Melville, Herman, author, 1819-1891
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Financial and legal documents concerning Herman Melville., 1845-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.42479
Scope and Contents
Includes an affidavit sworn in respect of the publication "Mahomet and his successors" by Washington Irving.
Dates:
1845-1850.
Letters of and concerning Herman Melville., 1846-1890.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42477-42478
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1846-1890.
Letters of Gansevoort Melville, with a letter of Allan Melville, to John Murray III., 1845-1849.
File
Identifier: MS.42478
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1845-1849.
Letters of Herman Melville to John Murray III., 1846-1890.
File
Identifier: MS.42477
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1846-1890.
Papers of and concerning Herman Melville., 1845-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42477-42480
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1845-2003.
Photocopies, 1990, of letters, circa 1852, of Herman Melville to John Murray III. Included is a cutting from the "Times Literary Supplement", 28 February 2003 : "Melville`s first publication"., Circa 1852-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.42480
Scope and Contents
The photocopies are of two letters from collections in America : one from a "Private collection, Seattle, Washington, USA"; the other from the University of Virginia Library.
Dates:
Circa 1852-2003.
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