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.

1808.

September: folios 1-20;

October: folios 21-53;

November: folios 54-77;

December: folios 78-100;

undated, ?1808: folios 101-103.

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.

January: folios 1-12;

February: folios 13-22;

March: folios 23-28;

April: folios 29-59;

May: folios 60-96.

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...

Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1817-1828 and uncertain dates, of James Hakewill to John Murray II. They concern his work “A picturesque tour of Italy”. It also includes letters, 1904-1928, of Elizabeth Haldane and letters, 1902-1916, of her brother Richard, Viscount Haldane, to John Murray IV. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hake, Alfred, 1886-1892: folios 1-7;Hake, C. Napier, 1890: folios 8-9;...