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Creator
Murray, John, 1884-1967
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
3 items
Preferred Citation
John Murray V manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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To Wilfred Partington, writer and literary editor : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Aug 1930 : (B'ANA 0501) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your 2 letters of the 1st & yesterday. I have looked out a Byron letter with a good signature & gladly send it herewith for your collection ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 May 1930 : (B'ANA 0502) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am really most grateful to you for the very splendid present ..." -- Both letters mounted within a half blue morocco album, along with the Byron manuscript (B 0131) referenced in the first letter. Shelved as *Pforz 558R 09.

Biographical/historical information

Sir John Murray, of the Anglo-Scottish Murray publishing family. He was the great-grandson of the John Murray who published Byron.

Scope and arrangement

To Wilfred Partington, writer and literary editor : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Aug 1930 : (B'ANA 0501) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your 2 letters of the 1st & yesterday. I have looked out a Byron letter with a good signature & gladly send it herewith for your collection ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 May 1930 : (B'ANA 0502) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am really most grateful to you for the very splendid present ..." -- Both letters mounted within a half blue morocco album, along with the Byron manuscript (B 0131) referenced in the first letter. Shelved as *Pforz 558R 09.|||To Carl H. Pforzheimer, investment banker, philanthropist and collector : 1 typescript letter signed : 1 Feb 1949 : (S'ANA 0993) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "There have just arrived for me two volumes of The Keats Circle, published by the Harvard University Press, and bearing a note that you are the donor ..." With the stamped, postmarked envelope.

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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