Finding Aid for the Caddell & Davies Records, 1790-1840
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Finding Aid for the Caddell & Davies Records, 1790-1840
Collection number: 922
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
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- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Caddell & Davies Records,
Date (inclusive): 1790-1840
Collection number: 922
Creator: Caddell & Davies
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Thomas Caddell (1742-1802) was born in Bristol, England. He apprenticed to London bookseller and publisher Andrew Millar in
1758, became Millar's partner in 1765 and took over business in 1767. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas Cadell (1773-1836).
The firm was named Cadell & Davies after Cadell and his new partner, William Davies, until Davies' death in 1819. The business
continued until the younger Cadell's death in 1836. The collection consists of letters from forty correspondents to Cadell
& Davies. Most of the letters discuss books, the book trade, and publishing.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Caddell & Davies Records (Collection 922). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709542
Biography
Thomas Caddell was born in Bristol, England, in 1742; apprenticed to London bookseller and publisher Andrew Millar, 1758;
became Millar's partner in 1765 and took over business in 1767; published
Gibbon and Blackstone and was an original member of famous dining club of booksellers which met monthly at Shakespeare Tavern; retired in 1793
and died in 1802; succeeded by his son, Thomas Cadell (1773-1836); Cadell the elder chose William Davies as Cadell the younger's
partner, and the firm was named Cadell & Davies until Davies' death in 1819; the business published the 4th to 8th editions
of Boswell's
Life of Johnson and continued until the younger Cadell's death in 1836.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters from forty correspondents to Cadell & Davies, a publishing company in London, England. Most
of the letters discuss books, the book trade, and publishing.
Organization and Arrangement
Collection arranged alphabetically by author.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cadell & Davies--Archives.
Publishers and publishing--England--Archival resources.
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List of correspondents
Adolphus, John, 1768-1845.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Andrews, James Pettit, 1737?-1797.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1821.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Blayney, Benjamin, 1728-1801.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Brown, William Laurence, 1755-1830.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Burgon, John William, 1813-1888.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Conder, Josiah, 1789-1855.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Coutts, Thomas, 1735-1822.
Physical Description: 3 letters.
Coxe, William, 1747-1828.
Physical Description: 6 letters.
Craufurd, Quintin, 1743-1819.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Drury, Henry Joseph Thomas, 1778-1841.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,
3rd earl of, 1757-1834.
Physical Description: 12 letters.
Harraden, Richard, 1756-1838.
Physical Description: 6 letters.
Harraden, Richard Bankes, 1778-1862.
Physical Description: 6 letters.
Hoare,
Sir Richard Colt, 1758-1838.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Horne, Thomas Hartwell, 1780-1862.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Hughes,
Reverend George.
Physical Description: 3 letters.
Huntingford, Henry, 1787-1867.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Illingworth, Cayley, 1758-1823.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Longman, Thomas Norton, 1771-1842.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Longmans,
firm, publishers, London.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Neale, Grace Elizabeth,
Lady , 1772-1855.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Newenham, Thomas, 1762-1831.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Nichols and Son,
firm, publishers, London.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Palmer, Joseph,
formerly Budworth, 1756-1815.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Paul,
Sir John Dean,
1st baronet, d. 1852.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Penn, John, 1760-1834.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Pott, Joseph Holden, 1759-1847.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Pratt, Josiah, 1768-1844.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Pyne, William Henry, 1769-1843.
Physical Description: 2 letters.
Richards, George, 1767-1837.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Roberts, Peter, 1760?-1819.
Physical Description: 4 letters.
Ryan, Edward,
d. 1819.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Thurlow, Edward Hovell-Thurlow,
baron , 1781-1829.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Tomline,
Sir George Pretyman, 1750-1827.
Physical Description: 3 letters.
Walsh, Robert, 1772-1852.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Wraxall,
Sir Nathaniel William,
baronet, 1751-1831.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
Gleig, George, 1753-1840.
Physical Description: 1 letter.
