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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 6 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of and concerning the Duke of Wellington., 1835-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.42585
Scope and Contents
(1) Letters of Wellington to John Murray II. (i) Note, 6 January 1835 (frank : 7 January 1835), of Wellington to John Murray II stating that he hoped to call on Murray on “Thursday” and that he desired his letters to be kept at Murray’s house. (ii) Letter, 19 January 1837, of Wellington to John Murray II requesting that Murray sends to him “as soon as they are published, the correct report of Sir R. Peel’s speeches at Glasgow”....
Dates:
1835-1839.
Letters of and to Robert Peel., 1833-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.42517
Scope and Contents
(1) letters of Robert Peel to John Murray II;(2) manuscript copy of a letter of John Murray II to Robert Peel;(3) manuscript copy of a letter of Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker;(4) letter of Robert Peel to ?John Murray III; and,(5) note in the hand of Robert Peel : "Speech of Sir Robert Peel delivered on Friday the 1st. of March on the first Reading of the Bill for suppressing disturbance in Ireland". The note has an annotation by...
Dates:
1833-1848.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of (Arthur) George Peel., 1898-1912.
File
Identifier: MS.40929
Scope and Contents
The letters appear to be to John Murray IV. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of two works by George Peel, “The enemies of England” (1902) and “The friends of England” (1905). They record Peel’s comments concerning the slips for the chapter on the life and character of his grandfather, Sir Robert Peel, that he contributed to volume III of “Sir Robert Peel from his private papers” (1899), edited by Charles Parker. The letters are arranged chronologically....
Dates:
1898-1912.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Charles Parker., 1888-August 1898.
File
Identifier: MS.40909
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray concerning the publication of Parker’s life of Robert Peel, “Sir Robert Peel from his private papers” (London: John Murray, 1891-1899).
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1888-1889: folios 1-23;
1890-1891, 1896-August 1898: folios 24-130.
Dates:
1888-August 1898.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Charles Parker., September 1898-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.40910
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of Parker’s lives of Robert Peel, “Sir Robert Peel from his private papers” (1891-1899), and of James Graham, “Life and letters of Sir James Graham, 1792-1861” (1907).The letters are arranged chronologically.September 1898-1899: folios 1-103;1900, 1903-1906: folios 104-142.Undated and disassociated part of a letter concerning the publication of “Sir Robert Peel...
Dates:
September 1898-1906.
Papers of and concerning Robert Peel., 1833-1850.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42517-42523
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:
1833-1850.