Sophia Lee manuscript material : 3 items, 1797-1804

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Sophia Lee manuscript material : 3 items, 1797-1804

· To Messrs. Cadell & Davies, publishers : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 May 1797 : (MISC 0421) : [from Clapham] : begins, "Being for a few days at Clapham I take the opportunity of wequesting you to make out my account concerning Almeyda ..." · To Messrs. Robinson, publishers : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 May 1804 : (G'ANA 0012) : from Bath : begins, "Sequesterd as I am when at home, it is impossible for me to know whether my Book is, or is not, published, at the time it was advertised ..."; with a [draft?] response to Lee on the third page of the folded lettersheet, signed "G. & J. R."; the hand is unidentified. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jun 1804 : (G'ANA 0013) : from Hatfield Place, near Bath : begins, "Since I wrote to inform you that I had drawn on you for one hundred & fifty pounds, from the 28th of May, I have met with a disappointment of an equal sum ..."

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SNAC Resource ID: 8038003

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)

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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...

Lee, Sophia, 1750-1824

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Sophia Lee, English novelist and playwright. From the description of Sophia Lee manuscript material : 3 items, 1797-1804 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 708084379 ...