Letters, 1853-1897, of Henry Liddell to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with some to Hallam Murray; with letters, 1849-1904, of Lorina Liddell to John Murray III and John Murray IV. The letters of Henry Liddell mostly concern his work “A history of Rome…”, published by the Murrays, with brief mention of his “Greek-English lexicon”, published by Oxford University Press. The letters of Lorina Liddell concern the memoir of her husband by Henry Thompson, and about sales of his Roman history. The letters are arranged in chronological order under both correspondents.

Liddell, Henry:

1853-1855: folios 1-20;

1856-1859: folios 21-37;

1860-1861: folios 38-47;

1863: folios 48-55;

1865-1869: folios 56-87; (1)

1870-1871: folios 88-92;

1873-1878: folios 93-100;

1884: folio 101;

1887: folios 102-103;

1890-1892: folios 104-111;

1894-1897: folios 112-123;

uncertain date: folio 124;

late 20th century, photocopy of letter, 1883: folios 125-126.

Liddell, Lorina:

1849: folios 127-128;

?1855: folios 129-130;

1861: folios 131-134;

1873: folios 135-136;

1898-1899: folios 137-157;

1900-1901: folios 158-162;

1903-1904: folios 163-166;

uncertain date: folio 167.

1. Includes letter, 27 April 1868, of John Backhouse to John Murray III: folios 70-73.