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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

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Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Joseph Pentland., 1870-1874.

 File
Identifier: MS.40945
Scope and Contents Letters of Joseph Pentland to John Murray III, with related letters and papers. The letters concern Pentland’s work on the travel handbooks for Italy and France, with some mention of his work on Physical geography by Mary Somerville. There is much detail on his life and travels in Italy, and on his many acquaintances. The letters are arranged chronologically:1870: folios 1-30;1871: folios 31-66;1872: folios 67-94*;Dates uncertain:...
Dates: 1870-1874.