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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
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.
Dates:
1802-mid 20th century, undated.
Journal and commonplace book of John Charles Brown, a private soldier in the 3rd European Bengal Regiment, during the Indian Mutiny.
File
Identifier: MS.15393
Scope and Contents
The narrative covers the period from 21 December 1855 to 3 July 1861, but with several gaps, and is followed (folio 131) by a miscellany of notes and memoranda on various topics including moral maxims, medical and household recipes, puzzles and mathematical formulae. From the formality of the layout and handwriting, the photographs and drawings pasted in at various places, and the poems and extracts interspersed in the narrative, it seems likely that this is a fair copy written up at leisure...
Dates:
1855-1861.