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Letters. Correspondence.

 Subject
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 5 Collections and/or Records:

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.

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 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 to and concerning Lord Byron and his last days in Greece., 1823-1825, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43529
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters of Samuel Barff to Lord Byron, 1824: folios 1-42;Letters of Samuel Barff to Douglas Kinnaird, including a copy of a letter to Kinnaird, 1824: folios 43-48;Letters of Samuel Barff to Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne 1824: folios 49-50;Letters of Edward Blaquiere to Lord Byron, 1823: folios 51-69;Letter of John Bowring to an unknown recipient, 1825: folios...
Dates: 1823-1825, undated.