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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 60 Collections and/or Records:

Assorted letters of and to John Cam Hobhouse., 1816-1854, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42291
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged by correspondent surname, with an unknown correspondent and accounts placed at the end of the sequence.Letter of Alfred D'Orsay von Barry to John Cam Hobhouse, 1854: folio 1;Copy of a letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Charles Frisby Barry, 1827: folios 2-3;Letter of Luigi Chiaveri to John Cam Hobhouse, 1831: folios 4-5;Letter of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folio 6;Letter of John Cam...
Dates: 1816-1854, undated.

Copies of 1808-1817 letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43445
Scope and Contents The copies in this folder are all of letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, dated between 1808 and 1817. The copies themselves are undated, so have been arranged chronologically by date of the original letter. The original letters for many of these copies can be located earlier in the series.Copies of letters dated 1808: folios 1-11;Copies of letters dated 1810: folios 12-47;Copies of letters dated 1811: folios 48-125;Copies of letters...
Dates: 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 mostly to Douglas Kinnaird dated 1816-1824., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43463
Scope and Contents There are two sets of copies here. The first set is a continuation of those manuscript copies available at MSS.43461-43462 and cover the letters of Lord Byron to Douglas Kinnaird for the years 1823-1824. The second set of copies are typescript copies of selected letters of Byron to Kinnaird between 1818 and 1822. Both sets are undated, so have been arranged in their sets in chronological order by date of the original letter. Manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to...
Dates: 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.

Copies of letters of Lord Byron to Douglas Kinnaird dated 1822., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43462
Scope and Contents The copies are undated, but the original letters cover the year 1822. The copies have been ordered in chronological order of the originals.Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from January 1822: folios 1-10;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from February 1822: folios 11-26;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird from March 1822: folios 27-30;Copies of letters of Byron to Kinnaird and one to John Cam Hobhouse from April 1822: folios...
Dates: Undated.

Correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and John Galt., 1830.

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Identifier: MS.42285
Scope and Contents This correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and John Galt follows the publication of 'Life of Lord Byron', by John Galt, 1830.The correspondence has been placed in chronological order:Letter of John Galt to John Cam Hobhouse, 28 July 1830: folios 1-2;Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Galt, 2 Sep 1830: folios 3-4;Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Galt, 2 Sep 1830: folios 5-6;Letter of John Galt to John Cam Hobhouse, 3 Sep 1830:...
Dates: 1830.

Correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and Thomas Moore; with related material., 1815-1828, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42287
Scope and Contents The letters of Thomas Moore to John Cam Hobhouse have been arranged chronologically before those of Hobhouse to Moore. Other related items have then been ordered at the end of the sequence.Letter of Thomas Moore to John Cam Hobhouse with a copy of a reply of Hobhouse, 1824: folios 1-2;Letter of Thomas Moore to John Cam Hobhouse, 1825: folios 3-4;Letters of Thomas Moore to John Cam Hobhouse, 1826: folios 5-11;Letters of Thomas Moore to John Cam...
Dates: 1815-1828, undated.

Correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and various correspondents., 1809-1862, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43444
Scope and Contents The letters of John Cam Hobhouse have been arranged before those to Hobhouse. Within each section, the letters have been arranged by correspondent name. An additional letter has been added to the end of the sequence that was, before foliation, housed in Ms.43408 and moved during the cataloguing process.Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to various correspondents:Charles Barry, 1827: folios 1-4;Charlotte Hobhouse, one of which was annotated by Charlotte...
Dates: 1809-1862, 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 Charles F Barry; and letters of Charles Barry to John Cam Hobhouse and Thomas Moore., 1823-1828, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43407
Scope and Contents

Letters of Lord Byron to Charles F Barry, including a note of Pietro Gamba, 1823-1824: folios 1-24;

Letters of Charles F Barry to Lord Byron, 1823-1824 and undated: folios 25-100;

Letters of Charles F Barry to John Cam Hobhouse, including a list of Byron manuscripts in the possession of Charles F Barry, 1826-1827: folios 101-120;

Charles F Barry to Thomas Moore, 1828: folio 121.

Dates: 1823-1828, undated.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and correspondents with surnames from Ussieres-Watson., 1808-1819, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43510
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letters of Elizabeth Warton were housed in Ms.43512. These were moved to their current location during cataloguing.Letter of Lord Byron to Henrietta D'Ussieres, 1814: folios 1-2;Letters of Susan Vaughan to Lord Byron, 1812: folios 3-19;Letter of Batista Villani to John Cam Hobhouse, 1819: folios 20-21;...
Dates: 1808-1819, undated.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and Thomas Moore., 1811-1822, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43485
Scope and Contents The letters of Byron to Moore have been placed before the letters of Moore to Byron. The letters have been further arranged into chronological order within each section.Wrapper with note by John Cam Hobhouse, not dated: folio 1;Copies, in the hand of Lord Byron, of letters of Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 1811: folios 2-7;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1811: folios 8-27;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1812: folios...
Dates: 1811-1822, undated.

Correspondence concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron., 1816-1870.

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Identifier: MS.43520
Scope and Contents The correspondence and other items in this folder relate to the separation of Lord Byron and his wife, Anne Isabella Noel Byron (Lady Byron), in early 1816. Some of these letters appeared in 'Contemporary account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; also of the destruction of Lord Byron's memoirs' (London; privately printed, 1870). The letters have been arranged chronologically.Some of the letters are housed with their exhibition labels from the 1974 'Byron: an exhibition...
Dates: 1816-1870.

Forged letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron; with correspondence and notes relating to the forgeries and to George Gordon Du Luna Byron., 1841-2004, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43542
Scope and Contents The forged letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron, with accompanying notes, have been placed at the start of the sequence. Correspondence relating to the forgeries has then been ordered chronologically, with two copies of transcriptions of the forgeries placed at the end of the sequence.Forged letters and manuscripts and copies of the same of Lord Byron, with accompanying notes and memos of John Murray [V] and Virginia Murray placed after their corresponding letters, undated and...
Dates: 1841-2004, undated.

Letters and related material concerning works by Robert Charles Dallas about Lord Byron, and the associated injunction., 1824-1951, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43536
Scope and Contents Contemporary letters have been placed at the beginning of the folder, arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Some of the letters have been annotated during legal proceedings relating to the publications. Later letters relating to these works and the court case are then placed, in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Further proofs of ‘Correspondence of Lord Byron’ and a press cutting relating to the work of Robert Charles Dallas have been added to the end of the...
Dates: 1824-1951, 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 mainly of Douglas Kinnaird to John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray II., 1816-1828.

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Identifier: MS.43457
Scope and Contents

Letters have been arranged chronologically within each correspondent.

Letters of Douglas James William Kinnaird to John Murray [II], 1816-1828: folios 1-14;

Letters of Douglas James William Kinnaird to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: 15-22;

Also included is a letter of Henry Brougham to Douglas James William Kinnaird, 1814: folios 23-24.

Dates: 1816-1828.

Letters mainly to Lord Byron from various correspondents, in French, Italian and Greek., 1811-1824, 2001, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43519
Scope and Contents The letters here have been divided into four groups: those in French; those in Italian; those of and to Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos; and letters to or relating to Lord Byron in Greece. In each section, the letters have been arranged alphabetically be correspondent. An additional letter in Italian has been added at the end of the sequence. This was originally housed, before foliation, in Ms.43408 and was moved during the cataloguing process.Letters in French to Lord Byron of...
Dates: 1811-1824, 2001, 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 concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse and his bequest to the British Museum., ?1816-1875, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42292
Scope and Contents The letters in both sections of this manuscript have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse:Letter of George Grote to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1870: folios 1-4;Letter of John Murray [III] to Dudley Wilmot Carleton, undated: folios 5-6;Correspondence and drafts of letters between John Winter Jones and Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1875: folios 7-13;Note in the hand of Hon....
Dates: ?1816-1875, 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, to or concerning Lord Byron with correspondents with surnames from Hogg to Hoppner; including letters relating to the 'Hoppner scandal'., 1814-1823.

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Identifier: MS.43448
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname, with those relating to the 'Hoppner scandal' at the end of the sequence. A further letter of Hoppner to Lord Byron has been added at the end of the sequence. When first made available for consultation, this letter had been housed in Ms.43526, but was moved to the current location during cataloguing.Letters of James Hogg to Lord Byron, 1814 and 1816: folios 1-14;Letters of Anne Louise Germaine...
Dates: 1814-1823.