Sir John Soane: Rewriting a Life.

The article examines the business and personal archives left by British architect Sir John Soane. He wrote and printed the book "Memoirs of the Professional Life of an Architect Between the Years 1768 and 1835" in 1835. The initial incident that pushed Soane into print and using his personal papers to defend himself came in 1799, when he released an account, titled "A Statement of Facts Respecting the Designs of the New House of Lords." In 1827, he printed "A Brief Statement of the Proceedings Respecting the New Law Courts at Westminster." His notebooks shows a process of obsessive arrangement, indexing and excerpting.