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Letter from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie

MS-2-756, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[181-?]

File contains a letter from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie. In the letter, Dobie thanks Dinwiddie for a Carnelian seal ring he sent to her as a gift. The letter was likely written sometime in the 1810s.

A letter from Harry Robertson to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 11
File
July 23, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robertson ; Glasgow ; 1787 ; Society ; Lectures ; Chemistry ; Physics ; London

A letter from T White, with an addition by Thomas McCarthy, to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 23
File
March 31, 1805

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::McCarthy ; White ; Calcutta ; Howard ; McNaught ; Kennedy ; Hyslop ; Hare ; Boyd ; Robison ; Playfair ; Leslie ; Buee ; geometry

A letter from R. Hume to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 28
File
July 14, 1799

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Hume ; Calcutta ; Paterson

An undated and unsigned letter

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 40
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::college ; instruments ; London ; balloon ; Diving bell

A letter from Ann Pirre to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 5
File
May 26, 1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Galloway ; Tennant ; Pirrie ; Dumfries

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 Dudley Adams

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A1
File
November 27, 1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dudley Adams ; 1795 ; camera ; obscura ; optical ; machine ; lens ; optics

One letter to James Dinwiddie from W.B.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A3
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::W.B. ; students ; pupils ; telegraph

A subpoena to James Dinwiddie from The Hon. Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Gov-Gen of Fort William, Bengal

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A6
File
February 07, 1806

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::subpoena ; Bengal ; Fort William ; Governor ; Calcutta ; 1806

Two letters to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blain

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A11
File
May 23 - 27, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robert Blain ; Joseph Hume ; credentials ; Christopher ; Norwich ; Norfolk ; Archdeacon ; Bishop ; Clergymen ; parrish ; University ; Cambridge ; University ; Marquis ; Buckingham ; Royal College of Physicians

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Blanta Esq.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A13
File
December 12, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::recommendation ; readings ; system

One letter to James Dinwiddie from A.P. Buchanan

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A16
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::surgeon ; electricity ; Col. Congreve ; machine ; rowing

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Cleghorn

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A19
File
January 02, 1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::electricty ; cylinders ; Crawford ; Robinson ; experiment

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Crumbie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A25
File
November 13, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::provost ; Alex ; Christie ; William Crumbie ; 1786

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas H. Duffin

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A31
File
[1806?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; present ; Thomas H. Duffin

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Duplessy

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A34
File
September 15, 1801

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::French ; Duplessy ; 1801

One letter to James Dinwiddie from A Eason

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A35
File
September 17, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::College ; Leeds ; Halifax ; Liverpool ; Chester ; Shefield ; A Eason ; 1783

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 Dr. Fleming

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A43
File
[1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::embassy ; China ; Dr. Fleming ; 1792

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Miss Gill

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A46
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; Miss Gill

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas Irvine

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A62
File
February 04, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Thomas Irvine ; 1783 ; London ; Dublin

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Kennedy

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A66
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::French ; Kennedy

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 Rawlins

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A83
File
[Jan], 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Rawlins ; 1811 ; battlements ; killed ; government ; Calcutta ; death ; dictionary ; London ; philosophy ; medical ; observations ; music ; library ; King ;

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.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Charles Spalding

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A90
File
September 09, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Charles Spalding ; 1783 ; death ; Diving Bell ; crime ; Dr. Cullen ; physicians ; murder ; diving ; Ireland ; Dr. Black ;

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 ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Stevenson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A92
File
October 21, 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robert Stevenson ; 1782 ; Dublin ; Letter of Friendship ; Syllabus ; London ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from M. Stokes

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A95
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Richmond ; Custor ; Cambridge Coffee House ; M. Stokes

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Charles Taylor

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A97
File
November 29, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::inflammable ; Oil of Vitriol ; iron ; apparatus ; tubes ; funnel ; Globe ; philosopy ; chemical ; balloon ; 1783 ; Charles Taylor

One letter to James Dinwiddie from V. Thibault

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A99
File
February 01, 1805

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Calcutta ; Drummon ; Maddras ; chimacal furnace ; apparatus ; wedgewood ; lens ; V. Thibault ; 1805

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Allan Toulis

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A100
File
April 14, 1770

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill ; Allan Toulis ; 1770

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr. Watson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A106
File
May 06, 1814

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mr. Watson ; 1814 ; London ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Ian Wood

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A111
File
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Ian Wood ; 1789 ; 1790 ; 1791 ; electrical ; machine ; conducter ; air bottles ; charcoal ; optical ; bladder ; microscope ; Archimedes ; astronimical clock ; prisms ; pump

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 ;

One letter to Aaron Upjohn, sender unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A120
File
[11, 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1800 ; Aaron Upjohn ; Chittagong

One letter, unknown sender or receiver

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A123
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Coldbrook ; army ;

Notes on Geometry

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K5
File
1767-1778

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document contains four pages of notes on geometry written by James Dinwiddie. The notes contain diagrams and proofs of theorems.

Notes on Fireworks

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K6
File
1767-1778

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document contains two pages of notes on the composition of fireworks written by James Dinwiddie.

Notes and Research Papers

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K7
File
1798

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This group of documents is a series of unidentified notes and research papers composed by James Dinwiddie. This file consist of 116 pages of material.

List of Manufacturers

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K8
File
1770

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document compiled by James Dinwiddie contains a list of manufacturers in England including their industrial machinery and manufacturing practices. This file consists of notes.

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.

Memoire

Dinwiddie, OS Box 8, Folder 22, item K10
File
After 1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Notes on a new method of preparing solid colours for paint by Antoine Francois de Fourcroy

Translate of Malay Laws

Dinwiddie, OS Box 8, Folder 22, item K11
File
After 1767

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Malay Laws ; translation ; Maritime Laws

Lecture Notes

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C1
File
1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie outline twenty lectures on topics in physics including motion, gravity, force, and acceleration. The notes also touch on natural theology with respect to knowledge and creation.

Lecture 7

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C6
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) deal with electricity and electrical machines.

Lecture 11

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C9
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) note various astronomical systems including the Ptolemaic and Copernican as well as Kepler's, Newton's, and Descartes' theories on planetary motion.

Lecture 13 - Astronomy

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C10
File

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie outline a lecture on astronomy. He discusses the various planets and their motion as well as their various measurements (diameter, distance from the sun).

Natural History, No. 2,3; Chemistry, No. 1-4; Metallurgy, No. 1-3

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C20
File
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on natural history, chemistry, and metallurgy. He mentions several topics including agriculture, physical properties of water, and mineralogy.

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