Letters, 1822-1849, of George R. Gleig to John Murray II and John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They mostly concern Gleig`s works published by Murray, including “The history of the Bible”, “The history of the British empire in India”, “Story of the Battle of Waterloo” and biographies of Thomas Munro and Robert Clive. The letters are arranged in chronological order.

1822-1826: folios 1-18;

1827-1829: folios 19-36; (1)

1830-1832: folios 37-56; (2)

1844-1846: folios 57-62;

?1845 or 1846: folios 63-64;

1847-1849: folios 65-95.

1. Includes letter, 1829, of George R. Gleig to John Gibson Lockhart: folios 35-36.

2. Includes copy, 1831, of a reader’s opinion of Gleig’s “History of the British Empire in India, Vol. 2”: folios 51-52.