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Rolling Stone 1976-1984

Box 1: Rolling Stone magazine, 36 issues, 1976-1984 1/ Rolling Stone No. 229 (1976) 2/ Rolling Stone No. 233 (1977) 3/ Rolling Stone No. 236 (1977) 4/ Rolling Stone No. 245 (1977) 5/ Rolling Stone No. 268 (1978) 6/ Rolling Stone No. 282 (1979), Bob Marley as Spiderman pg 95 7/ Rolling Stone No. 287 (1979) 8/ Rolling Stone No. 294 (1979) 9/ Rolling Stone No. 297 (1979) 10/ Rolling Stone No. 298 (1979) 11/ Rolling Stone No. 306 (1979) 12/ Rolling Stone No. 313 (1980) 13/ Rolling Stone No. 319 (1980) 14/ Rolling Stone No. 330 (1980) 15/ Rolling Stone No. 331 (1980) 16/ Rolling Stone No. 332 (1980) 17/ Rolling Stone No. 335 (1981), John Lennon and Yoko Ono cover 18/ Rolling Stone No. 337 (1981) 19/ Rolling Stone No. 338 (1981) 20/ Rolling Stone No. 341 (1981) 21/ Rolling Stone No. 342 (1981) 22/ Rolling Stone No. 343 (1981) 23/ Rolling Stone No. 346 (1981) 24/ Rolling Stone No. 347 (1981) 25/ Rolling Stone No. 347 (1981), duplicate 26/ Rolling Stone No. 348 (1981) 27/ Rolling Stone No. 349 (1981) 28/ Rolling Stone No. 350 (1981) 29/ Rolling Stone No. 351 (1981) 30/ Rolling Stone No. 352 (1981) 31/ Rolling Stone No. 353 (1981) 32/ Rolling Stone No. 354 (1981) 33/ Rolling Stone No. 358 (1981) 34/ Rolling Stone No. 365 (1982) 35/ Rolling Stone No. 375 (1982) 36/ Rolling Stone No. 405 (1983) 37/ Rolling Stone No. 418 (1984)

Jann Wenner

Partnership contracts

Partnership contracts between William Gilbert Don and John Don; W. G. Don and A. J. Buist; A.J. Buist and Don Brothers

Correspondence between D. Bruce Peebles, Tay House, Bonnington, Edinburgh and Peter Carmichael

Contents include notes on a meeting in London of the Gas Institute followed by a visit to Paris for an exhibition on gas engines; ascent of the Eiffel Tower and in the captive balloon; visit to Rouen; family matters; discussions on Free Trade and Fair Trade; the role of locomotives in civilising and equalising societies; poem by DBP in which he rails against bombings, bloodshed and cattle maiming, to be submitted to the Scotsman in protest at an official event in Edinburgh involving Charles Parnell. Death of Mr Geekie. An accident at the old mill at St Roques; dock strikes in London and strikes at Bristol Gas Works ' 133 pouring socialistic ideas into the ears of ignorant men'; the patenting of a gas governor; progress in Forth Bridge construction; death of DBP's brother James in Alloa; DBP to become a director of a Scottish Electric Light Company, the object of which is to light up an area in Edinburgh - his son Arthur to be an electrical engineer; mention of a paper given by Professor Ewing and a William Low on electricity; travels; art exhibitions; Freedom of the City of Edinburgh to Stanley, 11th June, 1890; trains between Edinburgh and Dundee and the delays of trains on the single track Newtyle line; panic in London's money markets that might affect Baxter Bros; comments on an illustrated lecture by DBP to include a slide of Sitting Bull, the Sioux chief with whom he shook hands at Bismark, Dakota

Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

Letter to PC from William Henderson, Mitchell & Co office, Riga (serious problems working in Riga and death of his wife following childbirth);
Thomas Greenwood, Wellington Foundry, Leeds (manufacturing, the state of world trade, war with Russia; a move to ordnance work; a dispute regarding the infringement of patents; wire ropes);
James Carmichael, Filature d’Ailly (family and production matters; the Crimean War, its effects on the availability of Russian flax and the consequences for trade; praise for the Bonapartes, description (with sketch of battlefield) of a visit to Waterloo; the ruin of Robert Baxter’s business in Lille and David Cruikshank taking over his mill; political comments; weather, corn and potato harvests, death of PC’s father, ?25 November, 1854);
James Sinclair Stirling (regarding an engine for powering the printing press of the Edinburgh Guardian newspaper and its suitability for use in South America; his development of water pumps and their potential for powering boats);
Scottish Provident Institution (life insurance renewal);
D. Cruickshank, 38 Charles Street, Westminister (family matters and health, teaching and writing);
James Spense, H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth (family and engineering matters; sail cloth, ropes, coal sacks; the preparation and fitting of ships to take French troops to the Baltic);
Dundee Water Company (the laying of pipes at Springhill Road);
Robert Baxter, Moulins, Lille, France (request for advice on manufacturing matters, details of a new scutching machine);
George Carmichael, Ward Foundry, (concerning letters of introduction to works in England);
D. Small, Dundee, (concerning PC’s enrolment as an elector for the Burgh);
J. Ramsay, Crieff: (the selling of spa water at Crieff, with a sketch of the proposed ‘water palace’; enquiry if ‘our William’ should apply for an advertised post of house surgeon at Dundee Royal Infirmary);
John Smith, Dock Street, (concerning the order of wine);
Samuel Lash, Portsmouth Dockyard, (regarding a present of towels and a sample of white sail cloth);
James Cox, 4 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee (Relates to PC and Mrs Carmichael meeting ‘Dr’ to sign legal document);
James Grandison, Glasgow (concerning the post of flax mill manager in Mexico).
[42 items]

Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

Correspondence: 1856. Miscellaneous topics pertaining to engineering and business matters together with current, general and family affairs. Correspondents and contents include: Report by the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company; James Spence, H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth (family and seasonal news, published and proposed articles, engineering matters, ship repairs and his failure to get the job at the Woolwich Arsenal; arrival of the ‘young Baxter’ from Lille, France (with ‘fancy’ shirts), poor health of his son and PC’s continued incapacity and consequent depression); D. Cruikshank, 38 Charles Street, Westminster (family matters and the ‘shocking event in Edinburgh’ [death/suicide of Hugh Miller?], proposed visit of family to PC); William Nairne, 228 High Street, Perth (account of how he was made bankrupt by his eldest son and with PC’s help was able to buy a druggist shop for himself and his third son); Assessment by Dundee Parochial Board for the Support of the Poor of the Parish of Dundee for the year 1st February 1856 to 1st February, 1857: £176; James Carmichael, À Ailly-sur-Somme France (coal and church matters; cost of chartering/purchasing a vessel; the Crimean war; family matters; samples of yarn; comparative price of Russian and Picardy flax; the design of hackling machines; the possibility of his becoming a partner in his company on the withdrawal of Mr Baxter and raising the necessary capital); Rev. James Thomson (regarding a line from PC for the admittance of a boy to the hospital); [P.] M. Duncan of John Brown’s, Dundee (payment of an invoice; Charter Party for the vessel Lee, to be loaded at Seaham with coals for Abbeville); William Henderson, Riga (peace conference for the Crimean War; high price of flax; the efficiency of his wood mill); S. Stevens, 24 Bloomsbury Street, London (delivery note); George Lowden, 25 Union Street, Dundee ( design for a mounting); John Carmichael, Carestane; James Paterson, Dundee (regarding William Nairne); Potts, Cairnie & Ray, Edinburgh (drawing and estimate for a bookcase); Dr Henry S. Boase, Claverhouse (regarding bleaching and dyeing); Yates, Brown & Howatt, 2 Springfield Court, 69 Queen Street, Glasgow: (an order for fine linen yarn from a third party); John Behrens, King Street Office (accountancy matters with Mechanics books balanced to 9th February); George Carmichael, Ward Foundry, Dundee (regarding a meeting.); James Sinclair, Strone, Stirling (answering PC’s queries on the suitability of his water engine as a water meter); John Corlass (an invitation from Mr Baird for PC to visit the works of Messrs J & N. T. Scott & co., John Street Works, Glasgow); Fred Smith, New Bond Street, Halifax, Yorks (recommends a cure for PC’s leg; request for advice on the terms of a business partnership); Thomas Greenwood, Leeds (regarding dispute between Mr Batty and himself and Mr Fairburn, previously partners); Notice of tax payable for 1854. (Approximately 112 items)

Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

Correspondence: 1857. Miscellaneous topics pertaining to engineering and business matters together with current, general and family affairs. Correspondents and contents include: invitation to Private Subscription Ball (in the Thistle Hall); John Sime Wholesale and Retail Stationer, Cowgate, Dundee (relating to specimens of Waverly novels sent to PC); D. Cruikshank, 38 Charles Street, Westminster (relates to setting up a school in connection with the ‘Scotch’ Church in Southampton); James Spence, H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth (include discussion of ‘Brother’ David [Cruickshank]’s decisions about opening in Southampton); Police notice (ordering footpaths at Springhill to be paved) James Carmichael, À Ailly-sur-Somme, France (mentions death of Mr Nairne) Scottish Provident Insurance (policy); Oliver Davie (relates to work being suspended at calender where he works and thanks PC for employing him and expresses hope that working classes will long continue to ‘the esteem and respect’ him)
(62 items)

Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence

Correspondence: 1858. Miscellaneous topics pertaining to engineering and business matters together with current, general and family affairs. Correspondents and contents include: Accounts Office, General Post Office, Edinburgh (regarding money order); D. Cruickshank, Bedford Place, Southampton (requesting money), Notice of taxes; James Sinclair, Strone, Stirling (announcing birth of his daughter); Andrew Ogilvie (relating to share in Dundee and Arbroath Railway); James Spence, H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth (include reference to PC ‘calendering patent’) William Ramsay (Asks if PC can do anything for Andrew Crichton, son of Robert Crichton who seeks employment) James Carmichael, À Ailly-sur-Somme, France (include several references to James’ concerns about PC’s health, Robert Baxter, Moulin-Lille (Nord) France,(regrets to learn of PC’s poor health and seeks employment for his nephew David) David Baxter, Hamburg (discusses travel in Germany), Andrew Fullerton, Portsea Island Gas Works (Thanks PC for introduction to his brother-in-law [James Spence?]) (129 items)

NB this bundle includes a letter from Robert Baxter to Peter Carmichael 2 July 1858 stamped with two blue (20c) French Empire stamps and from James Carmichael to PC 20 Oct. 1858 stamped with one Orange (40c) French Empire stamp

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