Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Album containing miscellaneous autograph letters, signatures, etc.
Item
Identifier: MS.3719
Scope and Contents
A number of the letters are addressed to members of the family of William Blackwood the publisher (died 1834), and the correspondents include literary celebrities and eminent soldiers of the nineteenth-century. It includes: two pages of a manuscript by Fitzgerald Ross (no. 15) and letters of Roderick Murchison (no. 17), Elizabeth Gaskell (no. 50), Agnes Strickland (no. 52) and George Henry Lewes (no. 53).
It also includes a certificate appointing George Frederick Blackwood a lieutenant in...
Dates:
19th century.
Letter of William Blackwood to John Aitken.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12429
Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a contribution to "Blackwood`s Magazine" by James Hogg.
Dates:
1820.
Letter of William Blackwood to John Bradfute.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10814
Scope and Contents
Concerns bookselling in Glasgow.
Dates:
1797.
Letters of John Ballantyne to John Murray II, with related papers., 1811-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.40046
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Murray and Ballantyne and their associates. Some of the letters include details of business accounts. The letters are arranged chronologically :
1811: folios 1-46;
1812: folios 47-89;
1813: folios 90-103;
1815: folios 104-108;
1816: folio 109;
1817: folios 110-111;
date uncertain: folios 112-115.
Dates:
1811-1817.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1811.
File
Identifier: MS.40110
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Several of the letters include details of business accounts. Included are letters written on behalf of William Blackwood by an employee, John Macdowall. Also included are miscellaneous business papers concerning Blackwood and Murray.The letters are arranged chronologically. 1811January: folios 1-5;February: folios 6-11;March: folios...
Dates:
1811.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.40111
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Several of the letters include details of business accounts. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.The letters are arranged chronologically. 1812January: folios 1-5;February: folios 6-17;March: folios 18-19;April: folios 20-24;May: folios 25-33;June: folios 34-36;July: folios...
Dates:
1812.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.40112
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Several of the letters include details of business accounts. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.The letters are arranged chronologically. 1813January: folios 1-15;March: folios 16-25;April: folios 26-27;May: folios 28-33;June: folios 34-39;July: folios 40-51;August: folios...
Dates:
1813.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1814-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.40113
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Several of the letters include details of business accounts. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.The letters are arranged chronologically.1814January: folios 1-7;February: folios 8-13;March: folios 14-18;April: folios 19-25; June: folios 26-29;July: folios 30-37;August: folios...
Dates:
1814-1815.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., January-June 1816.
File
Identifier: MS.40114
Scope and Contents
The letters, among which are some contemporary copies of letters, concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1816
January: folios 1-21;
February: folios 22-38;
March: folios 39-52;
April: folios 53-75;
May: folios 76-99;
June: folios 100-117.
Dates:
January-June 1816.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., July-December 1816.
File
Identifier: MS.40115
Scope and Contents
The letters, among which are some contemporary copies of letters, concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1816
July: folios 1-15;
August: folios 16-38;
October: folios 39-40;
November: folios 41-51;
December: folios 52-66.
Dates:
July-December 1816.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1817.
File
Identifier: MS.40116
Scope and Contents
The letters, among which are some contemporary copies of letters, concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Also included are miscellaneous business papers.The letters are arranged chronologically.1817January: folios 1-8;February: folios 9-35;March: folios 36-51;April: folios 52-63;May: folios 64-77;June: folios 78-89; July: folios 90-94;...
Dates:
1817.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1818.
File
Identifier: MS.40117
Scope and Contents
The letters, among which are some contemporary copies of letters, concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. The letters are arranged chronologically :1818 March: folios 1-9;April: folios 10-30;May: folios 31-39;June: folios 40-44; July: folios 45-48;September: folios 49-65;October: folios 66-88;November: folios 89-103;...
Dates:
1818.
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., 1819-1833
File
Identifier: MS.40118
Scope and Contents
The letters, among which are some contemporary copies of letters, concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. The letters are arranged chronologically :1819January: folios 1-15 ;February: folios 16-25;May: folios 26-48;June: folios 49-53; July: folios 54-59;September: folios 60-61;November: folios 62-63;December: folios 64-70....
Dates:
1819-1833
Letters of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related papers., 1806-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.40109
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. Several of the letters include details of business accounts.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1806: folio 1;
1807: folios 2-8;
1808: folios 9-10;
1810: folios 11-50.
Dates:
1806-1810.
Letters of William Blackwood mostly to his wife Janet.
File
Identifier: Acc.12243
Scope and Contents
Letters largely on personal and family matters but also give literary and publishing news.
Dates:
1810-1826, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Jameson, H. to Japp., 1808-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40610
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Jameson, Harriet Edith.Letters, 1899, of Harriet Edith Jameson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-4.Jameson, Harry W.Letter, 1914, of Harry W Jameson to John Murray IV. Folio 5.Jameson, Robert.Letters, 1831, 1835 and 1846-1848, of Robert Jameson to John Murray III. Folios...
Dates:
1808-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of David Brewster., 1813-1868.
File
Identifier: MS.40146
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1813-1864, of David Brewster to John Murray II and John Murray III, with a few letters to Robert Cooke, with related letters and papers dating to 1868. They concern several of Brewster’s publications, including “The life of Sir Isaac Newton”, “Letters on natural magic”, his work on “The Edinburgh encyclopaedia”, and his proposals for journals of philosophy and science. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1813-1814: folios 1-18;1816: folios 19-24;...
Dates:
1813-1868.
Letters, undated and of uncertain date, of William Blackwood (1776-1834) to John Murray II, with related letters and papers., ? 1816-? 1835.
File
Identifier: MS.40119
Scope and Contents
The letters and papers concern the business relations between Blackwood and Murray and their associates. The letters are arranged by suggested date.1816.Folio 1: note by ?William Blackwood on a fragment of a letter postmarked ”29 June 1816”. The note is a list of various publications.Folio 2: letter, [? September ? 1816], of William Blackwood to John Murray II.Folio 3: letter, [? 1816], of William Blackwood to John Murray II....
Dates:
? 1816-? 1835.