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 60 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of various correspondents to Lord Byron and others concerning Greece and the Greek Committee., 1823-1824, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43530
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, with additional material at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this manuscript included letters of Pellegrino Ghigi and Antonio Lega Zambelli. These have been moved to Ms.43531 during cataloguing.Letter possibly of Giuseppe Abbati to Lord Byron, with a poem dedicated to Byron, 1824: folios 1-4;Note possibly of David Baillie...
Dates:
1823-1824, 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.
Letters to Augusta Leigh from various correspondents; with letters of or concerning various members of the Leigh family., 1798-1883, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43483
Scope and Contents
The letters of, to and relating to Augusta Leigh has been placed at the start of the sequence. The rest have been ordered by alphabetically by the name of the Leigh family member to which they concern, followed by miscellaneous items.Letters of and to Augusta Leigh with related material:Letter wrapper addressed to Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck possibly in the hand of Augusta Leigh, 1821: folio 1;Letter of George H Gilchrist to Augusta Leigh, 1825:...
Dates:
1798-1883, 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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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Field, G. to Firth., 1814-1927.
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Identifier: MS.40402
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence.Field, George.Letter, 1846, of George Field to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Field, Julian Osgood.Letter, 1925, of Julian Osgood Field possibly to Leonard Huxley. Folios 3-4.Field, John.Letter, 1832, of John Field to John Murray II. Folios 5-6.Field, John...
Dates:
1814-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Haydon, B. to Hayes, W., 1824-1909.
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Identifier: MS.40537
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Haydon, Benjamin Robert.Letters, 1824-1845, of Benjamin Haydon mostly to John Murray II and John Murray III. 1824-1825, 1828, 1836, 1839, 1841 and 1845: folios 1-21.Notes.Letter, 11 June 1836, of Edward Dundas to Benjamin Haydon. Folios 10-11.Letter, 13 June 1836, of Benjamin Haydon to Edward Dundas. Folio 12.Letter, 21 July 1845, of Benjamin...
Dates:
1824-1909.
Letters to Lord Byron concerning finances and business matters of correspondents with surnames and company names from Massingberd to Webb; with letters relating to the will of Lord Byron., 1806-1839.
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Identifier: MS.43527
Scope and Contents
The letters concerning financial and business matters have been ordered alphabetically by correspondent name at the beginning of the sequence. Letters relating to the will of Lord Byron have been similarly ordered in alphabetical order afterwards.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this manuscript contained a letter of Henry Kirchhoffer to John Cam Hobhouse. This was moved to Ms.43517 ff.18-19 during cataloguing. Similarly, letters of James Barbaud,...
Dates:
1806-1839.
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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Letters to Lord Byron of various correspondents concerning finances and business.
Letters to or concerning Lord Byron and various artists; including correspondence relating to the Drury Lane Theatre., 1809-1839.
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Identifier: MS.43517
Scope and Contents
The letters of artists to Lord Byron have been ordered at the start of the sequence, followed by those of other correspondents relating to artists. The letters relating to Drury Lane and other theatrical matters are then placed at the end. Each section has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname, with any anonymous letters at the end of the sequence. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letter of Henry Kirchhoffer to John Cam Hobhouse...
Dates:
1809-1839.
Manuscript copies in the hand of Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, of letters, dated 1814-1816, mostly of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne; with some copies of other letters to and of Elizabeth Lamb., Undated.
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Identifier: MS.43474
Scope and Contents
The copies of letters of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne, have been placed before copies of letters of other correspondents. The copies are undated, but have been arranged in chronological order by the date of the original letters.Manuscript copies of letters of Byron to Lady Melbourne, 1814: folios 1-61;Manuscript copies of letters of Byron to Lady Melbourne, 1815: folios 62-68;Manuscript copy of a letter of Judith Milbanke Noel to Lady...
Dates:
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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Letters and copies of letters of and to Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne.
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Copies of the correspondence between Lord Byron and Elizabeth Lamb.
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.
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.
Typescript transcriptions of letters, 1814-1829, between John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray II., 1994-? 1999.
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Identifier: MS.42293
Scope and Contents
This file includes transcriptions of letters in the John Murray Archive and the British Library. The transcriptions are heavily footnoted. The transcriptions and footnotes were created by Peter Cochran and many are available on his website.Transcriptions of letters, dated 1815-1821, between John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray [II], most of which are housed in the British Library, with a letter of Peter Cochran to Virginia Murray, 1994: folios 1-6;Transcriptions of...
Dates:
1994-? 1999.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Letters of, to and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.