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21. Add MS 48862-48896

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Title:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. LXV-XCIX. Annual accounts ('K Books') of A. Strahan, A. and R. Spottiswoode, etc., mostly for printing for firms and individuals and of individual works; 1819-1855. Each volume is lettered 'K' on spine, where preserved, and is preceded by an index, and most are followed by statistical analyses for each year. Quarto. Thirty-five volumes.
Scope & Content:
William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d. Andrew Strahan, printer of the ' London Gazette.': Account-books and papers: 1785-1819, n.d. Robert Spottiswoode, printer: Account-books and papers: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819-1855
Extent:
35 items

22. Add MS 48897-48905

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Title:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. C-CVIII. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 18th-19th centt., partly comprising material formerly inserted loose in bound volumes in the collection, now removed and all rearranged in nine volumes, as follows:-
Scope & Content:
William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d. Andrew Strahan, printer of the ' London Gazette.': Account-books and papers: 1785-1819, n.d. Robert Spottiswoode, printer: Account-books and papers: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 items

23. Add MS 48906 A-C

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Title:
A-C. STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. CIX-CXI. Lists of employees of A. Strahan and A. & R. Spottiswoode, giving dates of employment, full names in most cases, numerous addresses, and frequent career details; 1770-1839. 48906 B and 48906 C were kept by Thomas Clark Shaw, partly in shorthand, and are each followed by an index, on ff. 45-48b and ff. 105- 122b respectively. 48906 A contains notes of costs of individual books, Nov. 1805-14 Feb. 1807, n.d. (ff. 1-5b), and separate lists of pressmen, 25 ...
Scope & Content:
William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d. Andrew Strahan, printer of the ' London Gazette.': Account-books and papers: 1785-1819, n.d. Robert Spottiswoode, printer: Account-books and papers: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1839
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 48907

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Scope & Content:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vol. CXII (ff. 11). Accounts of payment of wages to individuals, 13 Jan.-26 May 1821, followed (ff. l l b-11, reversing the volume) by daily details of books, presumably being printed, 21-29 Apr. [1827?]. Octavo. Andrew Strahan, printer of the ' London Gazette.': Account-books a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1828
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 48908

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Scope & Content:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vol. CXIII (ff. 13). Notebook of T. C. Shaw,, containing drafts of letters, mostly in shorthand, 28 Nov. 1831-31 Aug. 1835, notes of Bible publishing, 22 Sept.-19 Oct. 1836 (ff. 8-9b), and a few other miscellaneous notes, partly in shorthand, 16 July 1832-1 May 1848, n.d. Octavo....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831-1848
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 48909

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Scope & Content:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vol. CXIV (ff. i+58). Notebook of T. C. Shaw containing lists, prices, sizes, etc., of machinery, materials, and equipment, notes on comparative costings, procedure for apprentices, and other miscellaneous memoranda; 30 Nov. 1829-9 Feb. 1852, n.d. Includes on ff. 42b-44 notes of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1829-9 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 48910-48917

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Title:
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. CXV-CXXII. Inventories, together with (except for 48917) valuations, some certified, of type, paper, printing equipment, fittings, premises, books, and other assets of A. Strahan, Eyre and Strahan, A. and R., also A. and George Andrew, Spottiswoode; 1800-1855. 48913 contains plans of premises at New Street Square (f. 12b) and Dalston (f. 16b). Included are inventories of the property of Robert Spottiswoode in New Street Square (draft and fair copy; 48914, 48915), and as...
Scope & Content:
George Andrew Spottiswoode, printer; son of A Spottiswoode: Account-books and papers: 1848-1855. Andrew Spottiswoode, printer: Account-books and papers: 1819-1855.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1855
Extent:
8 items

28. Add MS 48918

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STRAHAN PAPERS. Vol. CXXIII (ff. ii+56). 'Memorabilia Classica, Or a Philosophical Harvest of Antient & Modern Institutions', comprising a schematic synopsis of, with extensive extracts from, an anonymous work in six volumes; aft. 1769. Octavo. Philosophy: 'Memorabilia Classica': aft. 1769.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1769
Extent:
1 item