Richardson, William, fl1766 - 1787 (printer)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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Account with William Richardson, 1780 - 1787
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/18: 278-297
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board, including some miscellaneous receipts.
Dates:
1780 - 1787
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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List of books published by the Board of Longitude and printed by William Richardson from 1766 to 1781, 1781
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/15: 8-9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with related papers.
Dates:
1781
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers from William Richardson, printer, 1780 - 1782
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/15: 4-6
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with related papers.
Dates:
1780 - 1782
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers relating to the warehouse in Catherine Street occupied by the Board of Longitude, 1782 - 1826
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/16: 287-304
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.
Dates:
1782 - 1826
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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