University of Dundee Archives

MS 17/10/21
Item
1860-1872

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Order Book of the Royal Insurance Co, Dundee Agency

MS 17/10/25
Item
1861-1873

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Includes [loose]: (1) Wreck Chart of British Isles for 1862. Compiled from Board of Trade Register (taken from Sailor's Home Journal). [1862] Scale 1 in. to 50 nautical miles. 27 x 22 cms. (2) Printed lists (2) of insurance rates for flax and jute mills in Scotland-1864 (cancelled) and 1867-1869. [See also MS 11/5/4, MS 17/10/3 and MS 17/10/11]. (3) Page of Illustrated London News, 7 October 1865, containing drawings of models of ships in the Naval Gallery at the South Kensington Museum 'Caledonian', 'Queen', 'Agamemnon'.

Miscellaneous writings by John James Dalyell

MS 17/10/3
Series
c 1868 - 1871

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Mostly written about the mid-1860s.

Draft of a story

MS 17/10/3/13
Item
c 1871

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

(i) pp.1-8. (ii) pp.9-14

A collection of manuscript pages describing a comic golf match, written by John James Dalyell.

MS 17/10/3/15
Item
25 Oct 1871

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

[Incomplete] [Approx. 58 pp]

Loose notes relating to stories written by John James Dalyell

MS 17/10/3/6
Item
c 1870

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Sketch book belonging to John James Dalyell

MS 17/10/5/1
Item
1852-1853

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Dated 1852 and 1853. Subjects include naval and military scenes, portraits of humans and animals, and a drawing showing the 'Uniform of the Carnoustie Cricket Club, 1853'.

Message delivered by Caledonian Railway Company from Col. [David] Guthrie, Ferneybank, Brechin, to John James Dalyell, granting his request to 'see Mr Corsar in my absence as o the ground', signed Alec. S. Grant, Clerk.

MS 17/10/5/11
Item
21 Sep 1869

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

On the reverse is an advertisement of stations belonging to the Caledonian Railway Company's North-Eastern Section, and charges for telegraphs and porterage

Unidentified photograph, possibly of John James Dalyell.

MS 17/10/5/17
Item
n.d

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Unidentified photograph of large crowd in hall with stall of goods for sale and, on platform, possibly piece of field artillery.

MS 17/10/5/18
Item
n.d

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Unidentified cameo portrait, hand painted, of naval officer, possibly James Dalyell, drawn by John James Dalyell.

MS 17/10/5/19
Item
1852-1853

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

A Catechism of Photography

MS 17/10/5/2
Item
1859

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London

Card containing eight small engravings of various places in England. n.d.

MS 17/10/5/20
Item
n.d

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Artist unknown

Notices of the Annual General Meetings of Carnoustie Gas Light Company

MS 17/10/5/3
Item
1861-1866

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

The notices of 1865 and 1866 include pencilled notes on interest received by James Dalyell for his shares in the company

Printed catalogue of Waddie & Co, Manufacturing Stationers, Edinburgh.

MS 17/10/5/5
Item
1864-1865

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

William Shiels & Co, [Leith] to A.H. [Fossier]. Concerns settling his account with John James Dalyell

MS 17/10/6/24
Item
18 Jun 1873

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

John James Dalyell to his parents regarding his attempts to recover damages from the Rock Steam Boat Co, after being injured on board one of their ships.

MS 17/10/6/4
Item
8 April 1858

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Wonders if his father might secure a loan of £200 against his Gas Company Shares should it be necessary. He mentions that the London Times of 5 April contains a good account of the case so far.

[Capt. Walcott] [London] to James Dalyell.