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Business books of Archibald Constable & Company, Robert Cadell & Company, and Robert Cadell.
Series
Identifier: MSS.789-802
Dates:
1814-1847.
Business papers of James Dickson and Co.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9500
Scope and Contents
Includes letter book, stock inventories, account books and price book.
Dates:
1818-1932.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Letter-books, stock-books, publication day-books and cash-books of Messrs W and R Chambers, publishers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.341
Dates:
Circa 1900-1950.
Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20801-20987
Scope and Contents
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1760-1820.