Letters, 1824-1843, of Anna Bray to John Murray II and John Murray III, with related letters. They mostly concern her work “A description of the part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy…”, “The mountains and lakes of Switzerland” and her novels published elsewhere. The letters are arranged in chronological order.

1824: folios 1-2;

1828-1829: folios 3-6; (1)

1833-1834: folios 7-43; (2)

1835-1836: folios 44-76; (3)

1838-1839: folios 77-88; (4)

1841: folios 89-92;

1843: folios 93-96.

1. Includes letter, 2 April 1828, of Edward Bray to John Murray II: folios 3-4.

2. Includes letters, 4 January, 27 May, and [May?] 1834, of Anna Bray to John Murray II. These letters include copies of extracts of letters of Robert Southey to Anna Bray: folios 10-11, 22-23 and 24-25;

letter, 26 October 1834, of Anna Bray to Anne Murray: folios 40-41.

3. Includes two letters, 26 December 1835, of Edward Bray to John Murray III: folios 67-70.

4. Includes letter, 31 January 1839, of Anna Bray to John Murray III, which includes copies of extracts of letters of George Gwilt and of Henry Brandreth to Anna Bray: folios 83-84.