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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 156 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Wilfred Cripps, with related papers., 1878-1895.
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Identifier: MS.40292
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, to John Murray IV, to Hallam Murray and to Robert Cooke. They relate to the preparation for publication of various editions of Cripps’ “Old English Plate”, and other works on silver plate. The letters are arranged chronologically.1878-1879: folios 1-14;1880-1883: folios 15-45 [Notes 1-2];1885-1887: folios 46-56;1890-1895: folios 57-108.[Note l] Folios 33-34. Letter, 2 June 1883, of...
Dates:
1878-1895.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Wilfred Cripps, with related papers., 1896-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40293
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They relate to the preparation for publication of various editions of Cripp’s “Old English Plate”, and related works. The letters are arranged chronologically.1896-1899: folios 1-71 [Note 1];1900-1903: folios 72-110 [Note 2].Undated letter and disassociated parts of letters of Wilfred Cripps. Folios 111-115.[Note 1] Folios 65-66. Letter, 11 September 1899, of Christopher...
Dates:
1896-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Coolidge., 1881-1914.
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Identifier: MS.40272
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They mostly concern the preparation and publication of revisions by William Coolidge of “A handbook for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont” (mainly the 1891 and 1892 editions).The letters are arranged chronologically.1881, 1888-1889: folios 1-5;1890: folios 6-19 [Note 1];1891: folios 20-65;1892: folios 66-94;1893: folios...
Dates:
1881-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Gowers., 1893-1908 and undated.
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Identifier: MS.40473
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern various matters including: publications on medicine; articles published in, or to be considered for, the “Quarterly Review”;talk of the Athenaeum Club. Also detailed are Gowers’s suggestions for the revision of the 1885 edition of “A handbook for travellers in North Wales”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1893-1894: folios 1-34;1895: folios 35-70;1896-1898: folios 71-102...
Dates:
1893-1908 and undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Lilly., 1880-1919.
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Identifier: MS.40698
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They are arranged chronologically.1880, 1882: folios 1-7;1892: folios 8-99 [Notes 1-2];1893-1896, 1898-1899: folios 100-168;1900-1901, 1919: folios 169-183.Related papers.Correspondence and papers, 1913-1918, concerning “The life of Viscount Llandaff”, by William Lilly. The papers are arranged chronologically.Opinion, [? 1913], by an...
Dates:
1880-1919.
Papers concerning Francis Darwin: mostly letters of publishers, printers, etc., to John Murray, publishers, concerning Francis Darwin`s works. Also included are papers concerning Francis Darwin`s interests in the works and in the copyright of his father, Charles Darwin., 1885-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40312
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
1885-1899.