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<p>With typed calendar of the papers. Comprises:
</p><li>RAMC/215/1: 21 tickets of admission to lectures, and certificates of completion of courses in sciences, agriculture and branches of medicine, at the University of Dublin, the School of Physic in Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, the University of Edinburgh and two Edinburgh hospitals; and a letter of authority from the Army Medical Department, recommending Dr. Davies's lectures, 1817-1823.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/2: Medical degree from Edinburgh University, 1820.</li>
 <li>RAMC/215/3: Certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, of qualification to practice anatomy, surgery and pharmacy, c.1823.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/4: Bills and receipts for clothing, provisions and forage, 1824-1834.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/5: Order to take up duties as Collector of Duties, Iles de Loss (Los), Sierra Leone, 1822.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/6: Two letters from Edward Fitzgerald re Murray's family and a map (of the Iles de Los) by Murray, 1822.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/7: Letter of introduction from Murray's uncle, Patrick Murray, 1823.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/8: Printed circular from the Inspector's office, Kingston, Jamaica, re promotion of medical officers and requests for specimens for the Museum of Anatomy at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1826.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/9: Hospital receipts from Honduras, 1826-1827.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/10: Questionnaire from J. Cheyne, Physician General in Ireland, re health of British troops and settlers in the Colonies, 1830.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/11: Printed circular from the National Vaccine Establishment, London, re supplies of vaccine lymph, and denunciation of inoculation of smallpox, 1832.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/12: Letter from D. Murray enclosing money, 1832.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/13: Letter from the Army Medical Department re entitlement to the supply of a truss for hernia, 1832.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/14: Letter from Mrs. Anna Hay begging for news of her son, Henry Hay, 1832.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/15: Two letters from Murray's sister, Anne, giving news of the family as they set out to emigrate to America, 1833.</li>
<li>RAMC/215/16: Letter from Murray to Sir James McGrigor, Director General, Army Medical Board, requesting a pay rise, 1834.</li><p></p>

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