Letters from Abraham Colles to his mother, Mary Anne Colles [nee Bates] (1790s) Four letters from Abraham Colles to his mother, Mary Anne Colles [nee Bates], of Millmount House, Co. Kilkenny, sent during his time in Edinburgh. Subjects include: women in Edinburgh selling delivery of their children to medical students; the 'Two Acts' (Seditious Meetings Act 1795; Treason Act 1795) passed by the government; medical advice for ailments; family members; Colles's lodgings in Edinburgh; the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland sitting in Edinburgh; a visit from his brother, William; weather; the French invasions; Scottish nobility; Colles's thoughts on why older men marry. Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Colles/02/01/01/01 to RCSI/IP/Colles/02/01/01/04 30 November 1795-17 January 1797