Letterpress copybooks.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books containing letterpress copies of letters. The copies are created through the process of pressing the original letter while still wet against a blank sheet of paper. The copy paper is usually very thin and will capture a mirror image of the original. Not to be confused with letter books in manuscript.
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., 1808-1811, 1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.3.21-46.4.9
Scope and Contents
Each volume contains a contents lists.
Dates:
1808-1811, 1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Book labelled 'Letter Book No. 1. R. C. & Co. 1826-27'., 2 November 1826-27 November 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.793
Scope and Contents
The letter books contain press-copies of letters similar to those in MSS.789-792. There are two letters of illegible date at the end.
Dates:
2 November 1826-27 November 1830.
circa 180 letters of General Sir Frederick Hamilton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8218
Scope and Contents
Mostly written from the Crimea and including accounts of the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman, and the Alma.
Dates:
1847-1855.
Letter-book of Cadell & Company, containing press-copies of letters to Sir Walter Scott and others, mostly regarding Scott’s affairs., 1 July 1826- 17 May 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.794
Dates:
1 July 1826- 17 May 1830.
Press-copy letter book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854)., 1832-1836.
Item
Identifier: MS.15492
Scope and Contents
Subjects discussed include political, financial and general matters. Many of these copies are very difficult to read, and some are illegible.
Dates:
1832-1836.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin.
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General and family correspondence of the Chalmers family of Auldbar.
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General correspondence of the Chalmers family of Auldbar.
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Letter books of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854).
Press-copy letter book of Thomas Ranken, S.S.C.
Item
Identifier: MS.20757
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies of letters, 1857, of Thomas Ranken, his partner Robert Johnston, Writer to the Signet, and their firm Ranken, Walker, and Johnston, Writers to the Signet, as agents for Madeline Smith, defendant in the famous murder trial. The letters are chiefly to other lawyers, but include some to medical experts. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Copies of letters, 1859, 1861-1862, of Ranken on various legal matters, in particular the establishment of an Edinburgh agency of the...
Dates:
1857-1862.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., September-October 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.3.21
Dates:
September-October 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., October-November 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.3.22
Dates:
October-November 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., November 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.3.23
Dates:
November 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., November-December 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.1
Dates:
November-December 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., December 1808-February 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.2
Dates:
December 1808-February 1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., May 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.3
Dates:
May 1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., May-June 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.4
Dates:
May-June 1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., June-July 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.5
Dates:
June-July 1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., February-March, September 1810
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.6
Dates:
February-March, September 1810
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., September, November 1810, March-May 1811.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.7
Dates:
September, November 1810, March-May 1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., May 1811.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.8
Dates:
May 1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters., July 1813.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.9
Dates:
July 1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Apparently incomplete series of tissue-books containing contact copies of General Sir George Murray`s outgoing letters.
Tissue-book of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic., 16 May-1 June 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.16
Dates:
16 May-1 June 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray concerning actions in Scandinavia.
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Tissue-books of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic.
Tissue-book of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic., 24 May 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.17
Dates:
24 May 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray concerning actions in Scandinavia.
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Tissue-books of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic.
Tissue-book of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic, preceded (folio 1) by a copy of a memorandum by Murray on the expedition., 13 March-13 May 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.15
Scope and Contents
Leaves are cut out before folio 1 and a leaf is torn out between folios 10 and 11.
Dates:
13 March-13 May 1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray concerning actions in Scandinavia.
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Tissue-books of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic.
Tissue-books of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic., 1808.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.15-46.1.17
Wet-press letter books., 1892-1930.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.41917-41997
Scope and Contents
The wet-press letter books mark a change in the way that the publisher recorded out-going correspondence. Instead of recording manually each, or the key parts of each, letter copies were captured through pressing the original letter against a piece of unsized paper. The resulting mirror images of the originals were bound chronologically in volumes.
There are three series of wet-press letter books : P, B and L.
Dates:
1892-1930.
Wet-press letter books, series B., 1895-1917.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.41975-41986
Scope and Contents
Series B contains copies of outgoing letters of John Murray, publishers, to the booktrade.
Dates:
1895-1917.
Wet-press letter books, series L., 24 January 1900-24 February 1928.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.41987-41997
Scope and Contents
Series L contains copies of outgoing letters written on behalf of John Murray by Charles Edward Lawrence.
Dates:
24 January 1900-24 February 1928.