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Collection of autograph letters signed : Richmond, Surrey, to George Bentley, 1874-1880.

BIB_ID
132755
Accession number
MA 4371.1-103
Creator
Mayer, S. R. Townshend (Samuel Ralph Townshend), 1841-1880.
Display Date
1874-1880.
Description
1 box (103 items, ca. 541 p.), unbound ; ca. 17-20 cm
Summary
Collection consists of 99 letters from Mayer to George Bentley, publisher and editor of Temple Bar magazine and 2 letters from Mayer to the publishing firm R. Bentley & Son (MA 4371.32, .94). Letters are primarliy concerned with editorial and publishing matters and many include requests for work. Collection also contains 1 letter (MA 4371.102) from Mayer's wife Gertrude to Bentley and 1 letter (MA 4371.103) from the undertaker H.J. Grimes inviting Bentley to Mayer's funeral. Letters have been cataloged individually in 103 records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.2 cm)