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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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Wilmot-Horton., 1827-1839 and undated (? 1816-? 1839).
File
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).
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.
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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.