The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Letters of multiple or unidentified correspondents have been placed at the end of the sequence.

Letters, 1842, 1845-1846. of Sir George Biddell Airy to John Murray II and John Murray III: folios 1-9;

Letter, 1843, of Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy to John Murray III: folios 10-11;

Letter, 1847, of George Augustus Frederic Cavendish-Bentinck to John Murray III: folios 12-13;

Letter, 1899, of Ernest Bentley to John Murray IV: folios 14-15;

Letter, possibly 1838, of Heinrich Ulrich Wilhelm von Bulow, Baron von Bulow, to John Murray III: folios 16-17;

Partial letter of Ulick Ralph Burke, undated, to John Murray, publishers: folio 18;

Letter, 1890, of Samuel Butler to John Murray IV: folio 19;

Letter, 1865, of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, to John Murray III: folios 20-21;

Letter, 1858, of William Chapman to John Murray III: folios 22-23;

Letter, 1842, of Sir Henry Cole to John Murray III: folios 24-25;

Letter, 1896, of W H Cottrell to John Murray IV: folio 26;

Letter, 1857, of Francis Darwin to John Murray III: folios 27-28;

Letter, 1896, of Thomas George Dickson to John Murray IV: folio 29;

Letter, undated, of Charles Wentworth Dilke to John Murray III: folios 30-31;

Letter, 1860, of Sir Eardley Gideon Culling Eardley to John Murray III: folios 32-33;

Letter, 1860, of Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, to John Murray III: folios 34-35;

Letter, 1837, of James David Forbes to John Murray III: folios 36-37;

Letter, watermark 1865, of Jane Franklin to John Murray III: folios 38-39;

Letter, ?1862, of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell to John Murray III: folios 40-41;

Letter, 1859, of Thomas Gaspey to John Murray III: folios 42-43;

Letter, 1845, of William Ewart Gladstone to John Murray III: folios 44-47;

Letter, 1869 of Eugene Felicien Albert Goblet, Comte d’Alviella, to John Murray III: folios 48-49;

Letter, 1846, of Sir George Hayter to John Murray III: folios 50-51;

Partial letter, 1876, of Hon. Edward Hewitt to John Murray III: folios 52-53;

Letters, 1837-1838, of Sir Robert Harry Inglis to John Murray III: folios 54-57;

Letter, ?1852, of Anna Brownell Jameson to John Murray III: folios 58-59;

Letter, 1856, of Fitzroy Edward Kelly to John Murray III: folios 60-61;

Letter, undated, of Charles Kemble to John Murray III: folios 62-63;

Letter, 1895, of William Frederick Kingdon to Alexander Henry Hallam Murray: folios 64-65;

Letter and notes, 1834, of Leon Emmanuel Simon Joseph de Laborde, Comte de Laborde, to John Murray III, with two pencil drawings entitled ‘Vue de Seide (Sidon)’ and ‘Vue de Nazareth’: folios 66-73;

Letter, undated, of Sir George Cornewall Lewis to John Murray III, enclosing notes, watermarked 1843 and 1851, entitled ‘Belgian Railway’ and ‘Gateway at Remagen’: folios 74-81;

Letters, 1843 and 1853, of Henry George Liddell to John Muray III: folios 82-84;

Partial letter, undated, of Henry Parry Liddon to probably John Murray III - the end of this letter has been located among other Liddon correspondence at Ms.40697 f.50: folios 85-86;

Letters, 1847 and undated, of Sir Charles Lyell to John Murray III: folios 87-89;

Letter, 1857, of Mary Elizabeth Lyell to John Murray III: folios 90-92;

Letter, ? 1842, of Harriet Martineau to John Murray III: folios 93-94;

Letters, 1874 and 1877, of Sir George Robert Osborn to John Murray III: folios 95-99;

Letter, 1882, of Gerald Charles Hall Parlby to John Murray III: folio 100;

Letter, 1838, of Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart., to John Murray III: folios 101-104;

Letter, 1849, of Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bart., to John Murray III: folios 105-106;

Letter, 1855, of Joseph Barclay Pentland to John Murray III: folios 107-108

Letter, 1843, of Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall, to John Murray III: folio 109;

Letter, 1858, of John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, to John Murray III: folios 110-111;

Letters, 1837-1838, of Josef von Hammer-Purgstall to John Murray III: folios 112-115;

Letters, 1845-1846, of John Ruskin to John Murray III: folios 116-130;

Letters, 1855, of John James Ruskin to John Murray III: folios 131-132;

Letter, 1843, of John St. Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron Saumarez, to John Murray III: folio 133;

Letter, 1845, of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, to John Murray III: folio 134;

Letter, 1897 of Alfred Sommerville to John Murray IV: folio 135;

Letter, 1847, of Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope to John Murray III: folios 136-137;

Letters, 1842-1844, 1852-1853 and 1857, of Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, to John Murray III: folios 138-148;

Letter, undated, of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bart., probably to John Murray III: folios 149-150;

Letter, 1846, of John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury to John Murray III: folios 151-154;

Letter, undated, of B J Taylor to John Murray, publishers: folios 155-158;

Letter, 1841, of Sir Henry Taylor to John Murray III: folios 159-168;

Letter, 1860, of E Vanness to John Murray III: folios 169-170;

Letter, 1843, of Sir Charles Wetherell to John Murray III: folio 171;

Letter, 1899, of Sir Charles William Wilson to John Murray IV: folios 172-173;

Letter, 1847, possibly of Charles F Zimple to John Murray III: folios 174-175;

Letters of multiple signatories:

Letter, 1846, of Caroline Duff-Gordon, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mr and Mrs Baker of Boston, and Sir Samuel Ferguson to John Murray III: folios 176-177;

Letter, 1847, of Thomas Cannaway Curry, John Furse, Arbuthnot Emerson, George Leighton Dilson, Charles Edwards Lester, H Wright, Justina Allanson (Bonomi) and John Joyce to John Murray III: folio 178;

Letters, 1854, 1857-1858, 1863, 1870, of unidentified correspondents to John Murray III: folios 179-187.