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Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of, to or concerning Lady Caroline Lamb; with letters and manuscripts of George Lamb and William Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43468
Scope and Contents The letters of Caroline Lamb to various correspondents have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Papers relating to George Lamb and William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, have been arranged at the end of the sequence.Letter of Caroline Lamb to William Fletcher, 1812: folios 1-2;Copy of a letter of Caroline Lamb to Thomas Medwin, 1824: folios 3-6;Letter of Caroline Lamb to Lydia Rogers White, 1824: folios 7-8;Copy of a letter of...
Dates: 1812-1831, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Colvile to Conroy., 1814-1918.

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Identifier: MS.40237
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.A further letter has been added at the end of this sequence.Colvile, Henry Edward.Letters, 1907, of Sir Henry Edward Colvile to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Colvile, Zeline Isabelle.Postcard, 1907, of Zeline Isabelle Colvile to John Murray IV. Folio 7. Colvin, Auckland.Letters, 1895, of Sir Auckland Colvin to John Murray...
Dates: 1814-1918.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates: 1818-1927.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Ellis, H. to Ellison, J., 1817-1921

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Identifier: MS.40377
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Ellis, Henry.Letters, 1817-1819, 1826-1830, 1834, 1838-1840, 1844, 1846-1847, 1852, 1854-1855 and undated, of Sir Henry Ellis to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 1-70.Folios 39-40. Copy of a letter, 1830, of John Murray II to Sir Henry Ellis. Ellis, Henry.Letters, 1852-1854, of Sir Henry Ellis to John Murray III. Folios 71-74....
Dates: 1817-1921

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Faber to Fairman and company names beginning with initial F., 1815-1924.

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Identifier: MS.40390
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.F A Brockhaus.Letters, 1836, 1864, 1866-1868, 1871-1874, 1877, 1880, 1884-1885, 1889-1893, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of F A Brockhaus to John Murray II, John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-66.Folios 4-5. Letter, 1836, of Heinrich Brockhaus to John Murray II.Folios 50-53 and 59-65. Letters, 1892, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of Albert Brockhaus to John...
Dates: 1815-1924.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Fullerton to Fynmore., 1820-1902.

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Identifier: MS.40433
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Fullerton, Charles John Leslie.Letter, 1871, of Charles John Leslie Fullerton to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Fullerton, Georgiana Charlotte.Letter, 1865, of Lady Georgiana Charlotte Fullerton to John Murray III. Folio 3.Fullom, Stephen Watson.Letters, 1853, 1862-1863 and 1865-1866, of Stephen Watson Fullom to John Murray III. ...
Dates: 1820-1902.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gaull to Geikie., 1835-1912.

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Identifier: MS.40442
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gaull, P.Letter, 1894, of P Gaull to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Gaussen, Alice Cecilia Caroline.Letters, 1905, of Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen to John Murray IV. Folios 3-5.Gavioli, Luigi.Letter, 1900, of Luigi Gavioli to John Murray IV. Folio 6.Gawapy, Sydney.Letter, 1909, of Sydney Gawapy to John Murray...
Dates: 1835-1912.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gould to Gower., 1819-1926.

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Identifier: MS.40472
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gould, John Nutcombe.Letters, 1871, of John Nutcombe Gould to John Murray III. Folios 1-20.Folio 1. Poem, 1871, of John Nutcombe Gould entitled ‘Address to Paris’.Gould, Robert de Tracy.Letters, 1845, 1856-1857, 1859 and 1868, of Robert de Tracy Gould to John Murray III. Folios 21-35.Gould, Sabine Baring-.Letter, 1862,...
Dates: 1819-1926.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Keane to Keay., ?1820s-1916.

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Identifier: MS.40635
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Keane, Augustus Henry.Letters, 1891 and 1901, of Augustus Henry Keane to John Murray IV. Folios 1-4.Folio 3. Visiting card, ?1891, of Augustus Henry Keane. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1891, of Augustus Henry Keane to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Keane, John Henry.Letter, 1846, of John Henry Keane to John Murray III. Folios 5-6....
Dates: ?1820s-1916.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Burt to Bury., 1825-1915.

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Identifier: MS.40174
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1892-1898, of John Bury to John Murray IV. Some concern his work “The student’s Roman empire”.Also included are letters, 1859-1889, of Baroness Marie Blaze de Bury to John Murray III.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Burt, John, 1852-1856: folios 1-9;Burton, Alfred, 1915: folios 10-11;Burton, Decimus, 1829-1856: folios 12-14;Burton,...
Dates: 1825-1915.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Constable, J. to Cook, F., 1814-1915

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Identifier: MS.40262
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Extra letters have been added to the end of the sequence following further cataloguing of the John Murray Archive.Constable, John.Letters, 1830 and 1836, of John Constable to John Murray II. Folios 1-4.Constable, Thomas.Letters, 1873-1875, of Thomas Constable to John Murray III. Folios 5-13.Folio 7-8. Draft, 1873, of a letter of John Murray III...
Dates: 1814-1915

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Elsey to Elton., 1809-1912.

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Identifier: MS.40379
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Elsey, Elizabeth Theresa.Letter, 1898, of Elizabeth Theresa Elsey to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Elsmie, George Robert.Letters, 1898-1904 and 1907, of George Robert Elsmie to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 3-131.Folio 51. Galley proofs, 1899, of ‘Lumsden of the Guides’, published by John Murray in 1899. Sent as an...
Dates: 1809-1912.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Elwyn to English., 1770-1917.

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Identifier: MS.40382
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Elwyn, William Brame.Letter, 1812, of William Brame Elwyn to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Ely, George Herbert.Letter, 1906, of George Herbert Ely to John Murray IV. Folios 3-10.Folios 7-10. Prospectus for ‘Herbert Strang’s Historical Stories’. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1906, of George Herbert Ely to John Murray IV, folios 3-6....
Dates: 1770-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Galloway to Galton., 1816-1920.

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Identifier: MS.40435
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1816-1834, of John Galt, novelist, to John Murray II.Also included are letters, 1853-1905, of Francis Galton to John Murray III and John Murray IV. The letters mostly concern his publication “The art of travel” and his work on the Murray travel handbook for Switzerland.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence....
Dates: 1816-1920.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Goodwin, L. to Gordon, C., 1775-1913.

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Identifier: MS.40461
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. An additional record has been added to the end of this sequence.Goodwin, Leslie Ellis.Letters, 1878, 1883, 1891 and 1894-1895, of Leslie Ellis Goodwin to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-10. A further letter of this correspondent can be found at folios 206-207 of this manuscript.Goodwin, Mary Mackenzie.Letters...
Dates: 1775-1913.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Harries to Harrison, D., 1822-1917.

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Identifier: MS.40526
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Harries, Roger.Letter, 1823, of Roger Harries to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Folio 1. Includes an excerpt of a letter, 1823, of Peter Lee to Roger Harries.Harris, Charles.Letters, 1903-1905 and 1917, of Charles Harris to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios...
Dates: 1822-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jackson, H. to Jackson, T., 1812-1916.

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Identifier: MS.40604
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1892-1916, of Sir Thomas Jackson mostly to John Murray IV. Many of the letters concern the publication “Architecture, a profession or an art”, which he co-edited. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jackson, Henry, 1893-1913: folios 1-11;Jackson, Holbrook, 1915: folio 12;Jackson, James, 1812: folios 13-14;Jackson, John, fl. 1812, Cold Bathfields,...
Dates: 1812-1916.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from King, S. to Kinglake, R., 1807-1900.

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Identifier: MS.40651
Scope and Contents The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.King, Samuel William.Letters, 1856-1860 and undated, of Samuel King to John Murray III. Folios 1-62; undated, folio 63.King, W.A.Letter, 1900, of W.A. King, Sittingbourne, to John Murray IV. Folios 64-65.King, William Joseph Harding.Letters, 1900, of William King to John Murray IV/Hallam...
Dates: 1807-1900.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Landreth to Lanfrey., 1820-1917.

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Identifier: MS.40669
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1820-1838 and uncertain dates, of John Landseer and his sons, Edwin and Thomas, to John Murray II.It mainly includes letters, 1828-1862 and uncertain dates, of Richard Lane to John Murray II and John Murray III. These letters concern his work as an engraver and lithographer, including reference to works of his brother, Edward William Lane.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further...
Dates: 1820-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lefroy to Leitner., 1816-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40686
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lefroy, Emma.Letters, 1892, of Emma Lefroy to John Murray IV. Folios 1-11.Folios 10-11. Copy of a letter, 1892, of James Anthony Froude to Emma Lefroy. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1892, of Emma Lefroy to John Murray IV, folios 8-9.Lefroy, George Benjamin Austen.Letters and a partial letter, 1890, 1893-1896, 1901 and undated, of George...
Dates: 1816-1927.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Mackay, M. to Mackay, R., 1814-1922.

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Identifier: MS.40744
Scope and Contents Letters of four correspondents to John Murray, publishers. These principally include letters, 1890-1922, of Mary Mackay to John Murray III and John Murray IV; they are signed under her pseudonym, Marie Corelli. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Mackay, M., 1814: folio 1;Mackay, Mary, 1890-1922: folios 2-56; (1)Mackay, Norman, 1919: folio 57;Mackay, R.A., 1835: folios 58-59. 1....
Dates: 1814-1922.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas F. Dibdin and Thomas J. Dibdin., 1821-1842.

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Identifier: MS.40330
Scope and Contents Dibdin, Thomas Frognall.Letters, 1827-1842, of Thomas Frognall Dibdin to John Murray II and John Murray III with related letters and papers. The letters concern various publications of Dibdin including an abridged edition of his “Bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour” and “Reminiscences of a literary life”. There are also proposals for future publications and much discussion of financial and literary matters. The letters are arranged in chronological order....
Dates: 1821-1842.

Letters to or concerning Lord Byron and various artists; including correspondence relating to the Drury Lane Theatre., 1809-1839.

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Identifier: MS.43517
Scope and Contents The letters of artists to Lord Byron have been ordered at the start of the sequence, followed by those of other correspondents relating to artists. The letters relating to Drury Lane and other theatrical matters are then placed at the end. Each section has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname, with any anonymous letters at the end of the sequence. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letter of Henry Kirchhoffer to John Cam Hobhouse...
Dates: 1809-1839.