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Ref NoDEP/BGW/9
Acc No2013/38
TitleLetter from George William Balfour to his sister, Jane Balfour
Date6 Jan 1846
Description Of ItemWritten from Vienna. He writes of the Emperor of Russia's visit and the failed attempts to arrange a marriage between an Archduke and a Russian princess; John's [Balfour's eldest brother, eventually a surgeon to the East India Company] request for a lens and a book on talbotypes; instructions to his sister to find a suitable wife for himself; [Johann] Strauss' musical style; similarity between Scots and German; and courses with Rokitansky and Skoda.
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