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Vol. XC ( ff. 325 ). June 1829- [ 1837 - 1838? ].

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f. 1 John Galt, novelist: Letter to, and business transactions with H. Colburn and R. Bentley: 1830-1831.: Mostly signed.
f. 2 John Galt, novelist: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1830, 1832.
f.4 James Fenimore Cooper, Novelist: Correspondence and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1831, 1844.: Partly signed. Partly drafts.
f. 5 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; publishers: Accompt, etc., with H. Colburn and R. Bentley: 1831.
ff. 6, 7, 11, 32 John Ayrton Paris, physician: Correspondence with R. Bentley: 1829-1835.
f. 9 James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger: Legal opinion: 1832.
ff. 12, 13, 36, 57, 79 Thomasina M. Ross, translator: Receipts to, and accompts with, R. Bentley: 1832-1848.: Mostly signed.
f.14 Rear-Admiral Frederick William Beechey: Letter to, and agreement with, R. Bentley: 1832.
f. 16 Charles S. Atkinson, novelist: Agreement with, and receipt to, R. Bentley: 1832, 1833.: Signed.
ff. 17, 22 James Boaden, author: Agreement with R. Bentley, and receipts: 1832, 1833.: Signed.
f. 18 Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Memorandum by, conc. the sale of his 'The King's Own': 1833.: Signed.
ff. 19, 20, 27, 28, 80 Miss Anne Innes, translator: Accompt with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1833-1835.: Partly signed.
f. 21 Charles S. Atkinson, novelist: Memorandum by, conc. his novel 'Otterbourne': 1833.
f. 23 John Galt, son of John Galt, the novelist: Memorandum by, conc. the sale of his father's 'The Lives of the Players': 1833.
ff. 23, 25 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Correspondence with H. Colburn, and deeds rel. to their relationship: 1832-1846.
f.24 Thomas Galt, Knight 1888; son of John Galt, the novelist: Receipt to H. Colburn and R. Bentley: 1833.: Signed.
f. 26 John James Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1833.: Signed.
ff. 29, 30 Lady Isabella St John, novelist: Letter, etc., to and agreement with R. Bentley: 1833.
f. 30 Drummond and Co; bankers, London: Receipts on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1833, 1856.
ff. 31, 320, 322 Frederic Shoberl, author and editor: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1833-1838.: Mostly signed.
ff. 34, 35 (signed) Miss Maria Innes, translator: Accompt with, and receipt to R. Bentley: 1833.
f. 37 Frances M. Wilson, née Edgeworth; half-sister of Maria Edgeworth: Letter to R. Bentley: 1834.
ff. 38, 39, 42 Captain James Scott, RN; KCB 1862; Admiral 1865: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1833-1834.: Mostly signed.
ff. 38, 83, 162-164, 187,214,215 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Promissory notes signed by: 1834-1840.
f. 40 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; publishers: Accompt with, and receipt on behalf of to R. Bentley: 1834.
ff. 41, 63 William Thomas Beckford, of Fonthill Abbey: Receipts to R. Bentley: 1834-1835.: Signed.
f. 43 James Mitchell, Secretary, Oriental Translation Fund: Memorandum by, conc. an accompt with R. Bentley: 1834.
ff. 43, 54, 71, 72, 76, 270-272 Oriental Translation Fund: Letter to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1834-1838.
ff. 44,97 Ellen Pickering, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1834-1839.: Mostly signed.
ff. 45, 47, 56 John Madox, traveller: Agreement with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1833, 1834.: Signed.
f. 46 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, afterwards Maclean; author: Agreements with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1832, 1834.: Signed.
f.48 Mrs Elisabeth Bruce Elton Smith, novelist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1833-1834.: Partly signed.
ff. 49, 55, 58 (copy) William Shoberl, assistant to R Bentley and (1850) publisher: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley, and accompts: 1834-1854.: Mostly signed.
f. 50 Peter Gale, of Carlow; author: Letter to S. Bentley: 1834.
f. 52 George Clarke, bookseller: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1834.: Signed.
f. 53 Heaton Bowstead Robinson, author: Agreements with, and receipt to R. Bentley: 1833-1838.: Signed.
ff. 60, 302 Charles Ollier, publisher: Signatures as witness to agreements and memoranda: 1830-1838.
ff. 60, 61 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Agreements with, and letters to, R. Bentley, etc.: 1834-1868.: Mostly signed.
f. 61 John Macrone, publisher: Receipts to R. Bentley: 1835, 1837.
f. 62 George Frederick Beltz, Lancaster Herald: Letter to R. Bentley: 1835.
ff. 64, 68 John Byerley, translator: Agreement with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1835.: Signed.
f. 65 Marian al. Marianna Garner, afterwards Pisani; author; wife of Count A B S Pisani: Letters to, and agreement with, R. Bentley: 1835-1856.
f. 65 b Bouverie and Co; bankers: Receipt on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1845.
ff. 67 (signed), 70, 75, 291 (initialled), 292 James Ollier, brother of C Ollier, Shelley's publisher: Accompts with R. Bentley: 1835, 1838.
f. 69 William Jerdan, journalist; of the 'Literary Gazette': Letter to Longman and Co.: 1835.
f. 73 Louis Xavier Auguet de Saint-Sylvain, Baron de Los Valles: Agreement with, and receipt to, R. Bentley: 1835.: Signed.
ff. 74 (initialled), 94 (signed) William Andoe, translator: Receipted accompts with R. Bentley: 1835, 1836.
ff. 78, 84, 86, 135, 283 Benson Earle Hill, author: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1835-1843.: Signed.
ff. 78, 86, 89, 135, 283 Isabel Hill, novelist: Accompts, etc., with R. Bentley: 1835-1838.
f.81 George Wingrove Cooke, author: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1834-1840.: Mostly signed.
f.83 Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury, novelist: Agreements, etc., with R. Bentley: 1832-1836.: Signed.
f. 85 John A. Cox, printer, of London: Letter to E. S. Morgan: 1835.
f. 87 George Frederick Hudson, solicitor: Letter to Adlington, Gregory and Faulkner: 1835.
ff. 90, 290 Charles Seymour Dubourg, translator and publisher's reader: Receipted accompts with R. Bentley: 1835-1842.: Signed or initialled.
f. 91 J. F. Gérard, translator: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1835.: Signed.
f.92 William Massey, novelist: Letter to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1834-1839.
f. 93 Eliza Ann James, widow of William James, naval historian: Agreement with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1836-1854.: Mostly signed.
ff. 95, 98 William Henry Bayley Webster, naval surgeon and author: Letters to R. Bentley: 1836.
ff. 100, 101, 122, 123 Markham Sherwill, author: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley and accompts: circ. 1836-1837.: Partly signed.
f. 102 Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, US Consul-General in London: Letters to R. Bentley: 1836-1853.
f. 104 Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, US Consul-General in London: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1836.: Signed.
f. 104 Charles Fenno Hoffman, American author: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1836, 1838.
ff. 105, 153, 217, 265, 305, 308 C. J. Wilson, [assistant to R Bentley, publisher?]: Receipt, etc., to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1836-1844.: Mostly signed.
f. 106 Thomas Bartrum and Son; solicitors: Letters to R. Bentley: 1836.
ff. 108 (signed), 109 (signed), 110 Elzélina van Aylde Jonghe, called 'La ContemPoraine' and 'Ida de Saint-Elme': Agreement with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1836.: Fr.
ff. 111, 127 Thomas Cadell, the younger; publisher, of London: Receipts rel. to his estate: 1836.
ff. 111, 127 E. Tucker: Receipts to R. Bentley: 1836.: Signed.
ff. 112, 143, 187, 222 Hon Edward Granville George Howard, Baron Lanerton of Lanerton 1874: Agreements and accompts with R. Bentley: 1836-1838.: Mostly signed.
ff. 113, 115 (signed) John Richardson, Knight 1846; naturalist: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1836.
f. 116 George Wildes and Co; merchants, London: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1836.: Signed.
f. 116 Lieutenant Alexander Slidell, afterwards Slidell Mackenzie; US Navy; author: Agreements on behalf of, with R. Bentley, and receipt: 1835-1836.
f. 117 William Harvey, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipt on behalf of, to R. Bentley: aft. 1837.
ff. 118, 180, 203, 205,268 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letters to E. S. Morgan: 1837-1838.
ff. 120, 121, 144 Jacob Henry Burn, bookseller: Receipts to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f.123b William Upcott, antiquary and autograph collector: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 124-213 passim Joseph Augustine Wade, composer: Accompts with R. Bentley, etc.: 1837-1839.: Mostly signed.
ff. 125,130,131,156,171,207,307 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letters, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1836-1839.
ff. 126,156, 202, 317 Charles Whitehead, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1855.: Mostly signed.
f. 128 Simon Saunders and Otley (Edward John), publishers: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1837, 1838.
ff. 130, 188, 305 Thomas Lyddy, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipts to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1848.: Signed.
f. 132 Hammersleys and Clarke; bankers, London: Receipt on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1837.
ff. 132, 230 James Justinian Morier, diplomatist, traveller and novelist: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1834-1840.: Partly signed.
ff. 133 (signed), 211 Edward Ryan, of Aix-la-Chapelle; translator: Bill of exchange to, and accompt with R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 134 Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, barrister and comic writer: Accompts with R. Bentley: 1837 - 1843.
f. 136 J. B. O'Meara, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipts to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1843.: Mostly signed.
f.137 Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Letter to R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 139 Thomas Gaspey, novelist and journalist: Agreement with R. Bentley, and receipted accompts: 1835-1838.: Signed.
ff. 140,183,242 Edward W. Percy Sinnett, author and translator: Business transactions with H. Colburn and R. Bentley, and R. Bentley: 1830-1840.: Partly signed.
f. 141 Anthony Trollope, novelist: Letters to, and agreement with R. Bentley: 1837, 1857.
f. 145 Richard Harris Barham, author: Accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1843.
ff. 148,166,263 James Thomson, Secretary, Royal Highland School Society: Letters to R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
f.150 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letter to R. F. Williams: 1837.
f. 151 Robert Folkestone Williams, historical writer: Receipt on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1837.
f.155 Joseph Augustine Wade, composer: Letter to E. S. Morgan: 1837.
ff. 159-161 Henry Colburn and Bentley (Richard); publishers: Promissory notes to W. Irving: 1832.: Signed.
ff. 159-161 (signed), 162-164 Washington Irving, American author: Business transactions with H. Colburn and R. Bentley, and R. Bentley: 1832-1837.
ff. 161-163 Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, US Consul-General in London: Promissory notes to W. Irving: 1836-1837.: Signed.
ff. 167, 168, 263 (signed) Richard Thomson, antiquary: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
ff. 171, 172 John Pyke Hullah, LLD; composer: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837.: Initialled.
f. 173 J. Churchill: Letter on behalf of Dr. W. Maginn, to R. Bentley: [circ. 1837?].
f. 175 Thomas Medwin, biographer of Shelley: Agreements and accompt with R. Bentley: 1834, 1838.
f. 177 John Hamilton Gray, Vicar of Bolsover: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 177 John Hanby, assistant to R Bentley, publisher: Receipt on behalf of R. Bentley, to Sir G. Sinclair: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 178, 179 Mrs Mary Lark, of Bath: Letter and signed receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 181 Richard Johns, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1846.: Mostly signed.
ff. 184, 294 William Henry Wills, author: Letters to R. Bentley, etc.: 1837-1838.
ff. 184b (signed), 228, 240, 296 Margaret Baron-Wilson, née Harries; writer: Letters, etc., to R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
f. 186 William Hamilton Maxwell, writer: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1833-1850.: Mostly signed.
ff. 189, 287 (draft) Mrs Frances Trollope, novelist: Correspondence and agreements with R. Bentley: 1835-1840.: Mostly signed.
f.191 Dorothea Knighton, widow of Sir William Knighton: Letter to F. D. Danvers: 1837.
f.193 Frederick Dawes Danvers, Clerk of the Council, Duchy Court of Lancaster: Letter to R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 195 William Maginn, LLD; author: Letters to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1841.
ff. 197, 203, 204 William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist: Letter to, and accompt with, R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 199 William Collier, journalist and dramatist: Accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1844.: Signed.
ff. 199-201 Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist: Letter to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1837-1847.: Partly signed.
ff. 205, 207 H[enry?] Holl, [dramatist?]: Receipted accompt with, and receipts to R. Bentley: 1837-1847.: Signed.
f. 209 Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Letter and receipt to S. Bentley: 1837.
ff. 210,256 Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Accompt with R. Bentley and receipts: 1837-1857.: Mostly signed.
ff. 212, 225,229,260,262,303 Catherine Grace Frances Gore, née Moody; novelist: Letters to, and business transactions with R. Bentley: 1831-1853.: Partly signed.
ff. 214-216 George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to, and business transaction with R. Bentley: 1837-1839.: Partly signed.
ff. 218, 238 (signed) Egerton Webbe, journalist and composer: Letter to R. Bentley, etc.: 1837-1838.
f. 220 William Alfred Barker, of the 'Nottingham Mercury'; son of M H Barker: Letter to R. Bentley: 1837.
ff. 223, 227 Francis Westley, bookbinder, of London: Letters to R. Bentley: 1837.
f. 226 George Webster, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
f. 231 M. W. Hills, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipt to R. Bentley: 1837.: Signed.
ff. 232, 233 Archibald Michie, barrister: Letter to, and accompt with R. Bentley: 1837.
ff. 234, 235 George Payne Rainsford James, novelist: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1836-1864.
f. 236 G. E. Follyston: Letter to E. S. Morgan: [1837?].
f. 239 John Foote, junior; surgeon: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 243 James Ballie Fraser, traveller: Letter, etc., to, and agreements with R. Bentley: 1838, 1841.: Mostly signed.
f. 244 Thomas Hudson Turner, antiquary: Receipt to R. Bentley, and accompt: 1838-1841.: Signed.
f.245 William Ribton, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.: Signed.
f.246 Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Letter to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 247 Lupton Relfe, bookseller, of London: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
ff. 248, 251, 253, 286 Henry W. Challis, of the Bank of England: Letter and receipts to, and accompts with, R. Bentley: 1837-1839.: Mostly signed.
f. 252 Henry Keyser, solicitor: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 254 Marmaduke Blake Sampson, journalist: Receipt on behalf of, to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 255 John Hamilton Reynolds, poet: Letters to and accompts, etc., with R. Bentley: 1834-1847.: Partly signed.
ff. 257, 314, 316 William John Thoms, antiquary: Business transactions with R. Bentley: 1838, 1845.: Mostly signed.
f. 258 John Auldjo, FRS: Receipts to R. Bentley: 1838-1840.: Signed.
f. 258 W. B. Le Gros, versifier: Receipted accompts with R. Bentley: 1838-1839.
ff. 259, 284 Garnier, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Letter to, and receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
f. 267 James Hume, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.: Signed. Imperf.
ff. 273, 285 Allan Maclean Skinner, County Court judge: Letter to, and accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
f. 275 General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB: Receipt to R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 276 John Charles Litchfield, surgeon: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 277 W. Kreyser, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 278 Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Correspondence with J. S. Gregory: 1835-1842.
f. 278 John Swarbreck Gregory, solicitor: Correspondence with R. Bentley: 1835-1842.
f.280 Benson Earle Hill, author: Letter to E. S. Morgan: 1838.
f.282 Cornelius Webbe, poet and essayist: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.: Signed.
ff. 291, 292 Edward Mayhew, journalist and author: Accompts with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
ff. 293 (signed), 288 Francis L. S. Merewether, of Chancery Lane; contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Letter to, and receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.
f. 297 Margaret Baron-Wilson, née Harries; writer: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.: Signed.
ff. 298, 300 (signed) Vaslyn, pseudonym; contributor to the magazine Bentleys Miscellany: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 301 John H. Leigh Hunt, journalist; son of J H Leigh Hunt: Letter, etc., to R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 304 J. B. Brown, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany.': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 306 Richard Henry al. Hengist Horne, author: Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f.310 Bisset, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.
f.311 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Cadell, KH: Accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 312 George Patmore Payne, merchant, of Liverpool: Letters to, and accompts with R. Bentley: 1838-1840.
f. 313 Robert Burns Hardy, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 315 J. Price, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 318 William John Birch, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany' ': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 319 Sir Theodore Martin, KCB, Parliamentary agent and translator: Accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.
f. 321 W. Ball, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 324 M. J. Barry, contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany': Receipted accompt with R. Bentley: 1838.: Signed.
f. 325 W. F. Deacon, of Islington: Letter to, and agreement with R. Bentley: [1837-1838?], 1839.

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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…
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Add MS 46649-46655 : BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. XC-XCVI. Correspondence relating to literary matters, including accompts and receipts of authors; June…

Add MS 46649 : Vol. XC ( ff. 325 ). June 1829- [ 1837 - 1838? ].includes:f. 1 John Galt, novelist: Letter to, and business transactions with H.…

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