Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Roderick Murchison., 1832-1848.
Scope and Contents
The letters seem to be to John Murray II and John Murray III.
1832, 1834-1836, 1838-1839: folios 1-49 [Notes 1-7];
1841, 1843, 1845-1848: folios 50-93 [Note 8].
[Note 1] Folios 13-14. Letter, [?before 6 December 1834], in French, of Monsieur Jobert to Roderick Murchison.
[Note 2] Folios 15-16. Letter, 6 December 1834, of Roderick Murchison to John Murray II concerning Monsieur Jobert.
[Note 3] Folios 17-18. Letter, 10 December [1834], in French, of Monsieur Jobert to ?John Murray II.
[Note 4] Folio 19. Calling card of Monsieur Jobert.
[Note 5] Folios 20-21. Letter, 2 May 1835, of Roderick Murchison to B.A. Lambert.
[Note 6] Folios 33-36. Letter, 12 January 1836, in French, of Monsieur Jobert to Roderick Murchison. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Murchison’s letter to John Murray ?III of [January] 1836 (folios 31-32).
[Note 7] Folios 37-38. Memorandum of agreement, 16 June 1836, between Roderick Murchison and John Murray II. The agreement concerns “a work on geology to be entitled ‘On the Silurian System’”.
[Note 8] Folios 72-73. Letter, 2 November 1845, of Roderick Murchison to John Arrowsmith.
Dates
- Creation: 1832-1848.
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Recipient, Organization)
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1st Baronet, geologist, 1792-1871: recipient (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Arrowsmith, John, cartographer and map publisher, 1790–1873: recipient (Recipient, Person)
- Lambert, B.A., correspondent of Sir Roderick Murchison, fl 1835: recipient (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English; French
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 93 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1859
Repository Details
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