The letters have been largely arranged in chronological order. Those that were of uncertain date have been placed at the end of the sequence.

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray returning a receipt to Murray and thanking him for information on the success of his ‘Journal’, 2 September [1843]: folios 1-2;

Receipt in respect of a payment for the entire copyright of Darwin’s, ‘Journal on Natural History and Geology during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle around the World’, 1 September 1843: folio 3;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 12 April 1845: folios 4-5;

Letter of Henry Colburn to John Murray concerning Darwin’s ‘Journal’: April, 1845: folios 6-7;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 27 August 1845: folios 8-9;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 30 December 1846: folios 10-11;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray in which he outlines his ‘Origin of Species’, 31 March [1859]: folios 12-13;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 7 June 1849: folios 14-15;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 12 June 1849: folios 16-17;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 2 April 1859: folios 18-19;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 10 September [1859]: folios 20-21;

Receipt of Charles Darwin for a payment made to him by John Murray, 10 December 1859: folios 22-23;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 24 December [1859]: folios 24-25;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 8 May 1861: folio 26;

Receipt for a payment made by John Murray to Charles Darwin, 29 April 1861: folios 27.

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 28 January 186[2-3]: folios 28-29;

Letter of E. Schweizerbart to John Murray concerning Darwin, 29 March 1867, with a letter of John Murray to Charles Darwin concerning E. Schweizerbart, 2nd April [1867] : folios 30-31;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray concerning E. Schweizerbart, 4 April [1867]: folios 32-33;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 10 April 1867: folios 34-35;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 5 March 1868: folio 36;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 6 March 1868: folios 37-38;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, September 1869: folios 39-40;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 11 October 1870: folios 41-42;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 15 November 1870: folio 43;

Receipt of Charles Darwin in respect of a payment made to him by John Murray, 23 March 1871: folios 44-45;

Letter of Charles Darwin to Luigi Pomba 10 May 1871: folios 46-47;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 11 August 1874: folios 48-49;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 5 May 1875: folio 50;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 21 January 1882: folios 51-52;

Order of Hendrik Adrianus Kramers, bookseller, Rotterdam, to John Murray including an order for Darwin’s ‘Descent of Man’, 13 September 1870: folio 53;

During the original cataloguing of this manuscript, the following letters were placed as of uncertain date. However, work has continued on the Darwin Correspondence Project and suggested years have now been given in square brackets.

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 20 November [1856-7]: folios 54-55;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 10 May [1859]: folios 56-57;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 22 March [1871]: folios 58-59;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 13 June [1880]: folios 60-61;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 17 November [1856-7]: folios 62-63;

Letter of Charles Darwin to John Murray, 31st December [1867]: folios 64-65.