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 156 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Smith., 1895-1907.
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Identifier: MS.41110
Scope and Contents
The letters appear to be to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of various works by George Smith, including:“Bishop Heber, poet and chief missionary to the East, second Lord Bishop of Calcutta, 1783-1826” (1895);“Twelve Indian statesmen” (1897); and, edited by Smith,“Physician and friend: Alexander Grant, F.R.C.S.” (1902).The letters are arranged chronologically.1895-1899: folios 1-66;...
Dates:
1895-1907.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of G.P. Putnam`s Sons, publishers, including letters of George Haven Putnam, with related letters and copies of letters., 1899-1922.
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Identifier: MS.40991
Scope and Contents
The letters relate to the business relations and arrangements between G.P. Putnam`s Sons, publishers, and John Murray, publishers.
The letters are arranged chronologically :
1899: folios 1-39;
1900: folios 40-41;
1901: folios 42-51;
1902: folios 52-62;
1904: folios 63-70;
1905: folios 71-72;
1922: folio 73.
Dates:
1899-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of G.P. Putnam`s Sons, publishers, including letters of George Palmer Putnam and George Haven Putnam, with related letters and copies of letters., 1844-1898.
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Identifier: MS.40990
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The letters relate to the business relations and arrangements between G.P. Putnam`s Sons, publishers, and John Murray, publishers.The letters are arranged chronologically.Letters of George Palmer Putnam to John Murray III, with a letter to Robert Cooke. 1844-1856: folios 1-7.Letters of George Haven Putnam and George Putnam’s Sons, publishers, including letters of Charles Thompson, to John Murray, publishers, with related letters and copies of...
Dates:
1844-1898.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry E. Carlisle., 1885-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40195
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The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters for 1885-1886 concern the preparation and publication of “A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C. From 1834-1884” (1886), edited by Henry Carlisle. The others mostly concern Carlisle`s proposal to publish a memoir of the 5th Duke of Newcastle, and discussions over the content and argument of the manuscript. Despite being advertised by Carlisle under the title “The life of the Duke of...
Dates:
1885-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wintle, with related papers., 1884-1889, 1943.
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Identifier: MS.41296
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The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the publication of “The Eton Latin grammar. Part I. Elementary” (1885) and “ Elementary Latin exercises, adapted to the Eton Latin grammar” (1885). The letters are arranged chronologically.1884: folios 1-3;1885: folios 4-73 [Notes 1-4];1886-1887, 1889: folios 74-88.Related papers.(1) Papers concerning legal and financial...
Dates:
1884-1889, 1943.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Herbert Birks., 1892-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40103
Scope and Contents
The letters concern mostly the preparation and publication of Herbert Birks’ “The life and correspondence of Thomas Valpy French, first Bishop of Lahore” (1895). The letters are arranged chronologically.1892-1893: folios 1-24;1894: folios 25-56;1895: folios 57-83;1896-1899, 1904: folios 84-101.Folios 1-2. Letter, 1892, of Herbert Birks to Henry Wace.Folios 34-37. Letter, 5 February 1894, of Rowland Prothero to John...
Dates:
1892-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Herbert Maxwell., 1899-1927.
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Identifier: MS.40798
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of “The Creevey Papers: a selection from the correspondence and diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P.” (1903), edited by Herbert Maxwell. Also mentioned is the manuscript of Maxwell’s “A century of empire, 1801-1900”. Accompanying several of the letters is a copy of the outline of the reply of John Murray IV.The letters are arranged chronologically.1899: folios 1-3;1902:...
Dates:
1899-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Horace Darwin, Leonard Darwin and William Darwin., 1882-1918.
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Identifier: MS.40314
Scope and Contents
Darwin, Horace.Telegram, 20 January 1886, sent by Horace Darwin to John Murray, publishers. Folio 1.Darwin, Leonard.Letters of Leonard Darwin to ?John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically.1890: folios 2-3;1897: folios 4-30;1898: folios 31-38;1899: folios 39-40;1902: folios 41-43;1903: folios 44-46;1904:...
Dates:
1882-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Martineau., 1868-1896.
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Identifier: MS.40788
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One letter to John Murray III, the remainder are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of several works by John Martineau, including:“Letters from Australia” (1869 – published by Longmans, Green and Co.);“The life and correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc.” (1895); “The Transvaal trouble, how it arose: being an extract from the biography of the late Sir Bartle Frere” (1896).A...
Dates:
1868-1896.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Martineau., 1897-1907 and undated (? 1893-? 1907).
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Identifier: MS.40789
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation of John Martineau’s manuscript of “The life of Henry Pelham, Fifth Duke of Newcastle, 1811-1864”. A number of the letters reflect upon the difficulty experienced by Martineau and John Murray IV in gaining permission to publish the manuscript. The 5th Duke’s son, Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, declined to give permission and it was only after his death that it could be published, in 1908.Other...
Dates:
1897-1907 and undated (? 1893-? 1907).
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Lemuel Bangs., 1884-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40048
Scope and Contents
Letters, memoranda and a telegram, 1884-1904, of Lemuel Bangs, as manager of the London office of Charles Scribner’s Sons, publishers, to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray.The letters are arranged chronologically.1884-1887: folios 1-15;1890-1894: folios 16-66;1895-1899: folios 67-118;1900-1901, 1904: folios 119-140.Miscellaneous jottings concerning publication costs, probably in the hand of John...
Dates:
1884-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Lionel Trotter., 1860-1909.
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Identifier: MS.41204
Scope and Contents
Letters of Lionel Trotter to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters 1860-1866 concern Trotter’s wish to be engaged to write biography, and his suggestion of several likely subjects, including Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Murray II. The letter for 1889 concerns the publication of Trotter’s “Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie” (W.H. Allen and Co., 1889), and his desire to find another subject. The letters 1895-1902 concern the preparation and...
Dates:
1860-1909.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Otto Goldschmidt and of Walter Goldschmidt., 1871-1917.
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Identifier: MS.40456
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of Otto Goldschmidt to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray.The letters mostly concern the preparation and publication of the “Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt: her early art-life and dramatic career, 1820-1851” (1891; new and abridged edition, 1893), by William Rockstro and Henry Scott Holland. Jenny Lind was Otto Goldschmidt’s wife.Included are draft letters of John Murray IV to Otto Goldschmidt [Note 1].The letters are...
Dates:
1871-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Richard Owen (1804-1892), and of his grandson and biographer, Richard Owen (afterwards, Cavendish; b 1869)., 1848-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40899
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Letters of Richard Owen (1804-1892).The letters are to John Murray III and to John Gibson Lockhart. They are arranged chronologically.1848-1852, 1856-1857: folios 1-20 [Note 1];1864, 1866: folios 21-24;1870, 1873-1874: folios 25-30;1881-1882: folios 31-34.Copy, [?late 19th century], of a letter, 26 March 1881, of Richard Owen (1804-1892) to John Murray III. Folios 35-36.Letters of Richard Owen (afterwards,...
Dates:
1848-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Cooke, with related papers., 1870-1892.
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Identifier: MS.40270
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Letters, 1877-1891, of Robert Cooke to John Murray IV. Folios 1-20.Letters, 1888 and 1891, of Robert Cooke to Hallam Murray. Folios 21-33.Disassociated parts of letters of Robert Cooke to the Murrays. Folios 34-36.Related papers.Letter, 7 April 1875, of Robert Cooke to S.H. Lindley concerning the “Quarterly Review”. Folios 37-38.Proof advertisement, 1870, for the “Quarterly Review”, no. 258. Folios 39-40.Papers...
Dates:
1870-1892.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1873-1889.
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Identifier: MS.40960
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).Among...
Dates:
1873-1889.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1879-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40961
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).The...
Dates:
1879-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Rowland Prothero., 1895-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40982
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The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray and concern, mostly, Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1893-1899), but also other work including his editing of the works of Lord Byron. The letters are arranged chronologically.1895: folios 1-42 [Note 1];1896: folios 43-107 [Notes 2-4];1897: folios 108-137 [Notes 5-6];1898: folios 138-165 [Note 7];1899: folios 166-203 [Note 8].[Note 1]...
Dates:
1895-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Rowland Prothero., 1900-1927 and undated (? 1895-? 1918).
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Identifier: MS.40983
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray and concern, among other matters, Prothero’s editing of the works of Lord Byron, and his political interests. The letters are arranged chronologically.1900: folios 1-15 [Note 1];1901: folios 16-36;1902: folios 37-43;1903: folios 44-63;1904: folios 64-86;1905-1909: folios 87-115 [Note 2];1911-1917: folios 116-146 [Notes 3-7];1920-1927: folios...
Dates:
1900-1927 and undated (? 1895-? 1918).
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Theophilus Hall., 1861-1889.
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Identifier: MS.40507
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV, Hallam Murray, Robert Cooke and William Smith. They concern the publication of educational books written by Theophilus Hall, either alone or in association with others, including William Smith. Among the titles mentioned are “A child’s first Latin book”, “English composition”, “A school manual of English grammar”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1861, 1864: folios 1-4;1870, 1873-1874, 1876-1879:...
Dates:
1861-1889.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Theophilus Hall., 1890-1894.
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Identifier: MS.40508
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV, Hallam Murray, Robert Cooke and William Smith. They concern the publication of educational books written by Theophilus Hall, either alone or in association with others, including William Smith. Among the works discussed are a proposal to publish a geography book for children, “Little Arthur’s geography”, the publication of “A first introduction to the Greek Testament” (1893) and the revision of “Principia Latina, Part I”.The...
Dates:
1890-1894.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Theophilus Hall, with related papers., 1885-1908.
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Identifier: MS.40509
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The letters are to John Murray IV, Hallam Murray and C.E. Lawrence. They concern the publication of various educational books written or revised by Theophilus Hall. Among the works discussed are “A first introduction to the Greek Testament” (1893) and its revision, and the revision of “Principia Latina, Part I”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1895: folios 1-39;1896-1899: folios 40-87;1900: folios 88-113;1901: folios...
Dates:
1885-1908.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of (Thomas) Herbert Warren., 1900-1904.
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Identifier: MS.41243
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern various literary and publishing matters, but mainly the publication of Warren’s account of the life of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, “Christian Victor (Prince of Schleswig-Holstein)” (1903). The letters show Warren’s close acquaintanceship with, and interest in, John Murray IV, his family and business.The letters are arranged chronologically:1900-1901: folios 1-25;1902:...
Dates:
1900-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Michell., 1857-1889.
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Identifier: MS.40808
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The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of various editions of the “Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland and Finland” and “The Handbook for Travellers in Norway”. Also mentioned are articles by Michell on Russia and Norway for the “Quarterly Review”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1857: folio 1;1864-1870, 1872-1873, 1875, 1879: folios 2-67;1881, 1883,...
Dates:
1857-1889.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Michell., 1890-1898.
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Identifier: MS.40809
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of various editions of the “Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland and Finland” and “The Handbook for Travellers in Norway”. Also mentioned are articles by Michell on Russia and Norway for the “Quarterly Review”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1890-1891: folios 1-18;1892: folios 19-58;1893: folios 59-92 [Note];...
Dates:
1890-1898.