophy. Dinwiddie draws on past philosophers including Rene Descartes, Plato, and John Locke to describe Nature and man's relationship with her.

The Effects of Heat and Mixture on Bodies and Chemical Apparatus

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C60
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on chemistry. The notes begin with a course outline discussing chemical mixtures, heat, animals, plants, and chemical apparatus. The notes provide more detailed content on thermometers, acids, salts, alkalis, and other topics included in the course.

Vol. 13 [Queries and HInts]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D11
Item
[ca. 1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 13 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2082-2172 and headings including mathematics, engineering and mechanics.

Queries and hints on various subjects, volume 14th

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D12
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.

A bill from Nicholas Meredith to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 20
File
August 27, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Nicholas Meredith

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr. Berney

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A9
File
July 17, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Berney ; London ; 1792 ; George Lee

One letter to James Dinwiddie from John Murray

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A77
File
September 14, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::John Murray ; 1792 ; attorney ; arrested ; Portsmouth ; plates

Queries and hints, vol. 15

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D13
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 15 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2270-2251 and subject headings including metallurgy, experiments, and chemistry.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr. Jarding

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A63
File
September 20, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mr. Jardin ; 1792

Vitriolated Tartar/Nitre

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C63
File
After 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on vitrolated tartar and nitre. Dinwiddie discusses the chemical composition of each substance as well as various reactions when they are mixed with other compounds.

Queries and hints on music, vol. 1st

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D20
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This is the scientific journal entitled "Queries and Hints on Music"; it contains queries numbered 1 to 65. Composed by James Dinwiddie in 1792 while in London, the journal covers hints related to music. This file consists of one journal.

Credo Chinesa

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E17
Item
[after 1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook in which James Dinwiddie recorded his observations (in 75 numbered paragraphs) about China, including its geography, animal life, and customs.