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Vol. LV ( ff. 347 ). 8 Dec. 1840- 14 Nov. 1846.

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

includes:

ff. 1, 3 (signed) Lord William Pitt Lennox, writer: Letter to, and agreement and accompt with R. Bentley: 1838-1840.
ff. 5, 6 John Hamilton Reynolds, poet: Letters to and accompts, etc., with R. Bentley: 1834-1847.: Partly signed.
f. 6 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Promissory notes signed by: 1834-1840.
ff. 7-305 passim Catherine Grace Frances Gore, née Moody; novelist: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1831-1853.: Partly signed.
ff. 9, 345 Reverend Richard Harris Dalton Barham, Rector of Lolworth, county Cambridgeshire: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1838-1846.
ff. 13, 15, 233, 249 Sir Charles Augustus Murray, diplomatist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839-1845.: Mostly signed.
ff. 17-22 Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, novelist: Assignment of copyright to R. Bentley: 1841.: Drafts.
f. 23 Henry Archibald Kinloch, attorney: Bill to R. Bentley: 1841.
f. 25 William Joseph O'Neill Daunt, of Kilcasan Castle, county Cork: Agreements with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1837-1841.: Signed.
f. 27 Miss Katharine Frances Prior, of Leamington: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1841.: Signed.
f. 28 Mrs Cecilia Jenkins, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839, 1841.: Mostly signed.
ff. 30, 168, 319-321 John Bushe, of Duke St., London: Agreements with, and receipts to, R. Bentley: 1841-1851.: Signed.
ff. 30, 168, 319-321 Isabella Frances Romer, author: Agreements, mostly on behalf of, with R. Bentley, and receipted accompt: 1841-1851.
ff. 32, 42 (signed), 116 (signed) John Swarbreck Gregory, solicitor: Correspondence with R. Bentley: 1835-1842.
ff. 32, 42, 116 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Correspondence with J. S. Gregory: 1835-1842.
f. 34 James Ballie Fraser, traveller: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1841.: Mostly signed.
ff. 36, 209 Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1841-1844.: Partly signed.
f. 38 Henry Colburn, publisher: Letter to Mrs. H. B. H. Bayly: 1841.
f. 40 (signed) John Wilks, swindler: Letters to, and agreement and accompt with R. Bentley: 1841, 1842.
ff. 43-45 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Agreements with, and letters to, R. Bentley, etc.: 1834-1868.: Mostly signed.
f. 43b (signed) Richard Harris Barham, author: Memoranda rel. to publishing matters: 1840-1841.
f. 44 Richard Harris Barham, author: Signatures: 1839, 1841.
ff. 46, 186, 254 William Hickling Prescott, author: Agreements, partly on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1837-1854.
ff. 46, 186, 254, 279 Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, US Consul-General in London: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1835-1849.: Mostly signed.
ff. 48, 158 (draft), 160, 261-263 John Heneage Jesse, author: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley, etc.: 1839-1861.: Mostly signed.
f. 50 Henry Cockton, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1839-1841.: Mostly signed.
ff. 52, 138 John Leech, humorous artist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838-1842.: Signed.
ff. 54-56, 211 Anna Eliza Bray, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1841, 1844.
f. 57 Charles Stuart Savile, novelist: Letters, etc., to and accompts and agreement with R. Bentley: 1841-1864.: Partly signed.
ff. 59, 148, 200 Louisa Stuart Costello, author: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1840-1855.: Mostly signed.
f. 61 Harper and Brothers; New York: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1841.
f. 61 Obadiah Rich, bibliographer: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1835, 1841.
f. 63 William Shoberl, assistant to R Bentley and (1850) publisher: Letter to Mrs. C. G. F. Gore: 1841.: Imperf.
f. 71 (signed) Julia Rattray Waddington, novelist: Letter, etc., to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1841, 1843.
f. 73 Charles Whitehead, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1855.: Mostly signed.
f. 75 Chapman and Hall; publishers: Letter to C. Whitehead: 1841.
f. 77 Edward Churton, bookseller, of London: Letter to C. Whitehead: 1841.
f.79 Charles Whitehead, novelist: List of stories by: 1841.: Autogr.
ff. 81, 180 James Augustus St John, author: Letter to, and agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1834-1849.: Partly signed.
f. 83 Reverend John Elmes, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1841.: Signed.
ff. 85 (copy), 285, 287 William Hamilton Maxwell, writer: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1833-1850.: Mostly signed.
f. 87 (signed) Percival Weldon Banks, barrister: Receipted accompt and agreement with R. Bentley: 1841-1842.
f. 89 Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist: Opinion conc. an agreement between P. W. Banks and R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
f.89 C. S. Wylde: Opinion conc. an agreement between P. W. Banks and R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
ff. 91, 146,170,171,223,238-240,332 Katharine Thomson, wife of A T Thomson; author: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley, etc.: 1833-1846.: Mostly signed.
ff. 93 (signed), 95 (abstract), 96 George Payne Rainsford James, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1836-1864.
ff. 98 (signed), 197 Georgina C. Munro, novelist: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1842, 1843.
ff. 99-101 (signed), 102-104 (copy) William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Agreements with G. Cruikshank and R. Bentley, etc.: 1839, 1842.
ff. 99-101 (signed), 102-104 (copy) George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Agreements with W. H. Ainsworth and R. Bentley, etc.: 1839, 1842.
f. 105 Henry Godwin: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1842.: Signed.
f. 105 William Godwin, the elder; philosopher and novelist: Agreements with H. Colburn and R. Bentley: 1828-1842.: Signed.
ff. 107-109 Henry Vallance, solicitor: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1842.: Signed.
f. 110 William Hamilton Maxwell, writer: Assignment to T. G. Sambrooke of proceeds from The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran: 1842.: Signed.
f. 111 Keith Stewart-Mackenzie, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1842.: Signed.
ff. 113-115 Lacy and Bridges; solicitors: Letter to R. Bentley: 1842.: Copies.
f. 118 Charles Masson, writer of travel books: Agreement with, and receipt to R. Bentley: 1842, 1845.: Signed.
f. 120 William Somerville Orr and Co; publishers: Memorandum of assignment of copyright to R. Bentley: 1842.: Signed.
ff. 120 (signed), 122 (draft), 123 Albert Richard Smith, writer and lecturer: Memoranda and accompt rel. to the assignment of copyright of works by: 1842, n.d.
ff. 126-132, 202 Robert Armitage, author: Agreements with, and letters, etc., to, R. Bentley: 1842-1849.: Partly signed.
ff. 133, 154, 164 Mrs Elizabeth Stone, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1842-1843.: Signed.
ff. 135 (signed), 136 James White, sporting journalist: Letters to, and agreement and accompts with R. Bentley: 1842-1852.
f. 139 Charlotte S. Elam, of Chesterfield; novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1842.: Signed.
f. 141 Charles Evans, of Grosvenor St., West, London: Letter to E. S. Morgan: 1842.
f. 143 Rear-Admiral Frederick William Beechey: Letter to, and agreement with, R. Bentley: 1832.
f. 145 Lieutenant Alexander Murray, 18th Regt; Colonel 1860: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
f. 148 Dudley Costello, journalist and illustrator: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
ff. 150, 151 Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston; 5th Duke of Grafton 1844: Agreement with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1843.: Signed.
f. 152 Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford; alias Horatio: List of MSS. mainly of and rel. to: circ. 1843.
f. 152 Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston; 5th Duke of Grafton 1844: List of MSS. mainly of and relating to Horace Walpole, with note by: circ. 1843.: Signed.
f. 156 Jedediah Stephens Tucker, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
f. 162 Henry Bickers, publisher: Letter to G. Bentley: 1881.
f. 166 William Cooke Taylor, LlD; author: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1839-1849.
f. 173 William Drew Stent, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
f. 175 William Henry Giles Kingston, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1843.: Mostly signed.
ff. 177 (signed), 179 Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet; Governor of the Bank of England: Agreement with, and letter to R. Bentley: 1843, 1844.
f.182 Frederick Debell Bennett, author: Letter to J. T. Marsh: 1843.
f.184 Frederick Debell Bennett, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1839, 1843.: Signed.
f. 188 (signed) Edward Jesse, writer on natural history: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1840-1849.
f. 192 Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
f. 194 John Wright, d 1844 bookseller and author: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1839-1843.: Mostly signed.
f. 195 George Smith and Co, lithographic printers, of Liverpool: Letter on behalf of, to Mrs. H. B. Haynes Bayly: 1843.
f. 199 Ackermann and Co; publishers, London: Letter to Mrs. H. B. Haynes Bayly: 1843.
f. 204 Arthur Goodrich, of Clifford St., London: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1843.: Signed.
ff. 206, 208 John Wiggins, land agent and author: Agreement with, and receipt to R. Bentley: 1844.: Signed.
ff. 217, 314-316 Charles Elmé Francatelli, cook: Agreements with R. Bentley, etc.: 1844, 1863.: Signed.
f. 219 James Endell Tyler, Rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields; Canon of St. Paul's 1845: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1844.: Signed.
ff. 221, 326 Anne Marsh, afterwards Marsh-Caldwell; novelist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1844-1850.: Mostly signed.
f. 225 Victor Fontanier, d 1857 traveller: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1844.: Signed.
f. 227 (signed) Harriette Maria Smythies, née Gordon; novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1840, 1844.
f. 229 James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1844, 1869.: Signed.
f. 231 Anna von Schoultz, translator: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1844.: Signed.
f. 235 Bayle St John, author: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1844-1845.: Mostly signed.
f.237 Maria Edgeworth, novelist: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1844.: Signed.
f. 241 (signed) Francis Lloyd, novelist: Letters to, and agreement with R. Bentley, and receipted accompts: 1842-1848.
f.243 Emma Severn, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1844.: Signed.
ff. 245-247 John Gideon Millingen, physician and writer: Agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1844.: Mostly signed.
f. 248 John Fisher Murray, poet and humorist: Letters to, and receipted accompts with R. Bentley: 1841-1844.: Mostly signed.
f. 251 Grant and Griffith; booksellers, London: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 253 Helena Beecher Haynes Bayly, widow of N T H Bayly: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
ff. 256,300 Reverend Francis Chenevix Trench, author: Letters to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1845-1850.: Mostly signed.
f. 257 Thomas N. Hofland: Letter to R. Bentley: 1845.
f. 259 William Charles Christmas Humphreys, solicitor and novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 264 Reverend Jacob George Wrench, Ll. D: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 264 William Richard Holmes, author: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1845.
f. 266 Alexander Simpson, formerly Acting Consul in the Sandwich Islands: Bill of exchange to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1844, 1845.: Signed.
f. 268 William John Thoms, antiquary: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1838, 1845.: Mostly signed.
f. 270 Captain John Martin Bladen Neill, 46th Regt of Foot; Lieutenant -Colonel 1855: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 272 (signed) William Howitt, author: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1845-1852.
f. 274 Mary Howitt, author: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1834-1847.: Partly signed.
f. 276 Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon; 5th Earl Stanhope: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 277 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Receipt rel. to the sale of papers of: 1836.
f. 277 Frederick Dayrolles, of Southampton: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1836.: Signed.
f. 279 Richard Rush, US diplomatist: Agreements on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1833, 1845.
f. 281 Christianna Jane Douglas, novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 283 Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, author: Agreement and accompt with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 288 Ellen Wallace, novelist: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1845-1849.: Signed.
f. 290 Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Agreements with R. Bentley, etc.: 1833-1846.: Mostly signed.
f. 292 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
ff. 294, 328 Albert Richard Smith, writer and lecturer: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1845-1846.: Signed.
f. 296 (signed) Anthony Todd Thomson, MD: Agreement and accompt with R. Bentley: 1845.
f. 298 Thomas Henry Braim, writer on New South Wales: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1845.: Signed.
f. 301 Robert Rouière Pearce, author: Agreements and receipted accompts with R. Bentley: 1845-1847.: Signed.
f. 303 Henry Colburn, publisher: Correspondence with R. Bentley, and papers, etc., rel. to their partnership: 1823-1846, n.d.: Partly copies. Partly signed.
f. 303 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Correspondence with H. Colburn, and deeds rel. to their relationship: 1832-1846.
f. 306 Anna Brownall Jameson, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 308 Julia Sophia H. Pardoe, author: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1846, 1849.: Signed.
ff. 310, 311 John Barker, of Boulogne: Agreement with and receipt to R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 313 John Palgrave Simpson, author: Agreements and accompt with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1846-1851.: Signed.
ff. 315, 322, 323, 341 Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Letters to, from R. Bentley: 1846.
f. 317 John Blachford, solicitor: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 324 Charles Beckwith, of Copenhagen; translator: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1846.
f. 324 John Henry Lohmeyer: Agreement with R. Bentley, with accompt and receipts: 1846-1857.: Signed.
ff. 330, 343 Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, antiquary: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 334 Andrew Amos, legal writer: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 336 George William Featherstonhaugh, author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 337 General Guglielmo Pepe, Italian patriot: Agreement on behalf of, with R. Bentley: 1846.
f. 337 William H Allen and Co; booksellers and publishers, London: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 339 James McGowan, of Belfast; novelist: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: Signed.
f. 347 Laura B. C. Jewry, afterwards Valentine; author: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1846.: 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 46614 : Vol. LV ( ff. 347 ). 8 Dec. 1840- 14 Nov. 1846.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.:…

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