Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Elizabeth Harcourt., 1889-1904.
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1889-1904, of Elizabeth Harcourt to John Murray IV, with related letters and papers. They concern the publication of “The correspondence of John Lothrop Motley” and matters arising from it, including copyright issues, translation rights and the role of Harper and Brothers in the American edition. The letters are arranged in chronological order.
1889: folios 1-84; (1)
1891: folios 85-86;
1894-1898: folios 87-95;
1900-1901: folios 96-100;
1903-1904: folios 101-106;
uncertain dates: folios 107-114.
1. Includes written opinion, 5 January 1889, of Alfred Dunham on copyright issues: folios 1-2;
letter, 8 February 1889, of James Osgood to John Murray IV: folio 19;
copy of extract of letter, 26 January 1889, of Harper and Brothers, publishers, to J.L. Stackpole: folio 20;
letter, 12 February 1889, of Edward Clowes to John Murray ?IV: folios 24-25;
letter, mid February 1889, of Susan St John-Mildmay to John Murray ?IV: folios 35-36;
three letters, 18 and mid February 1889, of Ponsonby Ogle to John Murray IV: folios 37-42;
letter, 19 February 1889, of Edward Clowes to John Murray IV: folios 43-44;
letters, 11 March and 27 April 1889, of Harper and Brothers, publishers, to John Murray III: folios 55-56 and 66-67.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1904.
Creator
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
- Stackpole, J.L., nephew and executor of John Lothrop Motley, fl 1887: recipient (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 114 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1520
Subject
- Harper and Brothers, 1833-1962, London and New York, publishers (Organization)
- Clowes, Edward Arnott, printer, London, 1851-1911 (Person)
- Harcourt, Elizabeth Cabot (2nd wife of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon, statesman, née Motley, then Ives) (Person)
- Mildmay, Susan Margaret Stacpole St John-, née Motley, wife of Herbert, fl 1884-1889 (Person)
- Motley, John Lothrop, historian, 1814-1877 (Person)
- Osgood, James Ripley, publisher, London, 1836-1892 (Person)
- Dunham, Alfred, ?barrister, fl 1889 (Person)
- Ogle, Ponsonby Dugmore, newspaper editor, b 1855 or 1856 (Person)
Repository Details
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