Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Egerton, Francis Charles Granville.Letters, 1886-1889, 1895, 1897 and 1909, of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd earl of Ellesmere, to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-36.Egerton, Francis Henry.Proposal, 1831, sent to John Murray II outlining the ‘Bridgewater Treatises’ that were published in 1833, according...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Haygarth, Henry William.Letters, 1848, 1859-1860, 1862-1863, 1871, 1876 and 1891, of Henry William Haygarth to John Murray III. Folios 1-30.Folio 22. Circular, 1863, containing a letter of Henry William Haygarth to his parishioners asking for contributions to a new infants school room in the parish. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1863, of Henry William Haygarth to...

Scope and Contents The manuscript is comprised of letters, drafts of letters and draft publishing proposals. The papers relate mostly to the business relationship between Edward Arnold and John Murray, publishers, but they also indicate the personal relations between the publishers. The correspondence is mostly between Edward Arnold and John Murray IV, but includes letters written on behalf of Arnold by A.L. Mumm. A significant part of the correspondence relates to the establishment, in 1887, of the periodical...

Scope and Contents Letters of William Hooker to John Murray II and John Murray III, with related letters and papers. The letters concern works of Hooker published by Murray, particularly "Botanical miscellany". The letters are written both from Glasgow, where Hooker was professor of Botany, and London, when he became director of Kew Gardens. The letters are arranged chronologically.1825: folios 1-2;1827-1828: folios 3-23;1829-1830: folios 24-47*;1831-1832: folios...