Identity area
Reference code
HOUG/E/M/18/28
Title
Letter from Alexander Smith to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 21 Aug. 1865 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 ff.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
[?W.] Isle Oronsay, Isle of Skye (on embossed notepaper for Gesto Villa, Wardle, Edin[bu]r[gh, address crossed through). - Is a candidate for the Chair of English at Edinburgh University; solicits Houghton's influence with Sir George Grey.