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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, from correspondents with the surname Backhouse |
| Date | 1817-1878 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Backhouse, Sir John; Backhouse, John Harris |
| Theme | Business and Finance |
| Description | Includes items discussing the publication of works by George Canning, some written from the India Office, and the publication of historical and religious works. |
| Folio Information | The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent. Letters, 1817, 1819-1820, 1822, 1824, 1842 and 1844, of John Backhouse to John Murray II and John Murray III, folios 1-33. Letters, 1865, 1867-1871, 1877-1878, of John Harris Backhouse, mostly to John Murray III, folios 34-103. Folios 87-88: letter, 1878, of John Harris Backhouse to Hallam Murray (?). Folio 89: notes, [1878], by Hallam Murray (?) on Backhouse’s letter, 4 January 1878 (folios 87-88). The volume also includes a letter, 1867, of John Harris Backhouse to Robert Cooke (ff. 42-44). |
| Keywords | business printing politics government language and translation religion Quarterly Review |
| People | Backhouse, John Backhouse, John Harris Cooke, Robert Murray, Hallam Murray, John II Murray, John III Canning, George Ricardo, David Bentham, Jeremy Stuart, Henry Benedict (Cardinal York) Liddell, Henry George |
| Places | London; United Kingdom; Paris; France; Italy; Rome; Papal States; Netherlands |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40034 |
| 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 |