Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., 1813-1814, 1820-1826, and undated.
File
Identifier: MS.40252
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.
1813.
January: folios 1-4;
February: folios 5-10;
March: folios 11-16;
April: folios 17-23;
May: folios 24-27;
May-July 1813, invoices sealed together: folios 28-31.
1814: folios 32-33.
1820-1826: folios 34-41.
Undated letters, ?1803-?1826: folios 42-59.
Copies of extracts from letters, 1805, of Alexander Hunter to John Murray II: folios 60-61.
Dates
- Creation: 1813-1814, 1820-1826, and undated.
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Recipient, Organization)
- Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers (Recipient, Organization)
- Constable, Archibald, publisher, 1774-1827 (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 61 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1252
Bibliography
MS.23233. Proof copy of an apparently unpublished book, "Correspondence [1803-1825] between John Murray, London, and Archibald
Constable and A. Constable and Co., Edinburgh". The publication is entirely of transcriptions of the correspondence, with no
critical apparatus.
Constable and A. Constable and Co., Edinburgh". The publication is entirely of transcriptions of the correspondence, with no
critical apparatus.
Subject
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
- Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers (Organization)
- Constable, Archibald (publisher) (Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Person)
- Hunter, Alexander Gibson, of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, fl 1804-1811 (Person)
- Imray, James, of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, fl 1813 (Person)
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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0131 623 3700
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