Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet)

Transcription by John Cam Hobhouse of Lord Byron's poem, 'The Conquest'., 1823, or after.

Item

Identifier: MS.42294

Scope and Contents

This is an undated manuscript copy, in the hand of John Cam Hobhouse, of the poem of Lord Byron entitled 'The Conquest', originally written in 1823.

Dates: 1823, or after.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse. / Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.

Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse., 1824.

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Identifier: MS.42472

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 / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin. / 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. / Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse; with related proofs.

Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse; with related proofs., 1824.

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS.42471-42472

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 / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin. / 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.

Two manuscript copies of the satirical verse, 'My boy Hobby' by Lord Byron in an unidentified hand., Circa 1832, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42296

Scope and Contents There are here two manuscript copies of the poem 'My Boy Hobbie O', which was sent in a letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II] in 1820. Hobhouse was upset by the poem and the fact that Murray had allowed it to circulate.The first copy is annotated with the phrase 'an imperfect recollection' and there are indeed differences between the poem as it exists in other places and that which appears on both copies here.Neither manuscript is dated, but one copy has a...

Dates: Circa 1832, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse. / Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.

Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.

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Identifier: MS.42573

Scope and Contents Folio 1 : manuscript, ? 1828 (watermark), "Byron and Marceau", relating to Lord Byron`s interest in the French general François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, about whom he composed a eulogy in "Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage" (Third Canto, LVI and LVII). Thackeray`s manuscript includes a copy of a letter to, and a copy of a letter of Byron concerning Marceau-Desgraviers : (i) 30 January 1823 : Madame Serjent, Marceau-Desgravier`s elder sister,...

Dates: 1823-? 1850.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray.

Various legal instruments, including drafts and copies, concerning Thomas Moore, Lord Byron and John Murray II. Included is a letter of Alfred Turner to John Murray III concerning a draft agreement between Thomas Moore and John Murray II relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron., 1821-1853.

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Identifier: MS.42489

Scope and Contents

Several of the agreements are between Lord Byron, Thomas Moore and John Murray II in respect of the transfer of all rights in Lord Byron`s manuscript, "Memoirs of my life up to 1816", from Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given the manuscript, to John Murray II.

Dates: 1821-1853.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning Thomas Moore. / Legal and financial papers concerning Thomas Moore.

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., 1824.

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS.42471-42475

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 / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.

Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.

File

Identifier: Dep.238- is now Acc.8766.

Dates: 1824, 1828.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.

Item

Identifier: MS.43341

Scope and Contents There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...

Dates: ?1811-1831, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle. / Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.

Volume containing manuscripts of miscellaneous early poems of Lord Byron., 1807-1811.

Item

Identifier: MS.43340

Scope and Contents This volume contains various poetical pieces, largely in the hand of Lord Byron. A number of leaves have been cut from the beginning of the volume. There are contents on 27 folios of the volume, with additional annotations to the inside back board. The inside front board contains a bookplate of John Murray, giving an address in Wimbledon.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the...

Dates: 1807-1811.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle. / Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.

Volume of miscellaneous poetic manuscripts by Lord Byron; with some related correspondence., 1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.

Item

Identifier: MS.43346

Scope and Contents The manuscripts here have been largely arranged in chronological order. The original foliation of the volume has been retained, although some of the folios have been removed prior to arrival at the Library.For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions...

Dates: 1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle. / Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.

Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet)

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Transcription by John Cam Hobhouse of Lord Byron's poem, 'The Conquest'., 1823, or after.

Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse., 1824.

Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse; with related proofs., 1824.

Two manuscript copies of the satirical verse, 'My boy Hobby' by Lord Byron in an unidentified hand., Circa 1832, undated.

Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.

Various legal instruments, including drafts and copies, concerning Thomas Moore, Lord Byron and John Murray II. Included is a letter of Alfred Turner to John Murray III concerning a draft agreement between Thomas Moore and John Murray II relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron., 1821-1853.

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., 1824.

Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.

Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.

Volume containing manuscripts of miscellaneous early poems of Lord Byron., 1807-1811.

Volume of miscellaneous poetic manuscripts by Lord Byron; with some related correspondence., 1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.

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