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Legal instruments.

 Subject
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 14 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 of John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray II. Included is the agreement, 1825, between Lockhart and John Murray II by which Lockhart was appointed to the editorship of the "Quarterly Review"., 1814-1826.

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Identifier: MS.42445
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: 1814-1826.

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.

Papers concerning the interests of Benjamin Disraeli and John Murray II in shares in mining concessions in America; with a draft of a memorandum of agreement about the same., ? 1824-1825.

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Identifier: MS.42157
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) is best known for being Prime Minister during the 19th century. However, Disraeli also had literary ambitions and many of these were linked to the house of John Murray. As a result of this connection, there is a range of material relating to Disraeli.In this series, there are letters of Disraeli to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. Other items here include papers concerning interests of Disraeli and Murray in shares in mining concessions in...
Dates: ? 1824-1825.

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.

Two legal instruments and a letter concerning the interests of Thomas Moore in the joint stock and fund of the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Insurance Office., 1821-1828.

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Identifier: MS.42492
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: 1821-1828.

Two legal instruments concerning a bond for £1000 between Thomas Moore and John Murray II., 1821-1822.

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Identifier: MS.42490
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: 1821-1822.