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Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1st bart., 1751-1831. Autograph letter signed : Teignmouth, Devon, to Mr. Davi[e]s, 1795 Aug. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Teignmouth, Devon, to Mr. Davi[e]s, 1795 Aug. 27.

Concerning the reviews and sales of his History of France.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270584273 View

Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836,. Autograph letters signed from Nathan Drake to various recipients, 1799-1831.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Nathan Drake to various recipients, 1799-1831.

Recipients: Bernard Barton, John Britton, Chairman of the Central Board of Health at Whitehall, Messrs. Cadell and Davies, booksellers (with 4 replies by Thomas Cadell), Thomas Inskip, Lackington, Allen & Co., booksellers, George Wilkins, and addressee unknown. Not all of the items are autograph letters signed. (8) contains the draft of an agreement between Drake and Messrs. Cadell and Davies, January 1, 1804. (19) is a manuscript poem, listed in Folger index of first lines (First line: The star burnt bright o'er Alton grave). (16) mentions Byron. Several discuss questions of copyright.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/425958456 View

More, Hannah, 1745-1833,. Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, Strand, London [manuscript], 1808 December 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, Strand, London [manuscript], 1808 December 5.

Positively refuses to put her name to Coelebs [in search of a wife]. Draws their attention to an error in the printing of the 3rd edition of Hints to a princess.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/708059456 View

Cadell & Davies. Cadell & Davies letters from various authors, 1797-1821.

Title: Cadell & Davies letters from various authors, 1797-1821.

Nineteen letters and one receipt addressed to the publishing firm Cadell & Davies concerning works published or to be published by them. Correspondents include Edward Cooper, Richard Hurd, John McCreery, William Ouseley, and Alexander Ranken. Subjects include reports on works in progress; proposed formats and sizes for particular volumes; expenses for advertising; requests for author's copies; and shipping arrangements. Several letters are annotated with details of the firm's response.

ArchivalResource: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702193728 View

Cadell & Davies records, 1767-1831

Title: Cadell & Davies records 1767-1831

Correspondence, promissory notes, receipts, and statements of account documenting the publishing and bookselling business of Cadell & Davies. The records include letters from contemporary authors and printers, as well as substantial correspondence with the poet and novelist Charlotte Turner Smith. Other correspondents include Edward Daniel Clarke, George Huntingford, William Magee, Edward Maltby, Isaac Milner, Charles Simeon, and Nathaniel Wraxall.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 4; Linear Feet: 1.67'

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.cadell View

Cadell & Davies. Records of Cadell & Davies, 1697-1858.

Title: Records of Cadell & Davies, 1697-1858.

The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and records (accounts, bills, estimates, receipts, orders to pay and promissory notes). Correspondents represented in the collection include: Cadell & Davies, Thomas Cadell, 1742-1802, Thomas Cadell, 1773-1836, William Davies, d. 1820, William Dickinson, Nathan Drake, William Gilpin, William Parr Greswell, John Home, Daniel Lysons, Edward Nares, William Pengree Sherlock and Sharon Turner.

ArchivalResource: 622 pieces.11 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/431497502 View

Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805,. Autograph letter from Arthur Murphy to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, Strand [manuscript], 1797 February 14.

Title: Autograph letter from Arthur Murphy to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, Strand [manuscript], 1797 February 14.

About the forthcoming publication of his Life of David Garrick.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230394677 View

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Letter : London, to Robert Baldwin, London, 1819 Nov. 11.

Title: Letter : London, to Robert Baldwin, London, 1819 Nov. 11.

ALS.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm. folded to 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24892755 View

Davies, William, d. 1820. Letter: 1816 June 19, Strand [London], to David Laing / W. Davies.

Title: Letter: 1816 June 19, Strand [London], to David Laing / W. Davies. 1816.

Inviting Laing to dine at Stationers' Hall.

ArchivalResource: [1] p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40240536 View

Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800,. Autograph letter from Joseph Warton, Wickham, [Hampshire], to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, booksellers, Strand, London [manuscript], 1798 February 27.

Title: Autograph letter from Joseph Warton, Wickham, [Hampshire], to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, booksellers, Strand, London [manuscript], 1798 February 27.

Warton enquires about a letter he sent to Cadell and Davies. Inside is the booksellers' draft answer about the prospects for his editing a complete edition of Dryden's Poetry instead of Select works.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233982643 View

Hayley, William, 1745-1820,. Autograph letters signed from William Hayley, Chichester, to various people [manuscript], 1811-1812.

Title: Autograph letters signed from William Hayley, Chichester, to various people [manuscript], 1811-1812.

Correspondents: [William] Davies, bookseller, and Professor [William] Richardson. Letter (1) to Davies describes the problems involved in publishing his Three Plays. (2) asks for Richardson's criticism of his book of plays.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230387694 View

More, Hannah, 1745-1833,. Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [manuscript], [1809] January 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [manuscript], [1809] January 26.

Asks whether the 2nd volume of Coelebs with a manuscript sheet arrived safely.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230390659 View

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811. A statement of what passed between Dr. Percy, bishop of Dromore and Messrs. Cadell and Davies : concerning the life of Dr. Goldsmith ... : stats, undated.

Title: A statement of what passed between Dr. Percy, bishop of Dromore and Messrs. Cadell and Davies : concerning the life of Dr. Goldsmith ... : stats, undated.

Percy's account in the third person of his poor relationship with the publishers Thomas Cadell and William Davies while working on the life of Oliver Goldsmith (published in 1801). Notation that the manuscript that it is autograph is presumably mistaken.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves ; 24 x 20 cm, folded to 12 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612872442 View

Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802,. T. (Thomas) Cadell letters from others, 1766-1825.

Title: T. (Thomas) Cadell letters from others, 1766-1825.

The bulk of these letters are addressed to Thomas Cadell the Elder from 1766 to 1795. Fifteen letters are addressed to the successor firm of Cadell & Davies. Correspondents include James Burnett, Lord Monboddo; Charles Burney; Hannah More; Hester Lynch Piozzi; Joseph Priestley; and Adam Smith. Several of the letters discuss books by or about Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612836818 View

Lemprière, John, 1765?-1824. Correspondence : Abingdon and Exeter, [England], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, London, 1792-1823.

Title: Correspondence : Abingdon and Exeter, [England], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, London, 1792-1823.

19 ALsS. Also included is Lempriere's copy of the agreement drawn up by Cadell & Davies, in which the rights and obligations of both parties are detailed.

ArchivalResource: 19 items (35 p. on 19 double sheets) ; 23 x 38 cm. folded to 23 x 19 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24892776 View

Collection of letters, receipts, proofs, portraits, etc., concerning The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, published by Cadell & Davies, ca. 1809-1820.

Title: Collection of letters, receipts, proofs, portraits, etc., concerning The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, published by Cadell & Davies, ca. 1809-1820.

Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of documents concerning the management of The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, primarily addressed to Cadell and Davies. The collection includes requests and receipts for payments, discussions concerning paintings sent out to be engraved, and both handwritten and printed biographies of various artists and nobles along with their engraved portraits. A letter from Anthony Cardon reads, "I must confess that I expected you would have allow'd me an opportunity of an other Trial before you condem'd me and that Mr. Wright would have taken the trouble of Tuching the Proof. If after that, it was not Like, then I should not Complain," while another by Charles Picart declares, "I think as near as I can say it will not be possible for me to complete the Portraits of the Bishop of London in Less than a fortnight...You must be aware of the difficulties there are in Portrait Engraving, and in this work the Great value of it will be the truth of the Likeness, and excellence of execution."

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items (in 2 boxes) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702178222 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Letter : to William Davies, 1819 Apr. 20.

Title: Letter : to William Davies, 1819 Apr. 20.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (6 leaves) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612876405 View

Pinkerton, fl. 1801,. Autograph letter signed from Pinkerton, Hampstead, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [manuscript], 1801 February 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Pinkerton, Hampstead, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [manuscript], 1801 February 14.

Asks for certain books. The correspondent's forename is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299096104 View