Item 51 - Letter from G. Croom Robertson to Henry Sidgwick

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/95/51

Title

Letter from G. Croom Robertson to Henry Sidgwick

Date(s)

  • 24 July 1882 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 doc

Context area

Name of creator

Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), philosopher
(1838-1900)

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Writes on the occasion of the death of Sidgwick's brother-in-law, Francis Maitland Balfour. Assumes that Sidgwick will not send his MS that week and informs him that it will reach him in time if send by the middle of August to an address in Aberdeen. Also states that the review of 'Stephen' could also be sent to that address. Of Balfour, he says that he never met a man who charmed him more than he; that the loss to science is 'simply incalculable'. Sends his regrets to the family.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area