The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.

Adye, John.

Letter, 17 February [1876], of John Adye to John Murray III. The letter concerns the publication of a pamphlet by Adye, possibly “The British Army in 1875. A reply to Mr. John Holmes, M.P.” (1876). Folios 1-2.

Adye, Willett.

Letter, 7 February 1863, of Willett Adye to John Murray III. Adye states that he has sent a copy of “Adye’s Crimean War” to Murray. Folios 3-4.

Aflalo, Frederick George.

Letters, 1898-1916, of Frederick Aflalo to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters mention various publishing concerns, including proposals for publications, and requests for advice on such matters. Also mentioned, 1916, is Aflalo’s request for a small grant from the Royal Literary Fund for his wife.

1898-1899, 1901-1902, 1904, 1910-1911, 1913, 1916: folios 5-47.

Partially dated letter: folio 48.

Notes.

Folio 11. Letter, 9 May 1899, of Ena Aflalo, wife of Frederick, to John Murray IV/Hallam Murray reporting that her husband was travelling in North Africa.

Folio 47. Letter, 18 July 1916, of Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to John Murray IV concerning Frederick Aflalo’s application for a grant, on behalf of his wife, from the Royal Literary Fund.

African Institution.

Letters, 1814-1815, of Thomas Harrison, Secretary of the African Institution, to John Murray II. They concern the publication of “The journal of a mission to the interior of Africa, in the year 1805” (1815), by Mungo Park. Folios 49-53.

Agar, John Samuel.

Letter, 5 December 1814, of John Agar to John Murray II. The letter concerns Murray’s failure to acknowledge Agar in an advertisement for Lord Byron’s “Lara”, for which Agar had made an engraving of Byron from a portrait by Thomas Phillips. Folio 54.

Agassiz, Jean Louis Rudolphe.

Letters, 1834-1848, of Jean Louis Agassiz to John Murray II and John Murray III. The letters are mostly in French; one in German (folios 59-60), and one in English (folio 76).

1834-1835, 1837, 1842, 1848: folios 55-76.

Undated letter: folios 77-78.

Agence Continentale et Anglaise.

Letter, 13 February 1854, of John Friend, Dover agent for the Agence Continentale et Anglaise, to L. Gruner concerning prints held by customs officials. Folio 79.

Agency of the University Libraries.

Letters, 1898, of G.W. Eccles, for the Agency of the University Libraries, to John Murray IV concerning copies of the first edition of “Later gleanings”, by William Gladstone. Folios 80-84.

Note. Folio 84. Copy of letter, 29 March 1898, of Edward Nicholson to G.W. Eccles. The copy was forwarded as an enclosure to Eccles’ letter to John Murray IV, 30 March 1898 (folio 83).