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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
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Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
Correspondence and other material relating to the article 'True history of Lady Byron's life', in the 'Atlantic', by Harriet Beecher-Stowe., 1869-1870, 1909.
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Identifier: MS.43539
Scope and Contents
Correspondence has been placed in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, before related manuscripts, pamphlets and other printed material. A copy of ‘True story of Lord and Lady Byron’ has been placed with original pagination at the end of the sequence.Letter of Charles Dickens to John Murray [III], 1869: folios 1-2;Letters of Louisa Anne Emily Ellis, Baroness Seaford, to John Murray [III], 1870: folios 3-6;Letters of Whitwell Elwin to John Murray...
Dates:
1869-1870, 1909.
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.
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.
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 between Lord Byron and correspondents with surnames from Campbell to Charlton., 1808-1823, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43417
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.
Letter of Hugh Y Campbell to Lord Byron, 1822 folios 1-2;Draft of a letter of Lord Byron to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, 1814: folios 3-4;Letters of Queen Caroline to Lord Byron and Jane Harley, Lady Oxford, 1813: folios 5-13;Letter of John Cartwright to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 14;Letter of Lord Byron to Captain Cary, 1809: folio...
Dates:
1808-1823, 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.
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 mostly concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse and his bequest to the British Museum., ?1816-1875, undated.
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Identifier: MS.42292
Scope and Contents
The letters in both sections of this manuscript have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse:Letter of George Grote to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1870: folios 1-4;Letter of John Murray [III] to Dudley Wilmot Carleton, undated: folios 5-6;Correspondence and drafts of letters between John Winter Jones and Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1875: folios 7-13;Note in the hand of Hon....
Dates:
?1816-1875, undated.
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.
Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.
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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 of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Clark to Coleridge., 1808-1819, 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.43420
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letter of William Clark to Byron, 1814: ff.1-2;Letters of Edward Daniel Clarke to Lord Byron, 1812-1813: ff.3-32;Letter of Lord Byron to Hewson Clarke, 1808: ff.33-34;
Letter of Charles Robert Cockerell to Lord Byron, 1811: ff.35-36;Letter of Margarita Cogni to Lord Byron, 1819: ff.37-38;Letter of Lord Byron to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1815: ff.39-40;...
Dates:
1808-1819, 20th century.
Letters of Edward John Trelawny to various correspondents, with some transcriptions., 1822-1833, 1978.
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Identifier: MS.43509
Scope and Contents
The letters in this folder have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. The letters in this folder have all been transcribed in typescript by Paula Feldman. These transcriptions are arranged after the letters to which they relate.Letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1822-1824: folios 1-23;Typescript transcriptions of the letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1978: folios 26-45;Letter of Edward John Trelawny to John Cam...
Dates:
1822-1833, 1978.
Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.
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Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents
This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates:
1928-1966.
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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Lord Byron and one of John Birch to John Hanson; with a copy of the death certificate of John Hanson., 1799-2005.
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Identifier: MS.43433
Scope and Contents
The letters of Lord Byron to John Hanson have been placed in chronological order, with other items at the end of the sequence.Letters of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 1815, including an invoice of Randall and Co. (f.47), the visiting card of Henry Hatsell (f.55), and a note relating to a payment to Robert Baxter (f.69): folios 1-74;Letters of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 1816: folios 75-88;Letters of Lord Byron to John Hanson, 1817: folios 89-98;...
Dates:
1799-2005.
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 of and to John Hanson and his family.
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Letters of Lord Byron to John Hanson and his family.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1822, 1900-1901, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43493
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in chronological order with related material ordered at the end of the sequence.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II:January 1822, including a letter wrapper with a postmark of January 1822: folios 1-4;February 1822: folios 5-7:March 1822: folios 8-10;April 1822: folios 11-15: May 1822: folios 16-26:June 1822: folios 27-28;July 1822 with a partial letter of Lord...
Dates:
1822, 1900-1901, 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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II; with a note relating to these letters., 1819-1820, 1830, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43490
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in chronological order.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II including a letter wrapper watermarked 1819, and a typed note and typescript transcription of one of the letters, 1819: folios 1-44;
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1820: folios 45-120;
Note relating to the letters of Lord Byron, 1830: folio 121.
Dates:
1819-1820, 1830, 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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, with related material., 1821, 1932-1950.
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Identifier: MS.43492
Scope and Contents
The letters have been largely arranged in chronological order. One letter has been placed in a separate enclosure, so has been placed at the end of the sequence of the Byron letters to John Murray II from 1821. There are also some notes relating to the provenance of some of the letters in this folder and these have been placed at the end of the sequence.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II:January 1821: folios 1-13;February 1821: folios 14-19;...
Dates:
1821, 1932-1950.
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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron and John Murray II., 1814-1822.
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Identifier: MS.43507
Scope and Contents
Volume consisting mainly of letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron. This volume was refoliated in September 2022.Letter of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron, 8 May [1822]: folios 1-2;Letter of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron, 16 May 1822: folios 3-4;Letter of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron, [May] 1822: folios 5-6;Note of Percy Bysshe Shelley to Lord Byron, 2 June 1814: folios 7-8;Letter of Percy Bysshe Shelley to...
Dates:
1814-1822.
Letters of Teresa Guiccioli; and letter of Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton (later Seymour) to Lord Byron., 1816-1859, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43430
Scope and Contents
The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.
Letter in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli and signed by Lord Byron to Francesco Aglietti, 1823, with photocopy, transcription and a translation of same, undated: folios 1-6;Letter in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli and signed by Lord Byron to Leopoldo Cicognara, 1822: folios 7-8;Letters of Teresa Guiccioli (later Marquise de Boissy) to John Murray III with a related note,...
Dates:
1816-1859, undated.
Letters of the grandchildren of Lord Byron to John Murray, publishers, relating to the publication of 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron'., 1869-1904.
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Identifier: MS.43498
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron' of:Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, 1886: folios 1-10.
Included is a note on f.8v of John Murray III relating that in June 1886 he presented Lady Anne Blunt with 50 letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh;
Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, 1869-1887 and 1895-1904: folios 11-122. The letters are signed using the titles of...
Dates:
1869-1904.
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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
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 Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.
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Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates:
1818-1927.
Manuscript notes of John Murray II concerning "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.42473
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824.
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 concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Various proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray II in response to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Papers concerning the response of John Murray II to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Thomas Medwin., 1824-1960.
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Identifier: MS.42476
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824-1960.
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 concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
Miscellaneous papers primarily of Lord Byron., 1802-1824, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43354
Scope and Contents
Part of a page extracted from one of the school books of Byron from Harrow, with an annotation by John Murray [III],1804, 1865: folio 1;Note of Susan Vaughan to Byron, including an annotation in the hand of Byron, with related note, 1812, undated: folios 2-2a;Manuscript of a statement of annuities and loans, with mention of Elizabeth Massingberd, in the hand of Byron, 1812: folios 3-5;Notes in the hand of Byron, possibly relating to his speech to the House...
Dates:
1802-1824, undated.