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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Roderick Murchison |
| Date | c.1845-1976 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Murchison, Roderick |
| Theme | Business and Finance; The Sciences |
| Description | Letters from Roderick Murchison mostly to John Murray II discussing topics related to Murchison's geological work, particularly his work concerning the Silurian system, which Murray was publishing. Includes marked proofs of “Siluria, the history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains” as well as photograph of Roderick Murchison by Edward Sims. |
| Folio Information |
1850-1851, 1853-1854, 1856-1859: folios 1-55; 1860-1861, 1863-1868: folios 56-88 [Note]; 1870: folios 89-90. [Note] Folios 83-84. Letter, 20 August 1867, of Roderick Murchison to Robert Cooke. Undated letters of Roderick Murchison to ?John Murray II and to ?John Murray III: 91-101. Related papers. Manuscript note, in Roderick Murchison’s hand, headed “Murchison’s ‘Siluria etc’”. Folios 102-103. Four pages (265-268) of marked proofs, ?1854, of “Siluria. The history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains” (London: John Murray, 1854), by Roderick Murchison. Folios 104-105. Letter, 4 August 1874, of K.R. Murchison to John Murray III. With the letter, as an enclosure, is a photographic portrait of Roderick Murchison by Edward Sims, Tunbridge Wells, from an original photographic portrait by John Watkins. Folios 106-108. Copy of a manuscript note, ?1845, in the hand of Roderick Murchison: “Honors to Geology”. Folio 109. |
| Keywords | science geology authors business editing draft publishing travel and exploration Quarterly Review |
| People | Murchison, Roderick Murray, John II Murray, John III Cooke, Robert Murchison, K R Sims, Edward Watkins, John Lockhart, John Gibson Livingstone, David |
| Places | London; Bedford; Cornwall; England; United Kingdom; United States; Germany |
| Linked Documents |
Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Roderick Murchison |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40860 |
| 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 |