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Letterpress copybooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books containing letterpress copies of letters. The copies are created through the process of pressing the original letter while still wet against a blank sheet of paper. The copy paper is usually very thin and will capture a mirror image of the original. Not to be confused with letter books in manuscript.

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Wet-press letter books, series P., 1892-1930.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.41917-41974
Scope and Contents

Series P contains copies of outgoing letters written by John Murray personally.

Dates: 1892-1930.