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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Charles Lyell, with related papers |
| Date | 20 Mar 1861 - 18 May 1874 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Lyell, Charles |
| Theme | The Sciences; Business and Finance |
| Description | The letters comprising folios 1-90 appear to be all to John Murray III. They are arranged chronologically. Those letters that have a supplied year and no other date are placed at the end of the relevant year. |
| Folio Information |
1861: folios 1-5 [Note 1]; 1862: folios 6-19; 1863: folios 20-33 [Note 2]; 1864: folios 34-41; 1865: folios 42-53; 1866: folios 54-59; 1867: folios 60-63; 1868: folios 64-69; 1869: folios 70-73; 1870: folios 74-75; 1871: folios 76-77; 1872: folios 78-81; 1873: folio 82; 1874: folios 83-86; Undated letters: folios 87-90; Note 1. Folio 3. Receipt, 19 March 1861, in respect of the payment of £154 by John Murray, publishers, to Charles Lyell on account of the 9th edition of the “Principles of Geology”; Note 2. Folio 28. Letter, 8 April 1863, in French, from Victor Masson et Fils, publishers, to Charles Lyell. The letter was forwarded to John Murray III as an enclosure to Lyell’s letter from 11 April 1863 (folios 26-27); The following are miscellaneous letters to and concerning Charles Lyell, and other papers: Letter, 23 March [1842], from George Richardson to Charles Lyell, folios 91-92; Letter, undated, from Henry Hart Milman to “My dear Sir”, concerning Charles Lyell, folios 93-94; Letter, undated, from T.J. Torrie to John Murray II or III concerning Charles Lyell, folios 95-96; Letter, 24 April 1867, from Friedr. Vieweg und Sohn to John Murray, publishers, concerning Charles Lyell and the tenth edition of the “Principles of Geology”, folios 97-98; Fragment of a bill of exchange, from before 9 January 1834, for £370 in respect of Charles Lyell, to be drawn on Dixon and Co, Bankers, London. The fragment has been signed twice by Lyell on the verso, folio 99; Note, c. 1872 or after, “Lyell C. Principles of Geology 17th edition. Vol I II 8vo London 1872”, folio 100; Letter, 3 December 1829, from John Murray II to Charles Lyell, folio 101. |
| Keywords | competitor geology science non-fiction finance |
| People | Murray, John II Murray, John III Lyell, Charles Masson, Victor Richardson, George Milman, Henry Hart Torrie, T J Vieweg, Johann Friedrich |
| Places | London; United Kingdom; Paris; France |
| Language | English; French |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40729 |
| Disclaimer | Folio information comes from the library catalogue and is correct to the best of our knowledge. |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |