Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, the letters of Rocca had been placed before those of Ridgeway. These have now been changed so that they adhere to the alphabetical arrangement and the folio numbers updated accordingly.Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence. Unpublished poem ‘On reading Lord Byron’s Bride of Abydos’, by A Baldry, beginning 'The tale is...

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...