NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

Part 7: Correspondence and Papers, 1825-1846, of Robert Cadell

Detailed Listing - Part 7

REEL 1

NLS Ms 744

Vol III Correspondence, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne, 1825-8. The other correspondents are Archibald Constable, 1825-6; Sir Adam Ferguson, 1827; J G Lockhart, 1827; Charles Mills, historian, 1825; and John Murray (?1816). There is an inventory of Scott’s letters, found among Constable’s papers and sent to Cadell, signed by David Constable, 1833.

Ii + 392 ff.

REEL 2

NLS Ms 745

Vol IV Correspondence, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne, 1828-31, with a number of undated letters to Ballantyne at the end of the volume. There are also letters of Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, 1830; Lord Advocate Rae, 1828; and Alexander Young of Harburn, 1829.

Vi + 335 ff.

REEL 3

NLS Ms 793

Book labeled “Letter Book No 1 R C & Co 1826-27”, containing press-copies of letters similar to those in MSS 789-92, 2 Nov, 1826 to 27 Nov, 1830, with two letters of illegible date at the end. The volume is foliated, with some errors, and contains an alphabetical list of addressees at the beginning.

Iv + 489 ff. Quarto.

REEL 4

NLS Ms 794

Letter-book of Cadell & Co, containing press-copies of letters to Sir Walter Scott and others, mostly regarding Scott’s affairs, 1 July, 1826, to 17 May, 1830. See MSS 795-6.

Iv + 381 ff. Quarto.

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NLS Ms 795

Typed copies of most of the letters in MS 794, with a list of the contents, which should be consulted when a letter in that volume is sought.

Quarto.

1 July, 1826, to Sept, 1827

xxvii + 254 ff.

NLS Ms 796

Typed copies of most of the letters in MS 794, with a list of the contents, which should be consulted when a letter in that volume is sought.

Quarto.

Oct, 1827, to May, 1830

i + 254 ff.

REEL 6

NLS Ms 797

Book, labeled “Letter Book S & M”, containing press-copies of letters of Robert Cadell and his firm, chiefly to Simpkin & Co (Simpkin & Marshall), Jan, 1828 to Aug, 1830, with letters to Whittaker & Co, Aug, 1830, to Feb, 1832, at the end. The letters deal chiefly with the publication and sale of Scott’s works. At the beginning is a list of contents, incomplete.

154 + many blank ff. Quarto.

NLS Ms 798

Account-book of R Cadell, labeled “Scott’s poetry”, containing “Sums expended on a/c of Scotts poetry”, 1829-46 (f 1), and “Account sales of Scott’s poetry”, 1829-46.

III + several blank ff. Quarto.

NLS Ms 799

Volume labeled “Sales Book Sir W Scott’s Life & Works”, 1842-6.

89 + many blank ff. Folio.

NLS Ms 800

Scrap-book, labeled “Advertisements”, in which are pasted printed advertisements of works of Scott and others printed by Constable & Co, 1822-4 (f 1), and by Cadell & Co and Robert Cadell, 1826-47 (f 9), with some MS notes.

19 + many blank ff. Quarto.

NLS Ms 801

Scrap-book, labeled “Waverley Novels Advertisements”, in which are pasted printed advertisements of Scott’s works, Lockhart’s Life, and other works, 1829-47, published by Cadell & Co and Robert Cadell, with some MS notes.

39 ff. Quarto. Many blank ff have been removed in rebinding.

NLS Ms 802

Volume containing claims, inventories, etc, relating to the bankruptcy of Constable & Co and of Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell respectively, 1826.

28 + many blank ff. Quarto.

NLS Ms 803 CONSTABLE AND CADELL LETTERS AND BUSINESS BOOKS

“Memoranda on Robert Cadell’s Collection of Scott Letters and on the Business Books of Constable & Co and Cadell & Co”. Typed.

(i) “Memorandum on Robert Cadell’s collection of Scott letters, by his grandson, J H Stevenson, MBE, KC” (describing MSS 742-5), 1933 (f 1), with notes by the Keeper of Manuscripts (f ii) and James Glen, Glasgow (f 13).

(ii) “Memorandum on the business books and letters of Constable & Co and Cadell & Co” (MSS 319-20, 324-5, 789-802), by the Keeper of Manuscripts, 1934.

Ii + 17 ff. Quarto.

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NLS Ms 15980 CADELL COLLECTION

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to the publisher Robert Cadell, 1831-2. This is volume 5 in the collection, of which vols 1-4 are MSS 742-5. For a history of the collection, see MS 803. The letters, most of which concern his work, are in Scott’s own hand, except for a few written by his family and friends.

Vi + 303 ff. Quarto and under. Bought, 1970. Reid Fund.

REEL 8

NLS Ms 21001

General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1802-26 345 ff.

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NLS Ms 21002

General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1827-31 336 ff.

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NLS Ms 21003

General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1832-4 296 ff.

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NLS Ms 21004

General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1835-9 292 ff.

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NLS Ms 21005

General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1840-2 317 ff.

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NLS Ms 21006 General correspondence, 1802-50, n d. This includes both family and business correspondence. The family’s letters give information on Robert Cadell’s early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the
court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS 789-802), Cadell’s financial problems, the illness and death of Sir Walter Scott and the printing, illustration and publication of his works.

1843-50, n d 287 ff.

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NLS Ms 21007

Letters of Captain Basil Hall, 1824-41, n d, with a few letters to him. Most of the correspondence concerns the production of Hall’s own books and articles, though there is some mention of work by others, particularly the Waverley Novels and Mrs Dalgairn’s Practice of Cookery. MS 21009 includes a few letters from Hall’s brother, James.

1824-30 274 ff.

REEL 11A

NLS Ms 21008

Letters of Captain Basil Hall, 1824-41, n d, with a few letters to him. Most of the correspondence concerns the production of Hall’s own books and articles, though there is some mention of work by others, particularly the Waverley Novels and Mrs Dalgairn’s Practice of Cookery. MS 21009 includes a few letters from Hall’s brother, James.

1831-2 281 ff.

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NLS Ms 21009

Letters of Captain Basil Hall, 1824-41, n d, with a few letters to him. Most of the correspondence concerns the production of Hall’s own books and articles, though there is some mention of work by others, particularly the Waverley Novels and Mrs Dalgairn’s Practice of Cookery. MS 21009 includes a few letters from Hall’s brother, James.

1833-41, n d 349 ff.

NLS Ms 21010

Letters, 1829-48, of John Dickinson, the London stationer. They concern the supply of paper, give news of events in the publishing world, and discuss current events, particularly the political manoeuvres leading up to the introduction of penny postage in 1840.

136 ff.

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NLS Ms 21011

Letters, 1832-48, of J G Lockhart. They concern Sit Walter Scott’s finances and the affairs of his family, and the publication of his works, particularly the poetry, the Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, and the Abbotsford edition of the Waverley novels (1842-7). Lockhart also discusses his own biography of Scott, and an early draft of a passage concerning Scott’s relationship with Joseph Train is included (f 47).

208 ff.

NLS Ms 21012

Family correspondence, 1806-52, n d, of Robert Cadell’s wife, Anne F Cadell, née Mylne. It includes letters written by herself and her brothers and sisters as children, business letters from her brother James, and letters about the marriage of her daughter, Mary Anne, in 1852.

165 ff. Quarto and under.

REEL 13A

NLS Ms 21013

Correspondence, 1821-40, between Robert Cadell and his wife Anne, written during the former’s absences on business in London and elsewhere.

201 ff. Quarto and under.

REEL 14

NLS Ms 21014

Diary of Robert Cadell. They consist mostly of entries about his business affairs, particularly correspondence and conversations, but there are also references to his social life and other events. At the beginning of each year, Cadell summarized the work in hand, and at the end, the occurrences during the year and his reactions to them. From 1831 onwards Cadell kept diaries of his visits to London in separate notebooks (MSS 21041-2) and the corresponding dates in this series are therefore blank. There are no entries after 1 January 1849.

Octavo.

1824 55 ff.

NLS Ms 21015

Diary of Robert Cadell. They consist mostly of entries about his business affairs, particularly correspondence and conversations, but there are also references to his social life and other events. At the beginning of each year, Cadell summarized the work in hand, and at the end, the occurrences during the year and his reactions to them. From 1831 onwards Cadell kept diaries of his visits to London in separate notebooks (MSS 21041-2) and the corresponding dates in this series are therefore blank. There are no entries after 1 January 1849.

Octavo.

1825 56 ff.

NLS Ms 21016

Diary of Robert Cadell. They consist mostly of entries about his business affairs, particularly correspondence and conversations, but there are also references to his social life and other events. At the beginning of each year, Cadell summarized the work in hand, and at the end, the occurrences during the year and his reactions to them. From 1831 onwards Cadell kept diaries of his visits to London in separate notebooks (MSS 21041-2) and the corresponding dates in this series are therefore blank. There are no entries after 1 January 1849.

Octavo.

1826 56 ff.

NLS Ms 21017

Diary of Robert Cadell. They consist mostly of entries about his business affairs, particularly correspondence and conversations, but there are also references to his social life and other events. At the beginning of each year, Cadell summarized the work in hand, and at the end, the occurrences during the year and his reactions to them. From 1831 onwards Cadell kept diaries of his visits to London in separate notebooks (MSS 21041-2) and the corresponding dates in this series are therefore blank. There are no entries after 1 January 1849.

Octavo.

1827 56 ff.

NLS Ms 21018

Diary of Robert Cadell. They consist mostly of entries about his business affairs, particularly correspondence and conversations, but there are also references to his social life and other events. At the beginning of each year, Cadell summarized the work in hand, and at the end, the occurrences during the year and his reactions to them. From 1831 onwards Cadell kept diaries of his visits to London in separate notebooks (MSS 21041-2) and the corresponding dates in this series are therefore blank. There are no entries after 1 January 1849.

Octavo.

1828 56 ff.

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