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Two commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb. The first, the 'green book', contains poems, literary passages, sketches, watercolours, and translations from Greek, among other entries. The second, the 'blue book’, is addressed to Lord Byron, with whom Lamb had a disastrous affair in 1812. She compiled the 'blue book' as a commemoration of their affair and it contains letters to the poet, as well poems, prose passages and watercolours.

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Two commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb. The first, the 'green book', contains poems, literary passages, sketches, watercolours, and translations from Greek, among other entries. The second, the 'blue book’, is addressed to Lord Byron, with whom Lamb had a disastrous affair in 1812. She compiled the 'blue book' as a commemoration of their affair and it contains letters to the poet, as well poems, prose passages and watercolours.

Scope and Contents There are here copies and transcriptions of original letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron as well as catalogue entries with images for letters of Lord Byron for sale. The copies are all undated unless otherwise stated and have been arranged chronologically by date of the original letters, followed by the transcriptions organised in the same way. The catalogue entries are then placed at the end of the sequence with a letter to John Murray.Facsimile copies of:Letter...

Scope and Contents The letters of John Cam Hobhouse have been arranged before those to Hobhouse. Within each section, the letters have been arranged by correspondent name. An additional letter has been added to the end of the sequence that was, before foliation, housed in Ms.43408 and moved during the cataloguing process.Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to various correspondents:Charles Barry, 1827: folios 1-4;Charlotte Hobhouse, one of which was annotated by Charlotte...

Scope and Contents The letters between Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron have been placed before those of Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse. They have then been arranged in chronological order. Some of the letters were dated with reference to the website of Professor Paul Douglass, ‘Caro: the Caroline Lamb website’.When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, provisionally dated 1813, which had attributed the recipient as being Lord Byron. ...

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Lamb refers to performance of 'the Tragedy' [Byron's Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice]. Lamb also asks Hobhouse to send her one of Byron's poems ‘pray send me the lines Ld Byron wrote to Mr. Moore upon his going away in the Boat' and refers to a 'commission' she had undertaken on Hobhouse's behalf.

Scope and Contents Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) commenced a three month affair with Lord Byron in 1812, despite being married to William Lamb, the future 2nd Viscount Melbourne. The affair impacted the rest of her life and the many letters here reflect her obsession with the poet as well as other aspects of her life. After Byron ended their relationship, Lamb continued to write to him, his friends (particularly John Cam Hobhouse) and his publisher, John Murray [II]. Byron, Hobhouse and Murray are the main...

Scope and Contents A letter relating to the letters of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Murray [II] has been placed at the start of the sequence. The rest of the letters have been arranged chronologically. Some of the letters were dated with reference to the website of Professor Paul Douglass, ‘Caro: the Caroline Lamb website’.When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, provisionally dated 1815, of Lady Caroline to John Murray [II]. ...

Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged chronologically. Some of the letters were dated with reference to the website of Professor Paul Douglass, ‘Caro: the Caroline Lamb website’.When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included letters now dated as [Feb 1814], 26 September 1814, and ?Apr 1815, of Lady Caroline to John Murray [II]. On cataloguing these letters have been moved to MS.43466, folios 51-52, 88-89 and 110-111 respectively. ...

Scope and Contents After the affair between Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron ended, Lamb wrote on numerous occasions to John Murray [II], sometimes asking him to be a go-between with the poet, other times using him as her confidante. The letters are often personal in nature and often relate to Lord Byron. Lamb also writes about her novel 'Glenarvon' (the first critique of the Byronic hero by a female writer), other members of their acquaintance and literature. In addition, there is a sketch of Lord and...

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...

Scope and Contents The letters of Caroline Lamb to various correspondents have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Papers relating to George Lamb and William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, have been arranged at the end of the sequence.Letter of Caroline Lamb to William Fletcher, 1812: folios 1-2;Copy of a letter of Caroline Lamb to Thomas Medwin, 1824: folios 3-6;Letter of Caroline Lamb to Lydia Rogers White, 1824: folios 7-8;Copy of a letter of...

Scope and Contents The single folio here is the first page of an article entitled ‘Scandalum Magnatum’ that was printed in the ‘Satirist’ in 1813.The article recounts a scene involving Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron at a party of Lady Heathcote held on 5 July 1813. It claimed that Lamb grew jealous of Byron showing attention to other women and cut herself with a dessert knife. Lamb later claimed that she had not intended to hurt herself but was injured when other guests tried to...