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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Head, B to Head, G |
| Date | 1829-1884 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Head, Barclay Vincent; Head, Edmund Walker; Head, Florence Julia; Head, George |
| Theme | Travel and the World |
| Description | The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent. |
| Folio Information |
Head, Barclay Vincent. Letters, 1878, from Barclay Head to [John Murray III] concerning an English abridgement of "La monnaie dans l’antiquité". Folios 1-6. Head, Edmund Walker. Letters, [1835]-1868, from Edmund Head to John Murray II and John Murray III. The letters mostly concern various publishing interests, including editing a work by Franz Kugler and the publication of Head's "'Shall' and 'Will'; or, Two chapters on future auxiliary verbs". [1835], 1842-1846: folios 7-33; 1850, 1856-1860, 1862, 1864, 1868: folios 34-63 [Note]. Letter, [10 March 1884], from Anna Head, wife of Edmund, to John Murray III concerning her late husband’s publication "'Shall' and 'Will'; or, Two chapters on future auxiliary verbs". Folios 64-65. [Note.] Folio 61. Letter, 21 March 1864, from Edmund Head to William Macpherson. Head, Florence Julia. Letters, 1883-1884, from Florence Head to John Murray III. They concern Florence Head's efforts, on behalf of Lady Francis Lamb, to have published the papers of Sir James Burges [later, Lamb]. The papers were edited by James Hutton and published as "Selections From the Letters and Correspondence of Sir James Bland Burges, Bart., Sometime Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs" (1885). Folios 66-93. Notes. Folios 66-69. Letter, 6 April [1883], from Florence Head to "Uncle George". Folios 88-89. Contemporary copy of a letter, 10 November 1884, from Florence Head to [James Hutton]. Head, George (1782-1855). Letters, 1829-1854, from George Head to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern the publication of various works by Head, particularly: "Forest Scenes and Incidents, In The Wilds of North America" (1829); "A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of 1835" (1836); "A Home Tour Through Various Parts of the United Kingdom. ... Also, Memoirs of an Assistant Commissary-General" (1837). 1829-1830, 1832, 1834-1836, 1838-1839: folios 94-140; 1840-1841, 1843, 1846, 1849, 1853-1854: folios 141-157. Head, George (d 1893). Letter, 12 September 1877, from George Head to John Murray III requesting a copy of "The Horse and Its Rider”, by his late father, Sir Francis Head. Folios 158-159. |
| Keywords | authors non-fiction education politics family travel and exploration travel writing history language and translation |
| People | Head, Barclay Vincent Head, Edmund Walker Kugler, Franz Head, Anna Macpherson, William Lamb, James (1st Baronet) Head, Florence Julia Murray, John III Lamb, Francis Hutton, James Head, George Head, Sir Francis Bond (1st Baronet) |
| Places | Oxford; London; United Kingdom |
| NLS Collection | Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers |
| NLS Reference | MS.40540 |
| 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 |