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Anonymous letters, poetic effusions and letters requesting assistance mostly sent to Lord Byron., 1811-1823, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43523

Scope and Contents

The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, with anonymous letters being placed at the end of the sequence.

When first made available for consultation, the letters at ff.111-112 and ff.142-143 were located in Ms.43437 and Ms.43484 respectively. These were moved to their current location during cataloguing.

Letters of Thomas Ashe to John Murray [II], 1814: folios 1-8;

Letters of Bernard Barton to Lord Byron, 1812 and 1814: folios 9-14;

Letter of E Baynes to Lord Byron, 1823: folio 15;

Letter of Lavinia Matilda Cary to Lord Byron, 1811: folios 16-17;

Letter of William Corbett to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 18-19;

Letter of John Dell to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 20-21;

Letter of G L Delvalle to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 22-23;

Letters of E Douglass to Lord Byron, undated: folios 24-29;

Letter of E Feildi to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 30-31;

Letter of J Fraser to Lord Byron, 1819: folios 32-33;

Letter of 'Charles Glanville' to Lord Byron, 1822: folios 34-35;

Letter of Sam C Greville to Lord Byron, 1818: folios 36-37;

Letter of Charles Thomas Heslop to Lord Byron, 1823: folios 38-39;

Letter of J Hogard to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 40-41;

Letter of William Henry Humphreys to Lord Byron, ?1821: folios 42-43;

Letters of Henry Constantine Jennings to Lord Byron, undated: folios 44-47;

Letter probably of William Kennedy to Lord Byron, 1819: folios 48-49;

Letter of Lady Catherine Mackintosh to Lord Byron, undated: folios 50-51;

Letter of Giovanni Battista Missiaglia to Lord Byron, 1821: folios 52-53;

Letter possibly of William Thomas Moncrieff to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 54-55;

Letter of John Mushet to Lord Byron, 1814: folios 56-57;

Letter possibly of Susannah Pepper, undated: folio 58;

Letter of Alessio del Pinto to Lord Byron, 1820: folios 59-60;

Letter of Samuel Jackson Pratt to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 61-62;

Letter of Elizabeth Reid to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 63-64;

Letters of John Hamilton Reynolds to Lord Byron, 1813-1814: folios 65-68;

Letter of Catherine St George to Lord Byron, 1822: folios 69-70;

Letter of Frances St John to Lord Byron, undated: folios 71-72;

Letter of Jane Scott to Lord Byron, undated [?1815]: folio 73;

Letter probably of Markham Sherwill to Lord Byron, 1820: folios 74-76;

Letter of F Sophie Siber to Lord Byron, 1822: folios 77-78;

Letters of Eliza Sarah Smith (née Francis) to Lord Byron, 1814: folios 79-82;

Letter probably of John Stewart to Lord Byron, 1814: folio 83;

Letter of L Elizabeth Stone to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 84-86;

Letter of Peter Henry Strombom to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 87-90;

Letters of Evelyn Levett Sutton to Lord Byron, ?1813: folio 91;

Letters of Robert Tweddell to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 92-95;

Letters of W P Wake to Lord Byron, undated: folios 96-99;



Letters of anonymous correspondents to Lord Byron:

Letter of ‘A J’ to Lord Byron, 1823: folios 100-101;

Letter of 'A Stranger' to Lord Byron, 1819: folios 102-103;

Letter of 'Anna' to Lord Byron, 1814: folios 104-105;

Letters of 'Echo' to Lord Byron, undated: folios 106-108;

Letter of 'Eliza' [postal address given as 'Miss Horatia Somerset', Clifton] to Lord Byron, 1814: folios 109-110;

Letter of ‘M H’ to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 111-112;

Letter of 'Rosalie' to Lord Byron, 1814: folio 113;

Letter of 'Warmest Wellwisher' to Lord Byron, undated: folios 114-116;

Fourteen letters of anonymous correspondents to Lord Byron, 1812-1823, undated: folios 117-143.

Dates

  • Creation: 1811-1823, undated.

Creator

Language of Materials

The contents are mostly in English, but some content is in Italian.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

146 Leaves

Arrangement

iii + 143 folios.

Other Finding Aids

Correspondents 'A J', 'A Stranger', 'Anna', 'Echo', 'Eliza', 'M H', 'Rosalie' and 'Warmest Wellwisher': unidentified and unindexed.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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