Drafts. Negotiable instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written orders drawn by one party ordering a second party to pay a specified sum of money to a third party (who may be the first party); usually restricted to domestic transactions. For similar orders to pay used for foreign transactions, prefer ""bills of exchange"" .
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Four drafts issued by Thomas Moore against John Murray II, with a receipt issued by Moore for money received., 1823.
File
Identifier: MS.42493
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1823.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Burney, S. to Burnside., 1807-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.40172
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Burney, Selina, 1813: folios 1-2;Burney, William, 1807-1822: folios 3-57:includes receipt signed by James Nunn: folio 11;invoice of Grayhurst and Harvey, goldsmiths and jewellers, to William Burney: folio 20;Burnie, Robert, 1891-1906: folios 58-60;Burnouf, Eugène, 1877-1879: folios 61-66:includes letters,...
Dates:
1807-1906.
Papers of and concerning Jane Austen., 1815-1831.
File
Identifier: MS.42001
Scope and Contents
Folio(s) 1-3 : two letters, 1815, of Jane Austen to John Murray II; 4-7 : two letters, 1819 and 1831, of Cassandra Elizabeth Austen to John Murray II concerning works by Jane Austen; 8 : bank draft, 1816, in favour of Jane Austen; and, 9-11 : three bank drafts in favour jointly of Henry Austen and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen. Each draft is for value received in "Northanger Abbey, etc.". f. 9 : 31 December 1818; f. 10 :...
Dates:
1815-1831.