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Financial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents pertaining to money matters.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Accounts concerning the publication by John Murray, publishers, of 'Nineveh and its remains' and 'Nineveh and Babylon' by Austen Henry Layard. Also included is a letter of John Murray III to Benjamin Austen forwarding a set of accounts for the sale of the fourth edition of Layard`s 'Nineveh and its remains., 1849-1881.

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Identifier: MS.42413
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist and politician. He is perhaps best remembered for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh. Layard was keen to publicise his discoveries and worked with John Murray to produce lavish publications about his discoveries. These were popular books and went through many editions.The papers here concerning Austen Henry Layard offer a detailed insight into the publishing process surrounding his works about his excavations.The...
Dates: 1849-1881.

Letters of George Crabbe (1785-1857) to John Murray, publishers., 1832-1849.

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Identifier: MS.40287
Scope and Contents Letters of George Crabbe to John Murray II and to John Murray III. The letters are arranged chronologically.1832: folios 1-4;1833: folios 5-46;1834: folios 47-54;1835: folios 55-65;1837: folios 66-71;1841: folios 72-73;1844: folios 74-77;1846: folios 78-83;1848: folios 84-94;1849: folios 95-96;undated: folios 97-100.Financial documents concerning...
Dates: 1832-1849.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Coulton to Courtenay., 1844-1918

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Identifier: MS.40281
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further folios have been added at the end of the sequence.Coulton, David Trevena.Letters, 1851-1854, of David Trevena Coulton to John Murray III and John Gibson Lockhart. Folios 1-97.Coulton, Sophia.Letters, 1861-1863, 1866, 1870, 1877 and 1879, of Sophia Coulton to John Murray III. Folios 98-121.Council of Military Education....
Dates: 1844-1918

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Mill, J. to Millar., 1771-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40813
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1808-1830, of James Mill, and letters, 1835-1842, of his son John Stuart Mill, to John Murray II.Also included are letters, 1771-1775, of John Millar, Professor of Law at Glasgow University, to John Murray I. Some concern his work “Observations concerning the distinction of ranks in society”. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Mill, James, 1808-1830: folios 1-18;...
Dates: 1771-1927.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Sharon Turner, with related business papers., 1807-1843.

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Identifier: MSS.41209-41211
Scope and Contents From the Series: The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates: 1807-1843.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Lambert Mears., 1872-1882.

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Identifier: MS.40801
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III and relate mostly to Mears’ editorship of the “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers” series. Some contain information on the expenses incurred by Mears whilst fulfilling his duties as editor. The letters are arranged chronologically. 1872: folios 1-2;1873: folios 3-4;1874: folios 5-23;1875: folios 24-43;1876: folios 44-62;1877: folios 63-84;1878: folios 85-92;...
Dates: 1872-1882.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Mitchell., 1836-1839.

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Identifier: MS.40835
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern Thomas Mitchell’s literary and political interests, and his editing of various classical texts, including “The Knights of Aristophanes” (1836) and “The Clouds of Aristophanes” (1838). The letters also indicate Mitchell’s familiar association with the Murrays.The letters are arranged chronologically.1836: folios 1-36;1837: folios 37-46;1838: folios 47-81 [Note];1839:...
Dates: 1836-1839.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas N. Longman (1849-1930), William Longman, and Longman and Co., publishers., 1807-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40712
Scope and Contents Letters of Thomas N. Longman (1849-1930) to John Murray IV, John Murray V and Hallam Murray; with letters of William Longman to John Murray III and Robert Cooke. Also included are letters of Longman and Co., publishers, to John Murray, publishers; with related business and family letters. The letters concern the business relations between the Longmans and the Murrays and their associates, with a few personal letters and with related business papers. Some of the letters include responses....
Dates: 1807-1927.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Buckland., 1823-1849.

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Identifier: MS.40165
Scope and Contents Letters of William Buckland to John Murray II and to John Murray III. Two of the letters have been annotated by John Gibson Lockhart. The letters are arranged chronologically.1823:March: folios 1-4;April: folios 5-10;May: folios 11-12;August: folios 13-14;September: folios 15-16;October: folios 17-20;November: folios 21-27;December: folios 28-33.1824: folios...
Dates: 1823-1849.

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
Scope and Contents “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.

Receipts in respect of copyright payments made by John Murray III to the various contributors to the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith., 1891.

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Identifier: MS.42611
Scope and Contents 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: 1891.

Warrant, issued by the Commissioners of the Treasury, confirming the award of a yearly pension of £100 to Anna Jameson, and naming William Makepeace Thackeray and John Murray III as trustees of the pension., 1851-1852.

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Identifier: MS.42319
Scope and Contents 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: 1851-1852.