This manuscript includes letters, 1850-1851, of Edmund Dixon mostly to John Murray III. They concern various ornithological works of his published by Murray.

Also included are letters, 1877-1883, of Florence Dixie to John Murray III; letters, 1860-1867, of William Hepworth Dixon mostly to John Murray III; and letters, 1984-1902, of William Macneile Dixon to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray.

All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.

Ditchfield, Peter, 1904-1910: folios 1-10;

Dix, William, 1876: folios 11-14;

Dixie, Florence, 1877-1883: folios 15-22; (1)

Dixon, Alexander, 1880: folios 23-24;

Dixon, Charles, 1896: folios 25-26;

Dixon, E., 1904-1906: folios 27-47;

Dixon, Edmund, 1850-1852: folios 48-110; (2)

Dixon, Richard, 1873: folios 111-112;

Dixon, William H., 1860-1867: folios 113-135;

Dixon, William M., 1894-1902: folios 136-157.

1. Includes letter, 1880, of John Milton probably to John Murray III: folios 19-20.

2. Includes letter, 1851, of Edmund Dixon to John Gibson Lockhart: folios 78-79; and letter, 1851, of Edmund Dixon to William Smith: folios 101-102.