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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Philip Stanhope (1805-1875)., 1850-1854.

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Identifier: MS.41145
Scope and Contents Letters, 1850-1854, and uncertain dates, of Philip Stanhope to John Murray III, with related papers. They concern works of his published by Murray, including “The forty-five”, the remaining three volumes of his “History of England”, “Letter to Jared Sparks, Esq.” and “Joan of Arc”, reprinted from his “Historical essays”. He advises on Murray travel handbooks, and there is also discussion of politics, and of his reading, with comments on manuscripts sent to him for criticism. The letters are...
Dates: 1850-1854.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Philip Stanhope (1805-1875)., 1855-1860.

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Identifier: MS.41146
Scope and Contents Letters, 1855-1860, of Philip Stanhope to John Murray III, with related papers. They concern works of his published by Murray, including “Addresses delivered at Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham”, “The rise of our Indian empire” and “Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt”, as well as “Memoirs by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel”, published by Stanhope and Edward Cardwell. He advises on Murray travel handbooks, and there is also some discussion of politics, and of his reading, with...
Dates: 1855-1860.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Philip Stanhope (1805-1875)., 1861-1869.

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Identifier: MS.41147
Scope and Contents Letters, 1861-1869, of Philip Stanhope to John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They concern works of his published by Murray, including “Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt”, “Miscellanies”, and “History of England comprising the reign of Queen Anne until the peace of Utrecht”. He advises on Murray travel handbooks, and there is also some discussion of politics, and of his reading, with comments on manuscripts and papers sent to him for criticism. The letters are arranged...
Dates: 1861-1869.