---
_id: cni00058561
data:
  actDates:
    - lang: eng
      start: 1781
      text: 1781
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: 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: "Charles Thomson's “The history of Mahomet” was printed for him in Edinburgh in 1781, <Edin Dir 1780> gives one J. Strachan, John Strachan shoemaker Canongate-Head. He does not appear in “Edin Dir” 1782."
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Strachan
        - firstname: J.
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  place:
    - id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
      start: 1781
      typeOfPlace: actv
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2014-03-14T12:00:00Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: STRACHAN, J. <bookseller> Edinburgh'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n