Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Head, B to Head, G : Correspondence. 1829-1884.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Head, Barclay Vincent, author.

Head, George, author.

Head, Florence Julia, author.

Head, Edmund Walker, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Head, George.

Hutton, James.

Lamb, Francis.

Macpherson, Guillermo, 1824-1898.

Macpherson, Guillermo.

Authors.

History.

Travel writing.

Families.

Political science.

Education.

Great Britain.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

1829

Summary:

The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MS.40540.

"Head, Barclay Vincent. Letters, 1878, from Barclay Head to [John Murray III] concerning an English abridgement of "La monnaie dans l'antiquité". Folios 1-6. Head, Edmund Walker. Letters, [1835]-1868, from Edmund Head to John Murray II and John Murray III. The letters mostly concern various publishing interests, including editing a work by Franz Kugler and the publication of Head's "'Shall' and 'Will'; or, Two chapters on future auxiliary verbs". [1835], 1842-1846: folios 7-33; 1850, 1856-1860, 1862, 1864, 1868: folios 34-63 [Note]. Letter, [10 March 1884], from Anna Head, wife of Edmund, to John Murray III concerning her late husband's publication "'Shall' and 'Will'; or, Two chapters on future auxiliary verbs". Folios 64-65. [Note.] Folio 61. Letter, 21 March 1864, from Edmund Head to William Macpherson.Head, Florence Julia. Letters, 1883-1884, from Florence Head to John Murray III. They concern Florence Head's efforts, on behalf of Lady Francis Lamb, to have published the papers of Sir James Burges [later, Lamb]. The papers were edited by James Hutton and published as "Selections From the Letters and Correspondence of Sir James Bland Burges, Bart., Sometime Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs" (1885). Folios 66-93. Notes. Folios 66-69. Letter, 6 April [1883], from Florence Head to "Uncle George". Folios 88-89. Contemporary copy of a letter, 10 November 1884, from Florence Head to [James Hutton].Head, George (1782-1855). Letters, 1829-1854, from George Head to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern the publication of various works by Head, particularly: "Forest Scenes and Incidents, In The Wilds of North America" (1829); "A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of 1835" (1836); "A Home Tour Through Various Parts of the United Kingdom. ... Also, Memoirs of an Assistant Commissary-General" (1837). 1829-1830, 1832, 1834-1836, 1838-1839: folios 94-140; 1840-1841, 1843, 1846, 1849, 1853-1854: folios 141-157. Head, George (d 1893). Letter, 12 September 1877, from George Head to John Murray III requesting a copy of "The Horse and Its Rider", by his late father, Sir Francis Head. Folios 158-159.".

Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.