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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Charles Longman |
| Date | 24 Aug 1880 - 14 Apr 1928 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Longman, Charles |
| Theme | Business and Finance |
| Description | Letters of Charles Longman to John Murray IV, with a few letters to John Murray III and with related letters and papers. The letters concern the business relations between Longman and the Murrays and their associates. |
| Folio Information |
The letters are arranged chronologically: 1880-1885: folios 1-15; 1886-1889: folios 16-45*; 1890-1895: folios 46-63; 1896-1899: folios 64-88**; 1900-1904: folios 89-98; 1906-1909: folios 99-112***; 1910-1913: folios 113-127; 1916-1917: folios 128-135; 1921-1929: folios 136-140. * Includes invitation, 1886, of George Larner, Assistant-Secretary of the Booksellers’ Provident Institution, to John Murray IV: folios 20-21; and the Suggested Rules for the Booksellers’ Provident Institution, c.1886: folios 22-31. ** Includes correspondence, 1889, concerning underselling: letters of John Murray IV to Charles Longman: folios 35-36, folios 43-44; letter of Frederick Macmillan to John Murray IV: folios 37-38; letter of Charles Longman to John Murray IV: folios 39-40; letters of Joseph Lupton to John Murray IV: folios 41-42, folio 45. *** Includes letter, 1907, of Charles Longman to John Murray IV. The text of this letter includes copy of a letter, ?1907, of Arthur Conan Doyle to Charles Longman, and part of a letter, c.1907, of Henry Rider Haggard to Charles Longman. |
| Keywords | publishing business illustration bookselling competitor sales |
| People | Longman, Charles Doyle, Arthur Conan Haggard, Henry Rider Murray, John IV Murray, John III Macmillan, Frederick Larner, George |
| Places | United Kingdom; London; Burnley; Ware; United States; New York |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40710 |
| 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 |