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James Currie fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1804

Reference:

R16124-0-6-E, MG55/24-No160

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105534

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James Currie fonds
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Date(s):

1804

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Letter from William Wallace Currie to his father, James Currie commenting, among other things, on Watt's new steam engine, political economy and personal matters, dated Edinburgh, 10 February 1804 with notes on the letter and biographical information. Originals, 10 pages.

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Currie, James, 1756-1805

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Currie, James, 1756-1805 : Physician author

James Currie was born at Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfrieshire. He was a celebrated physician and also an author. He was the first biographer of Robert Burns, with whom he was aquainted. His son, William Wallace Currie was mayor of Liverpool.

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Documents created in: Liverpool, England.
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Biography, 1804 William Wallace Currie, 1804

Steam-engines, 1804 James Watt, 1804

Economics, 1804
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Private

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MG55/24-No160
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