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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of Robert Cecil to John Murray III and to John Murray IV; with letters of Cecil to William Macpherson, William Smith and Gathorne Hardy. Also included are letters of Georgina Cecil, and of Mary Stanley, to John Murray III., 1860-1896.

 File
Identifier: MS.42059
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquess of Salisbury, was Prime Minister three times during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to his political career, Cecil also wrote many journalistic pieces for various periodicals, including the 'Quarterly Review' published by John Murray.The papers here include over 60 letters of Cecil, mainly to John Murray [III], concerning articles for the 'Quarterly Review', politics, giving advice on other articles to publish,...
Dates: 1860-1896.

Manuscript, "The Commune and the International", by Robert Cecil : an article for the "Quarterly Review"., 1871.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42060
Scope and Contents

The manuscript was published in the "Quarterly Review" for October 1871.

With the manuscript is a letter, 25 October 1871, of Mary Stanley to John Murray III in which she mentions the article by Cecil. Also included is a printed portrait of Robert Cecil.

Dates: 1871.