Burns Monument accounts vouchers for payment for building the monument
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/169
- Alt. number
- 3.6954
- Date
- 1818 to 1823
- On display
- No
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/169
- Alt. number
- 3.6954
- Date
- 1818 to 1823
- On display
- No
Description
Burns Monument Accounts Vouchers for payment for building the monument, including bill for block template and engraving to deposit in foundation stone, 1820 with coins and glass deposited there by James A Morris. Letter from Thomas Hamilton, architect in Edinburgh on designs for monument, 1820; James Milligan's account for surveying Alloway Park, 1818; Henry Armstrong's account for copper tripod, 1823; Thomas Noble's receipt for gilding tripod iwith gold, 1823; John Connell's receipts for building the monument, 1820. 26 items.
Archive information
Hierarchy
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Burns Monument Trust: papers, letters and other documentary material
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
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Papers, letters and documents relating to the Burns Monument Trust
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materials grouped together because they are of a similar type)
- Burns Monument accounts vouchers for payment for building the monument
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