Andrew Forrest receipt, to Andrew Wauchop of Niddry Esqre. : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Andrew, author.

Contributor:

Wauchope, Andrew, 1711-1784, addressee.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Booksellers and bookselling--18th century.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Genre:

Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.

Manuscripts, Scottish -- 18th century.

receipts (financial records)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Stuart Bennett Rare Books (Charleston, SC), 2023.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 19 x 16 cm

Production:

[Edinburgh], [1748]

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 24 Folder 54

Summary:

Receipt signed by Andrew Forrest, bookseller, for 11 named books and pamphlets sold to Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie Esqre. Andrew Wauchope was a prosperous laird on the outskirts of Edinburgh, at Niddrie Marischal. In this receipt Wauchope purchases 11 current political and literary books and pamphlets, including books by "Mr. Logan" and "Mr. Ruddiman," "King Harry the Ninth," "Congress of the Beasts," "Verses" and several acts of Parliament, to a total of 9 shillings. Andrew Forrest's note at the foot of the account reads "Sir/ I hope you'll pardon the Freedom I have taken in sending you out this accot. for in this time of Vacance I have very much need of Money."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.

Cited as:

Andrew Forrest Receipt, to Andrew Wauchop. (Misc Mss Box 24 Folder 54). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1394135673