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Letters. Correspondence.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

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:...
Dates: 1811-1823, undated.

Copies, facsimiles and reproductions of various correspondence of Lord Byron., 1931-1951, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43543
Scope and Contents There are here copies and transcriptions of original letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron as well as catalogue entries with images for letters of Lord Byron for sale. The copies are all undated unless otherwise stated and have been arranged chronologically by date of the original letters, followed by the transcriptions organised in the same way. The catalogue entries are then placed at the end of the sequence with a letter to John Murray.Facsimile copies of:Letter...
Dates: 1931-1951, undated.

Copies of correspondence dated 1808-1824 between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse; with a letter and copies of letters dated 1824-1829 of other correspondents with John Cam Hobhouse regarding letters of Lord Byron., 1829, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43446
Scope and Contents The copies in this folder are mostly of letters between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse, dated between 1808 and 1824. There are some manuscript copies and some typescript. The manuscript copies have been placed before the typescript copies, with additional material at the end of the sequence. The copies are all undated, so have been arranged chronologically in each section by date of the original letter. The original letters for many of these copies can be located earlier in...
Dates: 1829, undated.

Copies of letters of Lord Byron to Douglas Kinnaird dated 1816-1821., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43461
Scope and Contents The copies are undated, but the original letters cover the period from 1816-1821. The copies have been ordered in chronological order of the originals.Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from 1816: folios 1-8;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from 1817: folios 9-38;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from 1818: folios 39-56;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird, with one to John Murray [II] from 1819: folios 57-95;...
Dates: Undated.

Correspondence between Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron, with letters of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse., 1812-1824, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43465
Scope and Contents The letters between Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron have been placed before those of Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse. They have then been arranged in chronological order. Some of the letters were dated with reference to the website of Professor Paul Douglass, ‘Caro: the Caroline Lamb website’.When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, provisionally dated 1813, which had attributed the recipient as being Lord Byron. ...
Dates: 1812-1824, undated.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and Sir James and Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn., 1809-1854.

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Identifier: MS.43511
Scope and Contents Letters of Lady Frances have been placed before the correspondence of Sir James. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letters of Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn were housed in Ms.43512. These were moved to their current location during cataloguing. Among them was a letter date 29 August ?1813. This has since been identified as being of Frances Parkyns, so has been moved to Ms.43504 ff.106-108.Letters of Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn to Lord...
Dates: 1809-1854.

Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43538
Scope and Contents The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at...
Dates: 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43541
Scope and Contents The papers in this manuscript have been arranged alphabetically by the main correspondent surname or company name.Barry, Matilda and Richard. Letters of Matilda Barry and Richard Barry to Hugh Ferguson and John Murray [III], with one of Ferguson to Murray, regarding the sale of Lord Byron letters, 1849: folios 1-6;Blayney, Mabella. Letter of Lady Mabella Blayney to John Murray [II], 1824: folio 7;Breese, John. Letters of John Breese to John Murray III,...
Dates: Undated.

Letters concerning the funeral and will of Lord Byron; including letters relating to Greek and Italian property of Lord Byron., 1824-1853.

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Identifier: MS.43532
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Letter of William John Bankes to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 1-2;Inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron signed by Samuel Barff, 1824: folio 3;Letter of Henry Drury to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 4-5;Letter of John Ireland to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 6-7;Letter of E Jones to Douglas Kinnaird, 1824: folios 8-9;Letter with...
Dates: 1824-1853.

Letters concerning the publication of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori., 1819.

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Identifier: MS.42290
Scope and Contents The letters here all relate to the publication of “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, although it was originally attributed to Lord Byron. The work first appeared in the April 1819 edition of ‘New Monthly Magazine’.Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to John William Polidori, 1819: folios 1-4;Letter of John William Polidori to John Cam Hobhouse, 1819: folios 5-6;Letter of Alaric Alexander Watts to John Murray II, 1819: folios 7-8;Letter of...
Dates: 1819.

Letters, copies of letters and other material relating to James Henry Leigh Hunt; with letters of John Hunt and John Horatio Leigh Hunt., 1816-1843, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43450
Scope and Contents When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, contained a letter of John Higgs Hunt to John Murray II, dated 1819. This letter has now been moved to Ms.40591 ff.115-116. Part of a letter of Lord Byron to James Henry Leigh Hunt, 1816: folios 1-2;Press cuttings concerning Lord Byron and James Henry Leigh Hunt from the ‘Examiner’ and ‘Literary Gazette’, 1821 and 1828: folios 3-6;Article, ?1930s, entitled 'A...
Dates: 1816-1843, undated.

Letters mostly concerning the death of Lord Byron., 1812-1939, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43531
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, the letters of Pallegrino Ghigi, at folios 39-40, and Lega Zambelli, at folios 76-77, were housed in Ms.43530, but were moved to the current location during cataloguing.Letter of Thomas Gerrard Barber to John Murray [V] relating to the body of Lord Byron, 1939: folio 1;Letters of Charles Barry to Douglas Kinnaird, John Hanson, and John Cam...
Dates: 1812-1939, undated.

Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43533
Scope and Contents MS.43533 Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron, 1824-1845, undated.These letters have been arranged in three sections: (i) Letters to John Cam Hobhouse relating to a statue of Lord Byron and a related pamphlet written by Hobhouse have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname; (ii) Letters and notes of a sub-committee relating to a statue of Lord Byron (further folios relating to this have been added at folios 289-292 having...
Dates: 1824-1845, undated.

Letters mostly of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Bathe to Byrne., 1808-1823.

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Identifier: MS.43408
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.When first made available for consultation and before foliation, this folder contained letters that have since been moved during the cataloguing process. Letter of Charlotte Byrne (previously misattributed to Lord Byron) is now in Ms.40181 f.152; letter of Constantine Metaxas to Lord Byron is now in Ms.43519 ff.193-194; and partial letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Sir Benjamin Hobhouse is now in Ms.43444...
Dates: 1808-1823.

Letters mostly of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1811-1813, 1901-1902.

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Identifier: MS.43487
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1811: folios 1-6;Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1812: folios 7-20;Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1813: folios 21-122, with the following included:Copies of 1813 letters of Lord Byron at folios 56-57;Letters of Frank Thomas Sabin to John Murray IV, 1902 at folios 58-59;Copy of an 1813 letter of Lord Byron,...
Dates: 1811-1813, 1901-1902.

Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.

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Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates: 1810-2003.

Letters of and concerning William Fletcher, valet of Lord Byron., 1811-1837.

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Identifier: MS.43425
Scope and Contents Correspondence of and to William Fletcher has been ordered before those letters concerning him.Letters of Lord Byron to William Fletcher, 1816 and [1823]: folios 1-3;Letters of William Fletcher to Lord Byron, 1810-1811, and 1824: folios 4-9;Letters of William Fletcher to John Cam Hobhouse, 1811, 1824-1825 and 1835: folios 10-19;Letters and a copy of a letter of William Fletcher to Augusta Leigh, 1824, ?1836 and 1837: folios 20-31;...
Dates: 1811-1837.

Letters of Countess Teresa Guiccioli; with corrected proofs of poetry by Lord Byron., 1824-1835, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43429
Scope and Contents The letters have been ordered alphabetically The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by recipient surname. Letters of Countess Teresa Guiccioli to Charles F Barry, 1827: folios 1-2;Letters of Countess Teresa Guiccioli to Lord Byron, undated: folios 3-11 ;Letters of Countess Teresa Guiccioli to Mr and Mrs Capecelatio, undated: folios 12-13; Letters of Countess Teresa Guiccioli to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios...
Dates: 1824-1835, undated.

Letters of Edward John Trelawny to various correspondents, with some transcriptions., 1822-1833, 1978.

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Identifier: MS.43509
Scope and Contents The letters in this folder have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. The letters in this folder have all been transcribed in typescript by Paula Feldman. These transcriptions are arranged after the letters to which they relate.Letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1822-1824: folios 1-23;Typescript transcriptions of the letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1978: folios 26-45;Letter of Edward John Trelawny to John Cam...
Dates: 1822-1833, 1978.

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron., 1811-1814.

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Identifier: MS.43494
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order. A letter of John Murray II to Lord Byron has been assigned the date of 17 Dec 1813 by the Byron scholar Peter Cochran. However, this was originally assigned an estimated date of Oct 1820. As such, it was ordered and foliated with the letters of that date and can be found at Ms.43496 ff.52-53.Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1811: folios 1-2;Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1812:...
Dates: 1811-1814.

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron., 1815-1818.

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Identifier: MS.43495
Scope and Contents

The letters have been arranged in chronological order.

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-23;

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1816: folios 24-45;

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1817: folios 46-80;

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1818: folios 81-88.

Dates: 1815-1818.

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron., 1819-1820.

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Identifier: MS.43496
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order. When this folder was first foliated, the letters placed at folios 21-26 were in an incorrect order. These have now been rearranged and assigned their final folio numbers. Also, the letter at folios 52-53 was originally assigned an estimated date of [Oct 1820]. However, it has been assigned the date of 17 Dec 1813 by the Byron scholar Peter Cochran. Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1819: folios 1-26;...
Dates: 1819-1820.

Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron; with letters and letter fragments of and to John Murray II concerning Byron., 1815-1837, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43497
Scope and Contents The letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron have been placed at the start of the sequence in chronological order. Letters of and to John Murray II relating to Byron have then been arranged in chronological order.Letters and copies of letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1821: folios 1-39;Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, including a press cutting relating to 'The Vision of Judgment', 1822: folios 40-52;Contemporary manuscript copies of four...
Dates: 1815-1837, undated.

Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1822, 1900-1901, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43493
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in chronological order with related material ordered at the end of the sequence.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II:January 1822, including a letter wrapper with a postmark of January 1822: folios 1-4;February 1822: folios 5-7:March 1822: folios 8-10;April 1822: folios 11-15: May 1822: folios 16-26:June 1822: folios 27-28;July 1822 with a partial letter of Lord...
Dates: 1822, 1900-1901, undated.