| Description Of Item | 8 letters and 1 envelope, 3 letters from the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh [Dr John MacWhirter], 4 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh; 2 letters to Alex Boswell Esq., 10 London Street, Edinburgh, 1 letter to unknown recipient. 5 letters from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, one each to the Lord Advocate of Scotland M.P, Viscount Melbourne, James Abercromby M.P, the Earl of Roseberry and the President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. All letters concern a Petition that was forwarded to London to be presented to both Houses of Parliament, and a copy of the Petition sent to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch to present to the House of Peers.
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