Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name. Some of the letters include replies. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Brough, Joshua, 1897-1902: folios 1-10:includes letter, 1898, of H.C. Bright to Joshua Brough: folios 8-9;Brougham, Henry, 1851-1863 and undated: folios 11-52;Brougham, William, 1860-1867: folios 53-55;Broughton, Samuel,...

Scope and Contents Included with the manuscript is a letter of Brougham to John Murray III concerning the manuscript, and a marked proof of the article. Also included is a related article by Brougham, "The Judges on codification", extracted from the "Edinburgh Review".Brougham`s article on the "Digest" was published in "The Quarterly Review", volume 94, number 188, March 1854, article 5, pages 461-466. The article is a consideration of "A letter to the Lord Chancellor, containing observations on...

Scope and Contents (1) manuscript, 1839, of an anonymous poem, "Who killed Lord Brougham?";(2) photocopy, 1976, of another manuscript, 1839, of the poem "Who killed Lord Brougham?". The first folio of the photocopy has been annotated at the head to indicate that the manuscript was in the collection of Barbara Murray;(3) note, ? 1845, on which is written "Memoires de Fleury" and "Antoninus (or Marcus Aurelius) Meditations - Greek". The slip would appear to be a...

Scope and Contents Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a Whig politician and Lord Chancellor. He had a long political career and was involved in many of the politics of the early 19th century. In addition, Brougham co-founded 'The Edinburgh Review' and was instrumental in establishing the University of London.This series contains letters and manuscripts of Brougham to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. The letters discuss business matters and publications relating to the...