---
_id: cni00055295
data:
  actDates:
    - end: 1788
      lang: eng
      start: 1786
      text: 1786-1788
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: printer and bookseller
  extResource:
    - display: http://www.nls.uk/
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
      url: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index
  external:
    - auth: NLS-SBTI
      country: UK
      date: 20080207
  foundIn:
    - NLS Impr Ind
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: In partnership with Andrew Shirrefs to publish “The Caledonian Magazine” 23 February 1787. Absconded eight months later after collecting the subscriptions.
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Leighton
        - firstname: Alexander
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  place:
    - id: cnl00026571
      part:
        - name: Aberdeen
        - address: "Mrs Nelson's Close, east end of the New Inn, Castle Street"
      start: 1786
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - id: cnl00026571
      part:
        - name: Aberdeen
      start: 1787
      typeOfPlace: actv
  related:
    - part:
        - entry: Andrew Shirrefs and Alexander Leighton
        - addition: Aberdeen
      start: 1788
      tmp: sbti:add record link
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-03-14T12:00:00Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: LEIGHTON, Alexander <printer and bookseller> Aberdeen'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n