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88 archives found for 'Bruce, Alexander Low'

  • 557.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about Stanley's inaugural address for the Scottish Geographical Society, suggesting him to speak on the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty ("your message still needs to be thundered forth in every part of the Kingdom until Britain is thoroughly roused from her leth, Edinburgh, 25-09-1884

  • 5368.

    Scrapbook with various obituaries (mainly from the 1890's) of famous people and acquaintances, some articles on the Livingstone Hospital, the Thomas H. Parke Memorial, the state of affairs at the Congo State and execution of Charles Stokes (1895), the death of William Mackinnon and Alexander Low Bruce, c. 9 pp.

    with several inserted cuttings

  • 85.

    LETTER BOOK containing sponge paper copies of letters by HMS (September 1891 - March 1893), 42 pp., on loose sheets, 4to

    Copy-letters from HMS to Alexander Low Bruce (2), W. A. Daw & Co. (2), Woodhouse, Trower, Freeling & Parkin (1), James B. Pond (1), Walter Trower (2), Thomas H. Parke (1), [?] (1), Friedrich-Arnold Schumacher (1), Rev. [?] (1), Leopold II (1), Cecil Rhodes (1), Beauchamp (1) and Comte Paul de Borchgrave (1)

  • 6019.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to Dorothy Tennant, about Stanley standing for a constituency in Scotland, 03-06-1892, East and North of Scotland Liberal Unionist Association, Edinburgh

  • 6020.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to Dorothy Tennant, about Stanley's election defeat, "I would set to work to organize and educate North Lambeth", 07-07-1892, Edinburgh

  • 6021.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to Dorothy Tennant, thanking her for her gift, regarding the agitation Stanley started at Swansea on behalf of Uganda, 21-10-1892, Edinburgh

  • 6022.

    Letter [in envelop] from Alexander Low Bruce to Dorothy Tennant, calling Stanley "too much in earnest" to take a political contest, on Stanley's future in Africa, Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson's "horrid" letter, recommending Stanley to "put pressure on the Conservatives to get better into line with the Unionists", 25-12-1892, Edinburgh

  • 353.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, about the death of Alexander Low Bruce, s.l., 28-[11-1893]

  • 354.

    Letter from Dorothy Tennant to HMS, about the death of Alexander Low Bruce, London, 29-11-1893

  • 430.

    Letter from Gertrude Tennant to HMS, on the death of Alexander Low Bruce, Neath, South Wales, 30-11-1893

  • 524.

    Telegram from Agnes Livingstone Bruce to HMS, announcement of the death of her husband [Alexander Low Bruce], Edinburgh, 28-11-1893

  • 525.

    Letter [draft] from HMS to Agnes Livingstone Bruce, condoling her on the death of her husband Alexander Low Bruce, "every man whom I could call friend is gone", London, 28-11-1893

  • 526.

    Letter from Agnes Livingstone Bruce to HMS, reminiscences of her deceased husband Alexander Low Bruce, Edinburgh, 10-02-1894

  • 554.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about Stanley's speech on de Brazza, "Africa evidently cannot do long without you", London, 11-11-1882

  • 555.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, expressing his sadness about Stanley leaving England, "don't see England through that miserable wretched R.G.S. that I loathe", Edinburgh, 01-01-1884

  • 556.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, regarding a speech by Stanley [to the London Chamber of Commerce] in which he denounced the Portuguese, London, 18-09-1884

  • 5125.

    Printed invitation letter signed by David Livingstone Bruce to attend the funeral of his father, Edinburgh, 28-11-1893

  • 558.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, asking him on behalf of the secretary of the Literary Institute to give a lecture in Edinburgh under the auspices of their Institute, Edinburgh, 03-10-1884

  • 559.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, concerning Stanley's coming lectures in Scotland and his going to the Berlin Conference, Edinburgh, 12-10-1884

  • 560.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, concerning Stanley's coming lectures in Scotland, on Verney Lovett Cameron's name being omitted in an article in the Scotsman, Edinburgh, 16-10-1884

  • 561.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, regarding the arrangements for Stanley's coming lectures in Scotland, Edinburgh, 22-10-1884

  • 562.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning the Duke of Argyll having become vice-president of the Scottish Geographical Society, Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh, 25-10-1884

  • 563.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the relation between the Scottish Geographical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, Edinburgh, 29-10-1884

  • 564.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, on William Mackinnon and Peter Denny becoming members of the Scottish Geographical Society, arrangements for Stanley's coming lectures in Scotland, Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh, 09-11-1884

  • 565.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the Berlin Conference, new memberships of the Scottish Geographical Society, first number of Scottish Geographical Society Magazine, arrangements for Stanley's lectures in Scotland, Edinburgh, 23-11-1884

  • 566.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning his meeting with Mr. [Donald] Beith "about the private part of your letter", a Council meeting of the Scottish Geographical Society, Scottish Liberal Club, Edinburgh, 18-12-1884

  • 567.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, on the import of alcohol in the Congo, Edinburgh, 22-12-1884

  • 568.

    Letter [draft] from HMS to Alexander Low Bruce, recommending Julian Arnold to the secretaryship of the Scottish Geographical Society, s.l., December 1884

  • 569.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, congratulating him on his diplomatic labours at the Berlin Conference, informing him of Julian Arnold not being appointed secretary for the Scottish Geographical Society, about the change in political life of England, Edinburgh, 23-02-1885

  • 570.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, informing him of an invitation by William Frederick Webb, begging of him to use his influence with William Mackinnon to stand for Argyleshire, Edinburgh, 14-03-1885

  • 571.

    Letter [copy?] from HMS to Alexander Low Bruce, expressing his anger at the attitude shown towards him in the Scottish Geographical Magazine, London, 24-03-1885

  • 572.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, on Stanley's new book [The Congo and the Founding of its Free State], "I don't think this generation will ever be able fully to grasp the inestimable value of the work you have accomplished", thanking him for his words about the "old man", about the "New, Edinburgh, 03-06-1885

  • 573.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, enclosing the second part of his review, "I trust (…) that you are the 'heart breaker' as well as Bula Matari, the stone breaker", Edinburgh, 14-08-1885

  • 574.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, thanking Stanley for his letter complimenting painter Robert Gibb, "the task you have set me (…) is one that Livingstone's Grandsons can more appropriately undertake when they reach manhood (…)", Edinburgh, 20-08-1885

  • 575.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, criticising Joseph Thomson's address to the Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh, 12-01-1886

  • 576.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, "Mr. [Donald] Beith says if you would only come north", Edinburgh, 16-03-1886

  • 577.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, concerning Dr. Robert Felkin's role in the sending out of the EPRE, "privately I learnt that the Govt. was favorable to do something but was afraid of Scotland and the Scotch constituencies lest the Gladstonians would cry out against it", about another E, Edinburgh, 26-12-1886

  • 578.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about his contribution to the Emin Relief Fund, begging Stanley to make the Scottish Geographical Society "the medium of any communication you may desire to give to the public", Edinburgh, 07-01-1887

  • 579.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the death of Lord Iddlesleigh, Stanley's pathetic letter of farewell, enclosing an application for service in the EPRE, Edinburgh, 13-01-1887

  • 580.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, informing him of the suspense that his letters of September 1888 had terminated, the laudatory press cuttings to him, speculations as to where he will come out, Germany's colonial efforts in Africa and Portuguese-British relationships, the growing Britis, Callander, 21-04-1889

  • 581.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, showing relief on his return, about the British plan "to establish civilizing influences (…) from the Cape to Cairo right through the heart of Africa", mentioning Cecil Rhodes's anxiousness to meet him, on the political state of affairs in England, news, Edinburgh, 10-11-1889

  • 582.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, expressing his desire to meet him in Egypt, list of points he wishes to discuss, his distrust of Cecil Rhodes, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 03-02-1890

  • 583.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about his recent stay in Cairo, arrangements for Stanley's visit to Scotland, the lack of interest by the British government in East Africa, suggestion of the "Nyassa Tanganyika route" for a small expedition, Edinburgh, 05-04-1890

  • 584.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, concerning the programme for Stanley's Scottish visit, Edinburgh, 17-05-1890

  • 585.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, a "business note" regarding Stanley's Scottish tour, Edinburgh, 24-05-1890

  • 586.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, regarding Stanley's coming visit to Scotland, Edinburgh, 06-06-1890

  • 587.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, "I was sorry to miss you in London", Edinburgh, 24-06-1890

  • 588.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, regarding the dismissal of Stanley's valet Ronald Stewart and his alleged crime, Edinburgh, 25-06-1890

  • 589.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the alleged crime of Stanley's valet Ronald Stewart, a newspaper interview with Miss Merrick, Stanley's interview with Gladstone, Edinburgh, 02-07-1890

  • 590.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, enclosing a cheque, on his plan of endowing a travelling lectureship to go to the colonies and English speaking races and "to convert our Royal Scottish into an Imperial Geographical Society", Edinburgh, 03-07-1890

  • 591.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about a presentation copy of The Darkest Continent (sic) being misdelivered, Edinburgh, 03-07-1890

  • 592.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, expressing his gratitude for a copy of In Darkest Africa with dedication from the author, wondering about the verdict of Dorothy Tennant on Miss Merrick's portrait of Stanley, about the coming wedding of Stanley, Edinburgh, 06-07-1890
    Note: Enclosed newspaper cutting: "Edinburgh Library Lending Department. A rush for Stanley's book"

  • 593.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, commenting on Dorothy Tennant's book [London Street Arabs], his correspondence with May French Sheldon, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 08-10-1890

  • 594.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, enclosing a cheque, thanking him for his visit to Scotland in June 1890 which "settled the Anglo-German treaty on lines much more favourable to Britain", Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 08-10-1890

  • 595.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about a Mrs. John Livingstone claiming her husband to be a relative of David Livingstone, expressing his contempt for William Bonny, on Stanley's coming lecture tour in America, Edinburgh, 14-10-1890

  • 596.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, sending him an application on behalf of a dissenting congregation, mentioning his dislike of Lord Rosebery, Edinburgh, 16-10-1890

  • 597.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, asking him to give his opinion to the Scotsman about an extension of the British mail service in East Africa and the railway between Mombasa and Lake Victoria, Edinburgh, 19-10-1890

  • 598.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, concerning a British mail service between Britain and the East Coast of Africa, stressing the need for the British government to become more active in the suppressing of slave trade in East Africa, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 24-10-1890

  • 599.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, enclosing a note with a cheque "for your steamer in the Lake", Edinburgh, 24-10-1890

  • 600.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the Barttelot-Jameson controversy, May French Sheldon going to East Africa, the undertaking of a railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria, asking Stanley about his availability for the Board of the British East Africa Co. ("what is wanted is a King, a, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 10-03-1891

  • 601.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about Stanley's possible going to East Africa, the estimate for the [Uganda] railway, Loch Awe, Argyleshire, 27-04-1891

  • 602.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, enclosing a "most satisfactory" note from William Mackinnon, on the trek of the Boers into Mashonaland, London, 24-05-1891

  • 603.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, stressing that "no Report will be issued that has not your full approval", about "that other [EPRE] Report" and the alleged responsibility of William Mackinnon for it, Edinburgh, 13-06-1891

  • 604.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about Stanley's broken ankle, his prospects for the railway from Mombasa to Nyanza [Lake Victoria], begging of Dorothy Tennant to exercise her "magic influence" over William Gladstone on this subject, complaining about the "parochial minded and never Imp, Dunbar, 09-08-1891

  • 605.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, "you will have to give a trumpet blast before you leave [for Australia] so that the Treasury walls may fall down and a [Uganda] railway guarantee be secured", denouncing Gladstone's "policy of scuttle", Dunbar, 24-09-1891

  • 606.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about William Mackinnon's difficulties, "he perhaps has not the promptness of purpose and resolution he formerly had", Edinburgh, 01-10-1891

  • 607.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about his being "in the depths of despair" over the Uganda railway, Scottish Liberal Club, Edinburgh, 05-10-1891

  • 608.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning William Mackinnon's defence of the Established Church of Scotland, Captain Robert H. Nelson's application for East Africa, Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson's lecture for the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce on Uganda, on the Uganda railway, Imperial B, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, 19-01-1892

  • 609.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, introducing Mr. Belfrage who "will render all the help he can to secure your return for North Lambeth", London, 22-06-1892

  • 610.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, regarding Stanley's election defeat, London, 11-07-1892

  • 611.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, expressing his hope of the British government to take over Uganda, "are the powers of light or darkness to have the upper hand in Africa?", Oban, 17-09-1892

  • 612.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning the struggle inside the Cabinet about Uganda between Lord Rosebery and William Vernon Harcourt, Edinburgh, 07-11-1892

  • 613.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, sending him a copy of Alfred Milner's book on England in Egypt, stressing that "under no circumstances must you be called on to go to the Congo or the West Coast", mentioning Stanley's "Mombasa trip" and his vitalizing the East Africa Company, Edinburgh, 19-12-1892

  • 614.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, about the situation of the Conservative party in North Lambeth, William Mackinnon being in a state of health that he cannot organize any fresh enterprise and no one else caring to take the initiative, mentioning the possibility of Stanley becoming Admini, Edinburgh, 02-01-1893

  • 615.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning the dark shadow hanging over the IBEAC, The Abbey Brewerie, Edinburgh, 24-05-1893

  • 616.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, "it is far too kind of you and Mrs. Stanley to invite us to lunch or dinner", London, 31-05-1893

  • 617.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, mentioning his meetings with Peter Mackinnon (nephew of William Mackinnon) and Mr. Hall, about Sir Gerald Portal's mission, the political situation in North Lambeth, Edinburgh, 03-09-1893

  • 618.

    Letter from Alexander Low Bruce to HMS, sending him a small contribution to the Thomas H. Parke Memorial, about his meeting with Professor Butcher, mentioning lectures in Scotland by Lord Roberts, George R. Parkin and Alfred Milner, Edinburgh, 20-11-1893
    Note: Remark by HMS: "1 week before his death"

  • 619.

    Letter from Geraldine K. Webb to Alexander Low Bruce, on the death of her mother [Emilia Jane Webb], Newstead Abbey, Nottingham, 01-01-1890

  • 620.

    Letter from R. Yellowlees to Alexander Low Bruce, informing him of the attribution to Stanley by the Town Council of Stirling of the Freedom of their Burgh, Council Chambers, Stirling, 20-05-1890

  • 621.

    Letter from G. L. Crole to Alexander Low Bruce, regarding Stanley standing for a Scottish Constituency, "Stanley would be received with open arms", The Liberal Unionist Association, East and North of Scotland Branch, Edinburgh, 22-05-1892

  • 622.

    Letter from John George Bartholomew to HMS, on the death of Alexander Low Bruce, Edinburgh, 03-12-1893

  • 1372.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to HMS, regarding contributions to the Emin Pasha fund by Alexander Low Bruce and Baroness Burdett-Coutts, "anxiously awaiting information as to whether the authorities and the Sultan of Zanzibar [Seyyid Barghash] will approve of the Congo route", Balinakill, Clachan (Argyllshire), 07-01-1886

  • 1452.

    Letter from William Mackinnon to Alexander Low Bruce, mentioning Stanley's future in East Africa and the Emin Relief Committee Report, London, 22-05-1891

  • 1459.

    Letter from James C. Mackinnon to HMS, on the death of Thomas H. Parke and Alexander Low Bruce, London, 28-11-1893

  • 1472.

    Letter from George S. Mackenzie to HMS, complaining the treatment by the government of the East Africa Company, I.B.E.A.C., London, 09-10-1893

  • 2053.

    Letter from James Augustus Grant to HMS, mentioning the wish of Alexander Low Bruce for Stanley to assist in the establishment of a Scottish Geographical Society, London, 16-08-1884

  • 2282.

    Alexander Low Bruce, Edinburgh, 22-05-1890
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