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Date(s)
- 1738-1884 (Creation)
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1 folder, containing 69 items
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Scope and content
Folder is divided into subfolders:
i: printed almanack advertisements, 1738-1799 [59 items]. Many were originally used as covers for bundles of Treasurers' vouchers and powers to pay dividends; others have handwritten annotations and were used to note numbers of almanacks sold, unsold, to be printed or to be returned to the stamp office.
ii: printed almanack publication notices, 1778-1873 [9 items]. The 18th century items were originally used as covers for bundles of Treasurers' vouchers.
iii: letter from William Chase to George Hawkins regarding advertisement and publication of almanacks, 5 Nov 1795.
iv: extract from 'Publisher's Circular', 1884 (missing).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Item iv missing
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 98, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)
Related units of description
Journals of almanacks [TSC/E/20/03]; Statements of almanacks [TSC/E/20/06]; Almanack accounts [TSC/E/20/07]; Draft almanack accounts [TSC/E/20/08]; Treasurers' vouchers [TSC/E/20/12]; Powers to pay dividends [TSC/E/20/18]
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Partially missing