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John Murray (publishers, London)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., September-December 1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.40250
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically.

1810.

September: folios 1-14;

October: folios 15-35;

November: folios 36-59;

December: folios 60-85.

Dates: September-December 1810.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Cooke, with related papers., 1870-1892.

 File
Identifier: MS.40270
Scope and Contents 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.

Papers and legal documentation relating to the transfer from partnership to limited company status of John Murray, publishers., 1949-1952

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1551
Scope and Contents

File includes letters, news cuttings, manuscript notes on the legal profiles of counterpart publishers in view of new estate duty taxation measures, accounts, agendas for meetings of company directors, and letters of legal instruction and advice to, and from, company solicitors and accountants.

Dates: 1949-1952

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.

 File
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.

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