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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence concerning memoirs of Austen Henry Layard., 1900-1925, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.42410
Scope and Contents Included are comments of the manuscript readers. This folder has been arranged chronologically with undated items placed at the end of the sequence.Letters and envelope possibly of Robert John Kennedy to Mary Enid Evelyn Layard, including his remarks of the memoirs of Austen Henry Layard, 1900: folios 1-21;Letter and envelope of Louis Du Cane to Enid Cornelia Du Cane, enclosing a copy of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Louis Du Cane, 1915: folios 22-25;...
Dates: 1900-1925, undated.

Letters mostly of Austen Henry Layard to Elizabeth Eastlake., 1870-1879.

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Identifier: MS.42337
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order.Letters of Austen Henry Layard to Elizabeth Eastlake of:1870: folios 1-14;1871: folios 15-30;1872: folios 31-42;1873: folios 43-46;1874: folios 47-55;1875: folios 56-64;1876, with one of Enid Layard at folios 82-83: folios 65-83;1877, with letters of Enid Layard at folios 89-90 and 103-106, and one to an unidentified recipient at...
Dates: 1870-1879.

Papers concerning the bequest of Enid Layard of the papers of Austen Henry Layard to the British Museum., 1913-1921.

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Identifier: MS.42417
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: 1913-1921.