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Accounts, day books, and recipe books of Milton printworks near Dumbarton.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.17961-17997

Dates

  • Creation: 1790-1861.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

37 Volumes

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1961.

Separated Materials

Two printing blocks and six lengths of cotton purchased with the collection have been transferred to the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh (Reference 1980.771-778).

Bibliography

Reference to this collection is made by Francina Irwin in ‘Prelude to the Paisley shawl’ in "Scotland's Magazine", February 1966, pages 44-47. See also her article on ‘Scottish eighteenth-century chintz and its design’, in ‘Burlington Magazine’, 1965, pages 452-458, 510-514.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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