Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Parker., 1831-1880.
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. Subjects of discussion include: Thomas Mitchell and the publication of his translations of the comedies of Aristophanes; the publication of Charles Wordsworth’s, “Graecae Grammaticae Rudimenta. In usum scholarum” (1839); a request by John Parker, on behalf of Orlando Jewitt, the wood-engraver, to John Murray III asking whether he has any work; corrections to the fourth edition of the “Handbook for travellers in France”; shares in the “Roman Exploration Company”; and the revision of Murray’s handbooks for travellers in Italy and Rome.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1831-1834, 1838: folios 1-14;
1840, 1843-1845, 1849: folios 15-37;
1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1859: folios 38-49;
1861, 1864: folios 50-55 [Note];
1871- 1876, 1879: folios 56-108;
1880: folios 109-112.
Undated, ?1879: folios 113-115.
[Note.]
Folios 54-55. Letter, 2 November 1864, of John Parker to Joseph Pentland.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1880.
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Recipient, Organization)
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Pentland, Joseph Barclay, traveller, 1797-1873: recipient (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 115 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1915
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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