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Sinclair, Sir John: letter, 23 Apr 1825


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL296

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Sinclair, Sir John: letter, 23 Apr 1825

Date(s): 1825

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Sinclair | Sir | John | 1754-1835 | 1st Baronet | politician and agriculturalist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Sinclair was born in Thurso, Caithness in 1754. He was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford. He qualified as a lawyer in both Scotland and England but never practised law. In 1780 he entered the House of Commons as MP for Caithness, subsequently serving as MP for several English and Scottish constituencies between 1784 and 1811. Sir John wrote several works on economics and agriculture and became the first president of the Board of Agriculture in 1793. His Statistical Account of Scotland popularized the use of the word 'statistics' in English.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Sir John Sinclair of 133 George Street, Edinburgh to James [Thomson] Gibson-Craig of Riccardton, 23 Apr 1825. Covering note enclosing a copy of Sinclair's pamphlet Defence of the landed and farming interests (1825). Autograph, with signature.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found enclosed in a presentation copy of Sinclair's Defence of the landed and farming interests (1825) - classmark: [G.L.] M.825.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Farms | Agricultural holdings | Landholding | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Pamphlets | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Agriculture

Personal names
Sinclair | Sir | John | 1754-1835 | 1st Baronet | politician and agriculturalist

Corporate names

Places