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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

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 to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Wilmot-Horton., 1827-1839 and undated (? 1816-? 1839).

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Identifier: MS.40582
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray II, John Murray III and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication by John Murray, publishers, of pamphlets by Robert Wilmot-Horton.1827-1828, 1830-1831, 1833, 1838-1839: folios 1-88.Undated letters: folios 89-98.[Note 1]. Folios 21-22. Copy, [21 September 1827, or after], of a letter, 21 September 1827, of [Robert Wilmot-Horton] to John Gibson Lockhart.[Note 2] Folios 39-40. Letter, 10 September 1828, of Pierce...
Dates: 1827-1839 and undated (? 1816-? 1839).

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Wilmot-Horton., 1816-1826.

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Identifier: MS.40581
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray II. They concern the publication by John Murray, publishers, of pamphlets by Robert Wilmot-Horton.1816-1817, 1823-1826: folios 1-104.Notes.[Note 1] Folios 24-25. Letter, 2 January 1825, of Robert Wilmot-Horton to John Barrow.[Note 2] Folios 44-46. Copy, [8 January 1826], of an extract of a letter, [8 January 1826], of Robert Wilmot-Horton to John Thomas Townshend. The extract was enclosed in Wilmot-Horton’s letter...
Dates: 1816-1826.

Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.

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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.