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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 24 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of and concerning William Gifford., 1779-1835, 1934.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42240-42254
Scope and Contents

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1779-1835, 1934.

Letters, 1809-1823, of William Gifford to various recipients. The letters were given to John Murray V by E.L. Atkinson in 1934., 1809-? 1823, 1934.

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Identifier: MS.42253
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1809-? 1823, 1934.

Letters of William Gifford mostly to John Murray II., 1802-1826.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42244-42251
Scope and Contents As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1802-1826.

Letters of William Gifford to John Coleridge., 1814-1825.

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Identifier: MS.42240
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1814-1825.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1808-1809.

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Identifier: MS.42244
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1808-1809.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1810.

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Identifier: MS.42245
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1810.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1811.

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Identifier: MS.42246
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1811.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1812-1813.

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Identifier: MS.42247
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1812-1813.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1814-1818.

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Identifier: MS.42248
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1814-1818.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1819-1822.

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Identifier: MS.42249
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1819-1822.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II., 1823-1826.

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Identifier: MS.42250
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1823-1826.

Letters of William Gifford to John Murray II concerning the "Quarterly Review"., 1809-1826.

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Identifier: MS.42252
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1809-1826.

Letters of William Gifford to Octavius Gilchrist., 1802-? 1822.

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Identifier: MS.42242
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1802-? 1822.

Letters of William Gifford to Robert Hay., 1813-1823.

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Identifier: MS.42243
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.

Dates: 1813-1823.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Haygarth to Haynes., 1808-1928.

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Identifier: MS.40538
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Haygarth, Henry William.Letters, 1848, 1859-1860, 1862-1863, 1871, 1876 and 1891, of Henry William Haygarth to John Murray III. Folios 1-30.Folio 22. Circular, 1863, containing a letter of Henry William Haygarth to his parishioners asking for contributions to a new infants school room in the parish. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1863, of Henry William Haygarth to...
Dates: 1808-1928.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gladstone, S. to Gleig, G., 1817-1913.

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Identifier: MS.40451
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gladstone, Samuel Steuart.Letter, 1908, of Samuel Steuart Gladstone to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Folios 2-3. Copy of a letter, 1908, of John Murray IV to Samuel Steuart Gladstone.Gladstone, Thomas.Letters, 1832-1833 and 1878, of Sir Thomas Gladstone to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 4-10.Gladstone, William Henry....
Dates: 1817-1913.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Harries to Harrison, D., 1822-1917.

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Identifier: MS.40526
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.Harries, Roger.Letter, 1823, of Roger Harries to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Folio 1. Includes an excerpt of a letter, 1823, of Peter Lee to Roger Harries.Harris, Charles.Letters, 1903-1905 and 1917, of Charles Harris to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios...
Dates: 1822-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hemsley to Hengelmuller., 1814-1915.

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Identifier: MS.40545
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hemsley, William Botting.Letter, 1893, of William Botting Hemsley to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Henderson, Alexander.Letters, 1818, of Alexander Henderson to John Murray II and John Gibson Lockhart. Folios 2-5.Henderson, Alexander.Letter, 1913, of Sir Alexander Henderson to John Murray IV. Folios 6-7.Henderson, Bernard...
Dates: 1814-1915.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Holland, J. to Holland, T., 1816-1925.

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Identifier: MS.40567
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Holland, J. F.Letter, undated, of J. F. Holland, possibly to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Holland, James.Letter, 1816, of James Holland to John Murray II. Folio 2.Holland, James.Letter, 1822, of James Holland to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.Holland, Jane.Letters, 1835, 1846, 1863 and undated, of Jane Holland to...
Dates: 1816-1925.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jacob to Jacobson., 1817-1921.

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Identifier: MS.40605
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.Jacob, Edwin.Letters, 1848-1849, of Edwin Jacob to John Murray III. Folios 1-6.Jacob, Elizabeth.Letter, c 1851, of Elizabeth Jacob to John Murray III. Folios 7-8.Jacob, George Andrew.Letter, 1870, of George Andrew Jacob to John Murray III. Folio 9....
Dates: 1817-1921.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jones, J. to Jones, R., 1817-1897.

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Identifier: MS.40626
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jones, James Athearn.Letters, 1830, of James Athearn Jones to John Murray II. Folios 1-4.Jones, James Felix.Letters, 1853, 1872 and 1876, of James Felix Jones to John Murray III. Folios 5-10.Jones, John.Letters, 1831 and 1833, of John Jones to John Murray III. Folios 11-16.Jones, John Gregory.Letter, 1872,...
Dates: 1817-1897.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Robertson, M. to Robinson, F., 1812-1924.

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Identifier: MS.41029
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Robertson, Manning Durdin.Letters, 1912-1913, 1916, 1921 and 1924, of Manning Durdin Robertson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-12.Folio 11. Letter, 1924, of the Secretary of the Athenaeum Club to John Murray IV.Robertson, Patrick.Letters, 1845 and undated, of Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson, to John Murray III. Folios 13-20....
Dates: 1812-1924.

Papers of and concerning William Gifford., 1779-1934.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42240-42258
Scope and Contents Editor and satirist William Gifford (1756-1826) was an important figure in the history of the publishing house of John Murray. As editor of the 'Quarterly Review', Gifford was heavily involved in producing a significant, highly respected and popular periodical. In addition, Gifford acted as a literary advisor to John Murray [II] and his opinion was highly valued by the publisher.There is a vast amount of correspondence here, including hundreds to John Murray [II]. There is...
Dates: 1779-1934.

Undated letters of William Gifford John Murray II., ? 1802-? 1826.

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Identifier: MS.42251
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As literary advisor and editor of the 'Quarterly Review', William Gifford was a frequent correspondent of John Murray [II]. The correspondence in this subseries are letters sent as literary adviser and friend - those that mainly relate to his role of editor of the 'Quarterly Review' can be located in Ms.42252.Within the letters in this subseries, Gifford writes about manuscripts that have been sent to him for review and discusses mutual acquaintances, including Lord Byron,...
Dates: ? 1802-? 1826.