Summary

Identifier

MSS.21001-21069

Dates

• 1802-mid 20th century, undated. (Creation)

Extents

• 69 Volumes (Whole)

Subjects

• Correspondence.

• Diaries.

• Accounts.

• Legal documents.

• Business records.

• Account books.

• Bankbooks.

• Memorandums. Legal documents.

• Minutes of agreement. Legal instruments.

• Notebooks.

• Calculations.

• Biographies.

• Drafts. Documents.

• Fair copies.

• Letters. Correspondence.

• Copies. Derivative objects.

• Financial records.

• Registers (lists).

• Notes.

• Genealogies.

• Coats of arms. devices (symbols).

• Excerpts.

• Inventories.

• Contracts. Agreements.

• Speeches. Documents.

Notes

• Conditions Governing Access

  Normal access conditions apply.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

• Scope and Contents

  Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

• Arrangement

  The papers are arranged as follows: MSS.21001-21013. Correspondence. MSS.21014-21043. Diaries. MSS.21044-21052. Accounts. MSS.21053-21060. Legal and business papers. MSS.21061-21068. Stevenson papers. MS.21069. Miscellaneous papers.

• Immediate Source of Acquisition

  Bought, 1971, except MSS.21055-21060, bought, 1974.

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