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As final item "Gateau Wilson" and on reverse, some signatures including those of some members of SSA2

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous church papers and correspondence. 1821-1880

Mainly relating to the affairs of Pollock Street United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, and Greyfriars United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, 1821-1880. Includes an explication of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism by John Brown, "Late Minister of the Gospel at Haddington", 1838. Report of the Religious and Benevolent Institutions in Connection with Greyfriars' Church, Glasgow 1869.

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

Miscellaneous letters

Include letters from Margaret Wilson; also letters regarding Alexander Steven Wilson's departure for Germany, from Jane [to Margaret Wilson], the Bilsland family, Nora Mercer, and Helen Carrick (all 1902).

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous letters

Correspondents include R.S. Tapp, James Blackburn Wilson, Helen Primrose Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Clarkson Maynard (including photograph). Include letters to Margaret Wilson (also as "Meta") from "Jane" [Bryce?], 1908; and from Agnes Bilsland.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous letters from family and friends

Including some engagement congratulations. The correspondents include James Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Helen Primrose Wilson, James Blackburn Wilson, A. Steven, Kate Mann.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous letters not contained in bundles.

The correspondents include Herbert Johnson, Margaret Wilson, Jessie Mann, Nancy Wilson, James Blackburn Wilson, A.H.W. Forrest, James Wilson. 1907-1989. [22] Include: Letter, 13 February, 1902, James Wilson, London, to William Primrose Wilson. Letter, 14 June, 1885, from James Wilson, London, to Margaret Wilson regarding the birth of Helen Primrose Wilson. Letter, 21 March, 1966, Crissie White, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, regarding gift of loom to College. Letter, 27 May, 1989, "Anne", Edinburgh, to Peter Sidney Steven Wilson, giving addresses of distant family members in New Zealand. Also includes U.S. paper money: 10 cents and 50 cents; and also tickets to Niagara Falls, 1874.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

Miscellaneous receipts

Includes receipts for: The Pelman School of Memory Training, 1904; The Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Co., 1909; New Departure Coaster Hub: The World's Standard Combination Free Wheel and Brake, 1918.

Wilson family of Pollockshaws and Alva

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