1848-1852, 1856-1857: folios 1-20 [Note 1];

1864, 1866: folios 21-24;

1870, 1873-1874: folios 25-30;

1881-1882: folios 31-34. Copy, [?late 19th century], of a letter, 26 March 1881, from Richard Owen (1804-1892) to John Murray III. Folios 35-36.

Letters from Richard Owen (afterwards, Cavendish; b 1869). The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of "The Life of Richard Owen” (London: John Murray, 1894), by Richard Owen (b 1869). The letters are arranged chronologically. 1892: folios 37-44 [Note 2];

1893: folios 45-86 [Note 3];

1894: folios 87-132 [Note 4];

1895: folios 133-136;

1897: folios 137-142;

1900, 1904: folios 143-146.

Undated postscript, [?October 1893], to a letter from Richard Owen (b 1869) to ?John Murray IV. Folio 147.

Proof, [?before 1 September 1894], of the original title, “Professor Owen. His life and work, based on his correspondence and his wife’s diary”, to “The life of Richard Owen”. Folio 148.

Notes

[Note 1] Folios 11-12. Letter, 17 July 1851, from Richard Owen (1804-1892) to John Gibson Lockhart. The letter includes a note by Lockhart to John Murray III.

[Note 2] Folios 41-42. Copy of a letter, 23 December 1892, from Charles Longman to Richard Owen (b 1869). The copy was made by Owen.

[Note 3] Folio 86. Letter, ?29 November 1893, of Byrne and Co., photographers, to Hallam Murray.

[Note 4] Folios 127-128: Letter, 12 December 1894, from George Grove to John Murray IV concerning the “Life of Richard Owen”. Includes a copy of the letter, 13 December 1894, of John Murray IV to Richard Owen (b 1869) sent as a result of Grove’s letter.