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Legal instruments.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement, for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right. For documents having legal relevance in general, use ""legal documents"" .

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Legal instruments concerning the interests of John Murray, publishers, in the copyright of certain works by Washington Irving., 1828-1851.

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Identifier: MS.42316
Scope and Contents Folios 1-2 : indenture, 1828, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : the sale by Irving to Murray of the copyright in "A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus";folio 3 : indenture, 1829, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : the sale by Irving to Murray of the copyright in the "Chronicles of Granada";folios 4-5 : cancelled agreement, 1835, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : Murray to have borne...
Dates: 1828-1851.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Brown, G. to Brown, H., 1821-1926.

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Identifier: MS.40156
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Brown, George, 1821: folios 1-8;Brown, George, 1901: folios 9-10;Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1898-1925 and undated: folios 11-149:includes letter, 1891, of Gerard Baldwin Brown to William Knight: folios 38-39;Brown, Henry, 1866: folios 150-151;Brown, Henry A., 1879: folios 152-155;Brown, Henry C., 1924: folio...
Dates: 1821-1926.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gilchrist, A. to Gillespie, Mrs W., 1808-1925.

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Identifier: MS.40448
Scope and Contents The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Gilchrist, Alexander.Letter, 1859, of Alexander Gilchrist to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Gilchrist, Isabella.Letter, 1918, of Isabella Gilchrist to John Murray IV. Folios 3-4.Gilchrist, Octavius Graham.Letters, 1808-1809 and 1815, of Octavius Gilchrist to John Murray II. Folios 5-12.Giles, John Allen.Letter, 1843, of John Giles to...
Dates: 1808-1925.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wintle, with related papers., 1884-1889, 1943.

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Identifier: MS.41296
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the publication of “The Eton Latin grammar. Part I. Elementary” (1885) and “ Elementary Latin exercises, adapted to the Eton Latin grammar” (1885). The letters are arranged chronologically.1884: folios 1-3;1885: folios 4-73 [Notes 1-4];1886-1887, 1889: folios 74-88.Related papers.(1) Papers concerning legal and financial...
Dates: 1884-1889, 1943.

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.

Papers of and concerning Michael Faraday., 1820-1859.

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Identifier: MS.42223
Scope and Contents

Folios 1-31 : letters, 1820-1859, of Michael Faraday to John Murray II and to John Murray III;

folio 32 : letter, 1831, of Henry Chuter to Faraday; and,

folios 34-35 : agreement, 10 April 1830, between Faraday and John Murray, publishers, concerning the publication of the second edition

of "Chemical Manipulation".

Dates: 1820-1859.

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
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: 1845-1865.