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Neill and Co

Record IDcni00056907
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00056907
Last Edit2014-03-14

General Note

Adam Neill died in 1812, and Patrick Neill employed William Fraser as a general manager. Fraser died in 1846 and his sons Alexander Fraser and Patrick Neill Fraser joined the firm. Patrick Fraser was a batchelor; Hon LL.D.; Patrick Neill Secretary of Wernerian Society 1808-49, and of the Caledonian Horticultural Society 1809-50. He died 3 September 1851. The National Library of Scotland has type specimens for Neill & Co for 1840, 1843, 1845, [1860] and later and a photograph of a broadside specimen of 1839 & 1840. Alexander Ross of Neill & Co. “Edin Dir” 1844

More Information

Dates of Activity1776-1890
Activityprinter
and stereotypers and printers' joiners (1843 - 1890)
Online Resourcehttp://www.nls.uk/
Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityEdinburgh; Old Fish Market Close (1776 - 1782)
Edinburgh; *Old Fish Market Close (1812 - 1818)
Edinburgh; *10 Old Fishmarket Close (1830 - 1842)
Edinburgh; *10 Old Fishmarket Close (1843 - 1890)

Related Entries

See alsoPatrick Neill (1819 - 1830)
10 Old Fishmarket Close, **Edinburgh

Names

HeadingNeill and Co
used in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index
Variant NameAdam Neill and Co (1784 - 1811)
*Old Fish Market Close, **Edinburgh
Neill & Co (1812 - 1818)
Neill & Co, and typefounders (1830 - 1842)

Sources

Found inEdin Dir. — The house of Neill 1749-1949 ed Moray McLaren. Edinburgh, 1900.

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