Letters from Archibald Constable and Company to Messrs Hurst, Robinson and Company.
Scope and Contents
Includes many letters to Joseph O Robinson from Archibald Constable in person and from Robert Cadell, and a number of other, related, letters and papers. The correspondence concerns business matters, especially the publication and sale of Sir Walter Scott's works, the technicalities connected with their publication, and the financial complications and difficulties which led eventually to the bankruptcy of Archibald Constable. Most of the correspondence was written between January 1819 and January 1821 and April 1825 and January 1826, when letters were written frequently, sometimes daily or more often: other periods are represented by few letters, or none at all.
Dates
- Creation: 1813-1827.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
3 Volumes ; Most of the letters are written on quarto sheets.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1990.
Separated Materials
For the letters of Messrs Hurst, Robinson and Company to Archibald Constable and Company see MS.326.
Materials Specific Details
A few letters are mutilated, having had their address panels cut off; the reason is not known.
- 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
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