Note : Adelphi, [London, Eng.], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, [London, Eng.], 1807 Feb. 7.

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Note : Adelphi, [London, Eng.], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, [London, Eng.], 1807 Feb. 7.

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February 7, 1807, note in the handwriting of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, written in the third person, presumably to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, providing the publishers with counts of books (in sheets, in boards, and bound), maps (general, "North N A", and Pacific Ocean), and heads or portraits.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 17 cm.

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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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...

Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820

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Fur trader, explorer, and author. In 1801 Cadell & Davies published Mackenzie's account of his two expeditions to find a route to the Pacific ocean in 1789 and 1793 (Voyages from Montreal ... to the frozen and Pacific Oceans). A two-volume edition was also published by Cadell & Davies in 1802. From the description of Note : Adelphi, [London, Eng.], to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, [London, Eng.], 1807 Feb. 7. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 384...