Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Philip Stanhope : Correspondence. 2 Jan 1861 - 18 Dec 1869.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanhope, Philip (5th Earl Stanhope), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edgcumbe, Richard.

Smith, William.

Authors.

Travel writing.

Political science.

History.

London (England).

Germany.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

2020

Summary:

"Letters from Philip Stanhope to John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They concern works of his published by Murray, including "Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt", "Miscellanies", and "History of England Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne Until the Peace of Utrecht". He advises on Murray travel handbooks, and there is also some discussion of politics, and of his reading, with comments on manuscripts and papers sent to him for criticism."

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MS.41147.

1861: folios 1-28; 1862: folios 29-70 (Note 1); 1863-1864: folios 71-101 (Note 2); 1865-1866: folios 102-123; 1867-1868: folios 124-158; 1869: folios 159-172. Note 1: Includes letter, 8 March 1862, from [Edmund] Sydney Williams to Philip Stanhope, and copy of reply: folios 31-32 and 33-34. Note 2: Includes letter, 17 January 1863, from John Jones to Philip Stanhope: folio 76; note, 22 October 1864, from John Murray III to William Macpherson: folio 95./>.

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