Letter: 1818 Dec. 29, Ramsay Lodge [Edinburgh] to David Laing / George Baird. 1818.

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Letter: 1818 Dec. 29, Ramsay Lodge [Edinburgh] to David Laing / George Baird. 1818.

Asks Laing to make a list of all works published by the Senatus Acadimius of Edinburgh University from 1583 onwards.

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