Legal instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement, for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right. For documents having legal relevance in general, use ""legal documents"" .
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, papers, legal deeds, and newspaper cuttings regarding partnerships in John Murray, publishers, including Lord Gorell’s partnership., 1928-1951
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1552
Scope and Contents
File contains a large number of original letters from T.O. Williams & Davies chartered accountants; from Raymond-Barker, Nix & Co. solicitors; and from Lord Gorrell, alongside copy responses from John Murray, publishers. Original partnership deeds are also present, alongside orignal news cuttings on Gorrell's appointment as partner.
Dates:
1928-1951
Financial and legal papers concerning Austen Henry Layard and the publication of the narratives of his travels and excavations., 1839-1881.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42412-42413
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist and politician. He is perhaps best remembered for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh. Layard was keen to publicise his discoveries and worked with John Murray to produce lavish publications about his discoveries. These were popular books and went through many editions.The papers here concerning Austen Henry Layard offer a detailed insight into the publishing process surrounding his works about his excavations.The...
Dates:
1839-1881.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gilchrist, A. to Gillespie, Mrs W., 1808-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40448
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Gilchrist, Alexander.Letter, 1859, of Alexander Gilchrist to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Gilchrist, Isabella.Letter, 1918, of Isabella Gilchrist to John Murray IV. Folios 3-4.Gilchrist, Octavius Graham.Letters, 1808-1809 and 1815, of Octavius Gilchrist to John Murray II. Folios 5-12.Giles, John Allen.Letter, 1843, of John Giles to...
Dates:
1808-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wintle, with related papers., 1884-1889, 1943.
File
Identifier: MS.41296
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the publication of “The Eton Latin grammar. Part I. Elementary” (1885) and “ Elementary Latin exercises, adapted to the Eton Latin grammar” (1885). The letters are arranged chronologically.1884: folios 1-3;1885: folios 4-73 [Notes 1-4];1886-1887, 1889: folios 74-88.Related papers.(1) Papers concerning legal and financial...
Dates:
1884-1889, 1943.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Smith (1813-1893), with related papers., 1844-1895, 1943.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.41119-41126
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
1844-1895, 1943.
Papers concerning the copyright in works written in part or in whole or edited by William Smith (1813-1893) and published by John Murray, publishers., 1876-? 1878, 1943.
File
Identifier: MS.41126
Scope and Contents
“Dr Smith’s List of Copyrights” as of the 2 August 1876. The copyrights are recorded in an exercise book annotated by William Smith (folio 1 recto): “My copy Wm. Smith, LL.D. August 3 1876”. Folios 1-28.Note, [WM 1878], of the titles of several works with which William Smith was associated. The note was loosely inserted into Smith’s list of copyrights. Folios 29-30. Formal documents, December 1943, relating to the transfer of the rights and the entitlements in the...
Dates:
1876-? 1878, 1943.
Partnership deeds and supplementary articles of partnership of John Murray, publishers. , 1871-1897
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1553
Scope and Contents
File contains the following documents: 1) Supplemental Articles of Partnership between John Murray Snr., John Murray Jr., and Robert Cooke (1871; 1886); 2) Copy Supplemental Articles of Partnership between John Murray Snr., John Murray Jr., and Robert Cooke (1881); 3) Copy Deed of Partnership of John Murray Snr., John Murray Jr., and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray (2 February 1892); 4) Deed of Partnership between John Murray and Alexander Henry...
Dates:
1871-1897