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 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between Lord Byron and Charles F Barry; and letters of Charles Barry to John Cam Hobhouse and Thomas Moore., 1823-1828, undated.
File
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 Thomas Moore., 1811-1822, undated.
File
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, 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.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.
File
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Basil Hall., 1817-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.40504
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern the publication of Basil Hall’s “Account of a voyage of discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island” (1818). The letters also refer to Hall’s interest in Lord Byron, of whom mention is made concerning events following the destruction of his memoirs (1824). Also mentioned is Hall’s admiration for Thomas Moore, particularly in relation to Moore’s “Letters and journals of Lord Byron, with notices of his...
Dates:
1817-1839.
Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.
File
Identifier: MS.43534
Scope and Contents
Following the death of Lord Byron in April 1824, various interested parties met at the house of John Murray on 17th May of that year. These included John Murray [II], Thomas Moore, John Cam Hobhouse and representatives of both Lady Byron and Augusta Leigh. After a discussion, the group decided that the manuscript containing the memoirs of Lord Byron should be burned and they proceeded to do so in the drawing room fireplace. This act caused great controversy and the items in this folder...
Dates:
1824-1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
/
Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Various legal instruments, including drafts and copies, concerning Thomas Moore, Lord Byron and John Murray II. Included is a letter of Alfred Turner to John Murray III concerning a draft agreement between Thomas Moore and John Murray II relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron., 1821-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.42489
Scope and Contents
Several of the agreements are between Lord Byron, Thomas Moore and John Murray II in respect of the transfer of all rights in Lord Byron`s manuscript, "Memoirs of my life up to 1816", from Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given the manuscript, to John Murray II.
Dates:
1821-1853.