William Clowes and Sons Limited, ? 1880-?, London, printers
Organization
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Fragments of letters, mostly undated, to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen; with miscellaneous letters and papers concerning Pullen and the editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”., ? 1883-? 1903.
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Identifier: MS.40988
Scope and Contents
Letters of, to and concerning Henry Pullen. Folios 1-20.Incomplete letters, and dissociated parts of letters, mostly postscripts, of Henry Pullen to John Murray, publishers: folios 1-13.Contemporary copies of two letters, 1896 and 1897, of Hallam Murray to Henry Pullen: folios 14-17.Memorandum, 6 April 1891, of William Clowes and Sons, Limited, to John Murray IV, concerning the printing of Murray’s “Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy”. The...
Dates:
? 1883-? 1903.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).
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Identifier: MS.41124
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The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1893: folios 1-112 [Notes 1-8].Assorted, undated papers of William Smith.Manuscript draft, [? 1855-? 1860], in the hand of ?William Smith, of a ?prospectus for a “New series of school books”. Folio 113.Note, [?...
Dates:
1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents from the company of William Clowes and Sons Ltd., with related letters and papers., 1864-1916.
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Identifier: MS.41281
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Letter of William Clowes and Sons. Letter, 26 October 1864, of William Clowes ?(1807-1883), on behalf of William Clowes and Sons, to John Murray III. Folio 1.Letters and memorandums of William Clowes and Sons Ltd. Memorandum, 19 April 1887, to John Murray IV. Folio 2. Letter, 28 February 1889, to the Duchess of Cleveland. Folio 3. Letters and memorandums, 1891-1897, to Hallam Murray. Folios 4-10. Typescript letter, 6...
Dates:
1864-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surname or company name Chapin to Charlton., 1809-1915.
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Identifier: MS.40210
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All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further correspondents have been added to the end of this sequence.Chapin, Adele Le Bourgeois.Letters, 1925, of Adele Le Bourgeois Chapin to John Murray IV. Folios 1-4.Chaplin, George Chaplin Child.Letter, 1877, of George Chaplin Child Chaplin to John Murray III. Folio 5. Further letters between these two correspondents can be located at the...
Dates:
1809-1915.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Frere, P. to Freshfields., 1821-1911.
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Identifier: MS.40429
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The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Frere, Philip Howard.Letters, 1865, of Philip Frere to John Murray III. They concern the death of Frere’s mother, Mary (d 1864), and the copyright of the fifth volume, edited by his father, William, of the five volume work, “Original letters written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various persons of rank or consequence [of the Paston family]” (1787-1789 - G.G.J. and J....
Dates:
1821-1911.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Aglen to Ainger, Alfred., [1826]-1908.
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Identifier: MS.40010
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The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Aglen, Anthony Stocker.Letters, 1893-1895 and 1898, of Anthony Aglen to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters concern the publication of “A selection from the writings of Dean [Arthur] Stanley” (1894), edited by Anthony Aglen. Folios 1-42.Notes.Folio 19. Letter, 12 December 1893, of James Parker and Co., publishers, to Hallam Murray granting permission for extracts to be...
Dates:
[1826]-1908.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cockerell to Colby., 1819-1920.
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Identifier: MS.40229
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Cockerell, Charles Robert.Letters, 1819, 1836-1838, 1841, 1843 and 1851, of Charles Robert Cockerell to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 1-17.Cockerell, Samuel Pepys.Letter, 1897, of Samuel Pepys Cockerell to John Murray IV. Folios 18-19.Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle....
Dates:
1819-1920.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Goschen (1831-1907)., 1884-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40469
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of George Goschen’s biography of his grandfather, Georg Goschen: “The life and times of Georg Joachim Goschen, publisher and printer of Leipzig 1752-1828” (1903).The letters are largely arranged chronologically, although an additional letter has been added to the end of the sequence.1884: folios 1-2;1894: folios 3-50 [Note 1];1895: folios...
Dates:
1884-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Marindin., 1889-1897.
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Identifier: MS.40772
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The letters appear to be to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Marindin`s work reading, proof-reading and editing various works, particularly those relating to the classics, for John Murray, publishers. Many of the letters relate to Marindin’s 1894 revision of “A classical dictionary of biography, mythology and geography”, by William Smith.The letters are arranged chronologically.1889-1894: folios 1-56 [Notes 1-4];1895: folios 57-92;...
Dates:
1889-1897.
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 Maxwell., 1899-1927.
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Identifier: MS.40798
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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 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 Otto Goldschmidt and of Walter Goldschmidt., 1871-1917.
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Identifier: MS.40456
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(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 Theophilus Hall., 1890-1894.
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Identifier: MS.40508
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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 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.
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
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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.