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thesaurus/cni00054589 Hill, Peter

Hill, Peter

Record IDcni00054589
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00054589
Last Edit2014-03-14

General Note

Member and secretary of the Edinburgh Bookseller's Society 23 June 1790. Had been many years principal clerk to Mr Creech. Burgess and Guild Brother 18 September 1794. Edinburgh City Library have Peter Hill's “Sale Catalogue for 1793. Pigot 1820” has Peter Hill & Co still at 200 High Street. Apprentices: Archibald Constable was apprenticed to him 2 February 1788; James Aikman, Burgess 25 July 1804; Alexander Macredie, Burgess 22 June 1816; John Cunningham, Apprenticed 25 April 1814; Burgess 13 July 1825.

More Information

Dates of Activity1784-1834
Activitybookseller
and collector of cess (1816)
collector of cess (1817 - 1820)
booksellers and stationers (1821 - 1822)
collector of cess (1821 - 1822)
collector of cess (1823 - 1833)
collector of cess (1825 - 1827)
Online Resourcehttp://www.nls.uk/
Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityEdinburgh; Opposite Canongate Church (1784)
Edinburgh; 160 Nicholson's Street (1786)
Edinburgh; Thomson's Head Parliament Sq (1788 - 1789)
Edinburgh; Cross South side (1789 - 1815)
Edinburgh; 204 High Street (1816)
Edinburgh; 204 High Street (1817 - 1820)
Edinburgh; 32 Princes Street (1821 - 1822)
Edinburgh; *32 Princes Street (1821 - 1822)
Edinburgh; 11 Bank Street (1823 - 1833)
Edinburgh; 1 Lynedoch Place (1834)
Edinburgh; 11 Bank Street (1825 - 1827)

Related Entries

See alsoPeter Hill & Co, booksellers (1817 - 1820)
200 High Street, **Edinburgh

Names

HeadingHill, Peter
used in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index

Sources

Found inNLS Impr Ind. — Edin Dir. — Constable. — Sher. Edinburgh Booksellers

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