John Playfair manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"22515", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Playfair, John, 1748-1819", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Playfair manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1792", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1792"}

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physloc

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>· To Thomas Cadell, the elder, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1792 : (MISC 0478) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : from Meigle : begins, \"Soon after my arrival I informed you of the results of my application to Sir John Sinclair, & I should be glad to hear that the plan he proposed has met your approbation ...\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Playfair, Scottish mathematician and geologist.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1792

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1792

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1792

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Playfair manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"John Playfair, Scottish mathematician and geologist. · To Thomas Cadell, the elder, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1792 : (MISC 0478) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : from Meigle : begins, \"Soon after my arrival I informed you of the results of my application to Sir John Sinclair, I should be glad to hear that the plan he proposed has met your approbation ...\".", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 item

date_start

1792

date_end

1792

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