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Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837- 19 Nov. 1840.

Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.

includes:

ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
ff. 2, 10b, 13, 30b, 32b, 42b Charles Ollier, publisher: Signatures as witness to agreements and memoranda: 1830-1838.
f. 4 Edward S. Morgan, assistant to R Bentley, publisher: Agreement with D. Campbell: 1837.: Signed.
f. 4 Duncan Campbell, bookseller, of Glasgow: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 6 Robert Cadell, publisher, of Edinburgh: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 7 William Hickling Prescott, author: Agreements, partly on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1837-1854.
ff. 7, 14, 28, 87 Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, US Consul-General in London: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1835-1849.: Mostly signed.
ff. 9-11 Charles James Mathews, actor and dramatist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 9-11 Anne Mathews, widow of Charles James Mathews: Agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1850.: Mostly signed.
ff. 12, 13 (copy), 161 (signed) Samuel Lover, song-writer, novelist and painter: Correspondence and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1836-1839.
f. 14 Washington Irving, American author: Business transactions with H. Colburn and R. Bentley, and R. Bentley: 1832-1837.
f. 16 Dorothea Knighton, widow of Sir William Knighton: Memorandum on behalf of, conc. publication of her husband's 'Memoirs': 1837.
f. 16 Frederick Dawes Danvers, Clerk of the Council, Duchy Court of Lancaster: Memorandum by, conc. publication of 'Memoirs of Sir William Knighton, Bart.': 1837.
ff. 18, 99, 101 George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to, and business transaction with R. Bentley: 1837-1839.: Partly signed.
f. 20 (signed) Thomas Medwin, biographer of Shelley: Agreements and accompt with R. Bentley: 1834, 1838.
f. 22 Edmund Southey Rogers, editor of J Northcote's 'Artist's Book of Fables': Agreement with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 24, 98 Ellen Pickering, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1834-1839.: Mostly signed.
f. 26 Richard Hughes, copper plate manufacturer, of London: Agreement with R, Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 26 Thomas Egerton Wilks, dramatist: Agreement between R. Hughes and R. Bentley signed by, as witness: 1837.
f. 28 John Treat Irving, author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1837.
ff. 30, 331 Theodore Edward Hook, novelist: Agreements, etc., with R. Bentley: 1835-1840.: Mostly signed.
ff. 32, 195 John Gideon Millingen, physician and writer: Agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1844.: Mostly signed.
ff. 34, 162 Robert Montgomery Bird, MD; dramatist and novelist: Agreements on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
ff. 34, 93, 162-164, 191 John Miller, American bookseller: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1833-1838.: Signed.
ff. 36-37 Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1836-1838.: Signed.
f. 37 Edward S. Morgan, assistant to R Bentley, publisher: Memoranda by: 1830-1855.
f. 38 John Adolphus, barrister: Agreement with R. Bentley and receipt: 1837, 1839.: Signed.
f. 40 Lieutenant-Colonel Lovell Benjamin Badcock, 15th Hussars; author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 41 Charles Ollier, publisher: Letter to Lt.-Col. L. B. Badcock: 1834.: Copy.
ff. 42, 173 William Joseph O'Neill Daunt, of Kilcasan Castle, county Cork: Agreements with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1837-1841.: Signed.
f. 44 Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Agreements with R. Bentley, etc.: 1833-1846.: Mostly signed.
ff. 46, 309 Mrs Frances Trollope, novelist: Correspondence and agreements with R. Bentley: 1835-1840.: Mostly signed.
f. 48 Reverend John Humphrey St Aubyn, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1832, 1837.: Signed.
f.50 Anne Maria Smith, widow of J S Smith, Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 52-54 Charles Greenstreet Addison, legal writer: Agreement with R. Bentley, etc.: 1837.: Signed.
f. 55 Charles Greenstreet Addison, legal writer: Agreement with J. Macrone: 1837.: Signed.
f. 55 John Macrone, publisher: Agreement with C. G. Addison: 1837.: Autogr.
f. 57 Ferdinand Brand, solicitor: Letter to G. Woodfall: 1837.
ff. 59, 61 Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, diarist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 61 Thomas Raikes, diarist: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 63 Lieutenant William George Rose, 60th Royal Rifles; author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 63 George Rose, attorney: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 65 James Ballie Fraser, traveller: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1841.: Mostly signed.
f. 67 William Henry Watts, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 69 John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe (1845): Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 71 Horace Twiss, QC; politician: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838-1849.: Signed.
f. 73 Thomas Cornelius Wilson, illustrator: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 75 James Endell Tyler, Rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields; Canon of St. Paul's 1845: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1844.: Signed.
ff. 77, 78, 189,329 Catherine Grace Frances Gore, née Moody; novelist: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1831-1853.: Partly signed.
f. 81 Bolton Corney, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
ff. 83-84 (copy with signed memorandum) Charles Mackay, poet and songwriter: Agreements with R. Bentley, and receipted accompt: 1833-1869.: Signed.
ff. 85, 97, 147, 150, 156, 197, 198 William Hamilton Maxwell, writer: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1833-1850.: Mostly signed.
f. 87 Charles Fenno Hoffman, American author: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1836, 1838.
f.89 Joel Samuel Polack, writer on New Zealand: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838-1839.: Signed.
f. 91 Captain Robert Mignan, Lieutenant -Colonel 1849; author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f.93 William S. W. Ruschenberger, naval surgeon: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 95 Archibald Smith, MD; author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
ff. 103, 263-265 Philip Meadows Taylor, novelist: Letter to, and agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1838-1847.: Partly signed.
f. 105 Hon Edward Granville George Howard, Baron Lanerton of Lanerton 1874: Agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1836-1838.: Mostly signed.
ff. 107-119 Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay: Letters to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 120 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, humorist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 122 Richard Johns, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1846.: Mostly signed.
ff. 124-144 Simon Saunders and Otley (Edward John), publishers: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1837, 1838.
ff. 124-144 Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Assignment of copyright of his novels: 1838.: Drafts.
f.145 Alexander Levi Newton and Co; goldsmiths, London: Letter on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 148 John Leech, humorous artist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838-1842.: Signed.
f. 152 Matthew Henry Barker, writer of sea tales: Letter to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 153 Matthew Henry Barker, writer of sea tales: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1842.: Signed.
f. 154 Henry Brandon, writer on crime: Letter to C. Ollier: 1838.
ff. 157, 158 (extracts), 159 (copy), 171, 179, 236, 237 (extracts), 238, 239 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Agreements with, and letters to, R. Bentley, etc.: 1834-1868.: Mostly signed.
f. 163 Carey and Lea and Co; publishers, Philadelphia: Agreements on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1833, 1838.
f. 164 John Pendleton Kennedy, author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1838.
f.165 Robert Gordon Latham, ethnologist and philologist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1839.: Signed.
f. 167 Lady Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles Chatterton, widow of Sir W A Chatterton, Baronet, and wife (1859) of E H Dering: Agreements, partly on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1836-1863.: Partly signed.
f. 167 Sir William Abraham Chatterton, 2nd Baronet: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1836.: Signed.
f. 169 Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Morris, 14th Foot: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1839.: Signed.
ff. 174b, 236 Richard Harris Barham, author: Signatures: 1839, 1841.
f. 175 Sir Charles Augustus Murray, diplomatist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839-1845.: Mostly signed.
ff. 177, 312-313 (draft, etc.), 327 George Robert Gleig, Chaplain-General of the Forces: Agreements and accompt with R. Bentley: 1833-1847.: Mostly signed.
ff. 181 (signed), 183 Patrick Fraser Tytler, historian: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1839.
f. 185 Lieutenant-Colonel John Grey, of Brighton: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1839.: Signed.
ff. 185, 272 (signed) Mrs Elizabeth Caroline Grey, novelist: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1839, 1840.
f. 187 John Wright, d 1844 bookseller and author: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1839-1843.: Mostly signed.
f. 191 Theodore Sedgwick Fay, author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1839.
ff. 193, 267 John Towill Rutt, politician: Letters to R. Bentley: 1839-1840.
f. 199 (signed) William Massey, novelist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1834-1839.
f. 201 John Heneage Jesse, author: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley, etc.: 1839-1861.: Mostly signed.
f. 202 Frederick Debell Bennett, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1839, 1843.: Signed.
f. 204 William Greatbatch, engraver: Agreement with R. Bentley and related memorandum: 1839, 1842.: Signed.
f. 206 Daniel Greatbatch, of Stoke-upon-Trent; father of William Greatbatch: Bill of exchange from his son, receipted by: 1839.: Signed.
f. 206 William Greatbatch, engraver: Bill of exchange to D. Greatbatch: 1839.: Signed.
f. 207 Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Memorandum from publishers conc. the re-publication of his songs: 1839.
ff. 209-210 (signed) Major Jonathan Forbes, 78th Foot: Letters to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839-1842.
f.211 William Cooke Taylor, LlD; author: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1839-1849.
ff. 213-216 (draft), 217 (signed), 219 (copy) William Dickinson, alias 'Quip'; contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Agreement with A. H. Plunkett and R. Bentley: 1839.
ff. 213-216 (draft), 217 (signed), 219 (copy) Arthur Hume Plunkett, dramatist: Agreement with W. Dickinson and R. Bentley: 1839.
f. 220b John Swarbreck Gregory, solicitor: Agreement on behalf of R. Bentley with W. Dickinson: 1841.: Autogr.
ff. 220b (signed), 221 William Dickinson, alias 'Quip'; contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Agreement with R. Bentley and accompt: 1839, 1841.
ff. 222, 224b Mrs Cecilia Jenkins, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839, 1841.: Mostly signed.
ff. 223-231 (drafts) Henry Colburn, publisher: Correspondence with R. Bentley, and papers, etc., rel. to their partnership: 1823-1846, n.d.: Partly copies. Partly signed.
ff. 223-232, 248-255 James Fenimore Cooper, Novelist: Correspondence and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1831, 1844.: Partly signed. Partly drafts.
f. 234 Richard Bedwell, of Bedford Row, London: Letter to Mrs. A. C. Carmichael: 1839.
f. 235 Mrs Alison C. Carmichael, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1839.: Signed.
f. 236 George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Agreement between W. H. Ainsworth and R. Bentley signed by, as witness: 1839.
ff. 240-243 (drafts), 244-247, 257 Henry Cockton, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839-1841.: Mostly signed.
f. 256 W. F. Deacon, of Islington: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: [1837-1838?], 1839.
f. 259 Louisa Stuart Costello, author: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1840-1855.: Mostly signed.
f. 261 (signed), 331 Richard Harris Barham, author: Memoranda rel. to publishing matters: 1840-1841.
f. 269 Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager and writer: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1840, 1853.: Signed.
f. 271 William Mudford, author: Memorandum of assignment of copyright to R. Bentley: 1840.: Signed.
f.274 Catherine Stepney, formerly Manners; widow of Sir T Stepney, 9th Baronet: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1834, 1840.: Signed.
f. 276 Captain Russell Henry Manners, RN; Admiral 1865: Letter to R. Bentley: 1846.
f. 278 T. R. Preston, author and translator: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1840.: Signed.
f. 280 Edward W. Percy Sinnett, author and translator: Business transactions with H. Colburn and R. Bentley, and R. Bentley: 1830-1840.: Partly signed.
ff. 284-299 (draft) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: Agreements with H. Colburn and R. Bentley: 1830-1867.: Mostly signed.
f. 289 William Loaden, solicitor: Note by, conc. an agreement between Sir E. G. E. L. Bulwer and R. Bentley: 1840.
f. 300 Richard Hartley Kennedy, MD; author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1840.
ff. 302-303 (drafts), 304 (signed) Charles Hooton, author: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1839-1840.
f. 307 John Limbird, publisher: Letter to Mrs. H. B. H. Bayly: 1840.
f. 310 (signed) George Daniel, author and book collector: Letters, etc., to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1838, 1840.
f. 314 Harriette Maria Smythies, née Gordon; novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1840, 1844.
f.316 Alfred Butler, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1840.: Signed.
ff. 318 (signed), 320 James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet 1867; author: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1840, 1841.
ff. 320-325 Reverend Henry Bishop, of Tunbridge Wells: Letters to R. Bentley: 1836-1837.
f.322 John Poole, dramatist: Memorandum of assignment of copyright to R. Bentley: 1840.: Signed.
ff. 324,326 James Justinian Morier, diplomatist, traveller and novelist: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1834-1840.: Partly signed.
f. 331 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Memoranda by: 1840, 1854.
f. 332 Charles Whitehead, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1855.: Mostly signed.

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Add MS 46560-46682 : BENTLEY PAPERS. Records of the publishing house known successively as Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley ( 1829- Aug. 1832…
Add MS 46611-46631 : B. Agreements and records of agreements
Add MS 46611-46626 : BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. LII - LXVII. Agreements with authors, publishers and others, together with letters and papers relating…

Add MS 46613 : Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837- 19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.:…

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