(i) Letters of Nicholas Nicolas.

The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern various publications, not all of them published by John Murray, in which Nicholas Nicolas was involved as editor. The publications relate especially to British history, among them:

“The history of the battle of Agincourt; and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France” (London : Johnson, Brooke Street, Holborn, 1827);

“The Retrospective Review, and historical and antiquarian magazine” (London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827-1828);

“The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson” (London: Henry Colburn, 1844-1846).

The greater number of the letters, 1847-1848, concern the editing and preparation by Nicolas of an edition of the papers of Sir Hudson Lowe. Nicolas died before he was able to complete the publication. An edition of the papers, based upon the work of Nicolas, was published by John Murray in 1853, edited by William Forsyth: “History of the captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the letters and journals of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and official documents not before made public” [Note 1].

The letters are arranged chronologically.

1826-1827, 1829: folios 1-8;

1835, 1839: folios 9-16;

1845-1847: folios 17-45;

1848: folios 46-125 [Note 2].

Two copies of a ?proof illustration, ?1848, showing the outside of “The residence of Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena”. Folios 126-127.

(ii) Letters of Sarah Nicolas.

The letters are arranged chronologically, 1853, 1855-1856: folios 128-135.

Notes.

[Note 1.] : NLS MS.40417. Letters to John Murray, publishers of William Forsyth.

[Note 2.] Folios 120-121. Letter, 1 July 1848, of Nicholas Nicolas to Basil Jackson. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Nicolas’s letter to John Murray III, 1 July 1848 (folios 117-119).