Cadell & Davies records 1767-1831

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Cadell & Davies records 1767-1831

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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.

Total Boxes: 4; Linear Feet: 1.67'

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6348991

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Bowdler, H. M. 1754-1830.

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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826

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Bowdler, H. M. (Henrietta Maria), Mrs., 1754-1830

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Milner, Isaac, 1750-1820

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Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...

Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751-1831

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Teignmouth, Devon, to Mr. Davi[e]s, 1795 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584273 Traveller, historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lower Brook St., to his publisher, 1785 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584266 ...

Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802

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Thomas Cadell (1742-1802) entered the London book trade in 1758 as an apprentice to Andrew Millar. He entered into partnership with Millar in 1765, and became the sole proprietor in 1767. He was perhaps the leading bookseller in London until his retirement in 1793. He was succeeded by the firm of Cadell & Davies, consisting of his son Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). Cadell Jr. acted as sole proprietor after the death of Davies, and the firm came to a conclusion with h...

Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846

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Pretyman, George, 1750-1827

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Later Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester. From the description of Autograph note in the third person : to Sir Peter Burrell. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618978 ...

Huntingford, George Isaac, 1748-1832

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Coxe, William, 1747-1828

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Maltby, Edward, 1770-1859

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Mitford, William, 1744-1827

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Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836

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English divine and author. From the description of Advantages of the spiritual man (I Cor. 2, 15, 16) : autograph copy of a sermon. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661976 Charles Simeon, born in Reading on 24 September 1759, was the fourth son of Richard Simeon and Elizabeth Hutton. While a student at King's College, Cambridge, he experienced a dramatic conversion on Easter Day, 1779. After earning his BA, he was ordained on 28 September 1783. Sime...

Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822

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English mineralogist and traveler. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: to "Mr. Muttow," 1814 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823336 ...

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848

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English explorer; secretary to the Admiralty. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Admiralty", to Henry Paterson, Jr., 1845 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621907 ...

Davies, William d. 1820

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Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836

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Redesdale, John Mitford, Baron, 1748-1830

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Magee, William, 1766-1831

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William Magee, Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin and theologian. From the guide to the William Magee manuscript material : 1 item, 1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806

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English poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to her publisher [Cadell], 1798 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663279 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weymouth, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [London publishing firm], 1796 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664068 Charlotte Smith was a British poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, Petworth, to Thomas Cadell, and engra...