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Letter, 26 December

Possibly from ?"Farnie", Paris, giving news of the nursing situation in France.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous correspondence. c.1889-1919, (440-477).

Includes: (441-449) Letters and cards from James Wilson, woollen manufacturer, to James Blackburn Wilson and to "My Dear Bairns three" mainly from Junior Constitutional Club, London. Subjects are personal and include exhortations to behave well and study hard at school work. c.1892-1893. (450-460) Letters from James Blackburn Wilson at [Dollar], Woodham Ferris and Felixstowe to his brother Alexander [in Germany], 1904. Letters contain mainly news of James Blackburn Wilson's activities including gardening, walking and playing football and cricket. [See also MS 82/4/1]. (461-470) Letters [9] to "My Dear Old Wullie" (James Blackburn Wilson) from "Rochan" (Ronald Preston) serving with Section Sanitaire Anglaise No. 2, or from Weybridge. Mainly concerns news of himself and of Section Sanitaire Anglaise No. 2, April 1917 - January 1919. (471) Postcard, 28 March 1918, Gidea Park Essex, James Blackburn Wilson to Agnes McNeil Wilson, Alva. Personal news. [Photocopy: See MS 82/9/4(410) for original]. (472) Postcard, [Kitchener Hospital, Brighton], James Blackburn Wilson to James Wilson, MacAlpines Homes Glasgow. Expresses pleasure that James Wilson is making progress. [Photocopy: see MS 82/9/4(411) for original]. 473-475) Letters, 29 April 1925, 28 May 1925, and 13 May 1927, from James W. Blackwood, Kilmarnock, to James Blackburn Wilson regarding Blackwood's researches into the history of the Primrose family. (476) 2 June 1925, Edinburgh, William Primrose Wilson to James Blackburn Wilson. Concerns the birth of a son to Alexander Steven Wilson: also comments on the current state of the woollen trade.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Letters from James Blackburn Wilson serving with Section Sanitaire Anglaise No. 2 of the French Red Cross, no.(136-199) 22 October 1916 - 18 April 1917

The correspondence is mainly to Wilson's parents in Alva (also to P[rimrose], N[ancy] and S[andy]) and describes his daily life and duties, including comments on military action and giving descriptions of the areas in which he is based. Includes (197) letter, 15 April 1917, Weybridge, to James Blackburn Wilson from Susie Preston, sister of "Rochan" (Ronald Preston) enclosing a knife which has been engraved. Also (143) "Verdun Heroes Honoured", a cutting from The Continental Daily Mail. n.d.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Notebook containing diary of Journey in Japan

Included in the journey were Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tokyo, Nikko, Yokohama, Kamakura, Miyanoshita, Hokane. Includes details of prices paid for food, transport, accommodation, together with some receipts and bills in Japanese.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

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