Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Constable, J. to Cook, F., 1814-1915
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 to Thomas Constable.
Constancio, Francisco Solano.
Letter, 1815, of Francisco Solano Constancio to John Murray II. Folios 14-15.
Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin.
Letters, 1814-1815, of Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque to John Murray II. Folios 16-22.
Folios 16-17. Letter, 1814, of Charles White to John Murray II enclosing a letter of Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque to John Murray II.
Converse, Sherman.
Letter, 1829, of Sherman Converse to John Murray II. Folios 23-25.
Folio 23. Press cutting relating to Noah Webster’s ‘American Dictionary of the English Language’, published in 1828.
Conway, Robert Seymour.
Letters, 1904-1905, of Robert Seymour Conway to John Murray IV. Folios 26-28.
Conway, Thomas.
Letter, 1897, of Thomas Conway to John Murray IV. Folios 29-30.
Conway, William Martin.
Letters, 1880, 1893, 1899-1901 and 1915, of William Martin Conway to Henry Bradshaw and John Murray IV. Folios 31-41.
Conybeare, Eliza.
Letter, 1857, of Elizabeth Conybeare to John Murray III. Folios 42-43.
Conybeare, William Daniel.
Letters, 1831, 1833-1835 and 1845, of William Daniel Conybeare to John Murray II and an unknown recipient. Folios 44-65.
Conybeare, William John.
Letters, 1844, 1846-1847, 1854 and 1856, to John Murray III and Longmans and Co., publishers. Folios 66-78.
Cook, Ebenezer Wake.
Letter, 1904, of Ebenezer Wake Cook to John Murray IV. Folio 79.
Cook, Edward Tyas.
Letters, 1886 and 1900, of Sir Edward Tyas Cook to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 80-84.
Cook, Frederick Charles.
Letters, 1860-1861, 1863-1865, 1868, 1870-1871, 1873-1874, 1876-1885 and undated, of Frederick Charles Cook to John Murray III. Folios 85-205.
Folio 143. Letter, 1876, of John Murray III to William Clowes.
Folios 162-163. Letter, 1881, of Samuel Wayland Kershaw to Cook. Sent as an enclosure to letter, 1881, of Cook to Murray, folios 160-161.
Folio 198. Excerpt from the minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Queen’s Printers Patent.
Folio 199. Proof, ? 1871, of an advertisement for ‘The Holy Bible : according to the authorized version (A.D. 1611), with an explanatory and critical commentary and a revision of the translation’, edited by Frederick Charles Cook.
Folios 200-202. Notes, 1879 and undated, relating to the abovementioned publication.
Folio 203. Accounts, undated, showing payments made to the various contributors for their work on the abovementioned publication.
Extra letters added following further cataloguing
Cook, Frank Henry
Letters, 1900, of Frank Henry Cook to John Murray IV. Folios 204-207.
Conway, Mrs.
Letter, 1913, of Mrs Conway to John Murray, publishers. Folios 208-209.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1915
Creator
- Longman and Co., London, publishers (Recipient, Organization)
- Bradshaw, Henry, librarian and scholar, 1831-1886: recipient (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
- Clowes, William, printer, London, 1807-1883: recipient (Recipient, Person)
- Constable, Thomas, publisher, 1812-1881: recipient (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iii + 209 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1262
Subject
- Select Committee on the Queen's Printers' Patent (Organization)
- Constable, John, Landscape Painter, 1776-1837 (Person)
- Constancio, Francisco Solano, Portuguese physician, diplomat, philologist, and scientific writer, 1777-1846 (Person)
- Converse, Sherman, American publisher, 1790-1873 (Person)
- Conway, William Martin, Baron Conway of Allington, art historian and mountaineer, 1856–1937 (Person)
- Conway, Robert Seymour, classical scholar and philologist, 1864–1933 (Person)
- Conway, Thomas, sugar merchant, b ?1842 (Person)
- Conybeare, Eliza, wife of William John, vicar of Axminster, nèe Rothley, 1820–1903 (Person)
- Conybeare, William Daniel, geologist and dean of Llandaff, 1787–1857 (Person)
- Conybeare, William John, vicar of Axminster, 1815–1857 (Person)
- Cook, Sir Edward Tyas, Knight, journalist, 1857–1919 (Person)
- Cook, Frank Henry, travel agent and grandson of Thomas, 1862–1931 (Person)
- Cook, Frederic Charles (clergyman and biblical scholar) (Person)
- Conway, Mrs, translator, fl 1913 (Person)
- Kershaw, Samuel Wayland, librarian of Lambeth Palace and antiquary, 1836-1914 (Person)
- White, Charles, Captain and author, 1793-1861 (Person)
- Constable, Thomas, publisher, 1812-1881 (Person)
- Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin (author and politician) (Person)
- Cook, Ebenezer Wake, painter, 1843-1926 (Person)
Repository Details
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