Receipts. Financial records
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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Copyright receipts concerning payments made by John Murray, publishers, to the contributors to “A dictionary of the Bible” (London: John Murray, 1860-1863), edited by William Smith., 1860-1864.
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Identifier: MS.41125
Scope and Contents
Receipts, 1860-1863, concerning work undertaken by William Smith both as the editor of, and as a contributor to, the dictionary. Folios 1-3.Receipts, 1860-1861, concerning payments made to the contributors to volume 1 of the dictionary.Alford, Henry. Folio 4.Bailey, Henry. Folio 5.Barry, Alfred. Folio 6.Bevan, William Latham. Folio 7.Brown, Thomas Edward. Folio 8.Browne, Robert William. Folio 9....
Dates:
1860-1864.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Durban to Dymond., 1813-1915.
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Identifier: MS.40354
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All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Durban, John Frederic.Letters, 1899 and 1900, of John Frederic Durban to Mary Enid Evelyn Layard and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Durbin, Florence Clementine Scott.Letter, 1910, of Florence Clementine Scott Durbin to John Murray IV. Folios 5-6.Durham, A Lilla.Letter, 1899, of A Lilla Durham to John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates:
1813-1915.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cooper, J. to Copeman., 1808-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40274
Scope and Contents
MS.40274All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Cooper, James Davis.Letters, 1865, 1877, 1892, 1894-1895 and 1900, of James Davis Cooper to John Murray III and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-16.Cooper, James Fenimore.Letters, 1822-1823, of James Fenimore Cooper to Benjamin Underhill Coles and John Murray II. Folios 17-22.Folio 22. Power of Attorney, 1823, of James...
Dates:
1808-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Palgrave, Francis T. to Palgrave, William G., 1854-1925.
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Identifier: MS.40904
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Palgrave, Francis Turner.Letters, 1854-1870, of Francis T. Palgrave to John Murray III. Among the subjects mentioned are: letters 1854-1855, Palgrave’s suggestions for changes to the “next edition” (3rd (1855)) of the “Handbook of painting. The Italian schools”, by Franz Kugler; and, letter, 7 January 1861, Palgrave’s request to be allowed to include a number of poems by Lord Byron in “a little...
Dates:
1854-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Salmon., 1869-1895.
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Identifier: MS.41057
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Letters, 1869-1895, of George Salmon to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with some letters to William Smith. They mostly concern Salmon`s works published by the Murrays, including “A historical introduction to the study of the books of the New Testament”, and his series of lectures “The infallibility of the church”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1869: folios 1-2; (1)1880: folios 3-4; (2)1882: folios 5-10; (3)1884-1885:...
Dates:
1869-1895.
Papers concerning the copyright in works written in part or in whole or edited by William Smith (1813-1893) and published by John Murray, publishers., 1876-? 1878, 1943.
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Identifier: MS.41126
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“Dr Smith’s List of Copyrights” as of the 2 August 1876. The copyrights are recorded in an exercise book annotated by William Smith (folio 1 recto): “My copy Wm. Smith, LL.D. August 3 1876”. Folios 1-28.Note, [WM 1878], of the titles of several works with which William Smith was associated. The note was loosely inserted into Smith’s list of copyrights. Folios 29-30. Formal documents, December 1943, relating to the transfer of the rights and the entitlements in the...
Dates:
1876-? 1878, 1943.
Various agreements concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith., 1845-1865.
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Identifier: MS.42610
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From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1845-1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith.