The letters have been arranged alphabetically by recipient surname and then chronologically.

Letters of John Hanson to Catherine Gordon Byron:

1805: folios 1-2;

1806: folio 3;

1807: folios 4-7;

1808: folios 8-10;

1809: folios 11-14;

1810: folios 15-22;

1811: folios 23-28;



Letters of John Hanson to John Cam Hobhouse:

1824: folios 29-59, included is a copy of a letter of Charles Frisby Barry to Charles Hanson at ff.48v-49r;

1825: folios 60-88;

1826: folios 89-98;

1827: folio 99;

1828: folios 100-103;

1829: folios 104-115, included are copies of letters of Hanson to John Murray [II] at ff.108-109 and 110v-111r;

1830: folios 116-121;

1831: folios 122-125;

1832: folio 126;

1835: folios 127-131, included is a letter of Hanson to Thomas Spring Rice at f.131;

1836: folios 132-133;

1837: folios 134-139, included is a copy of a letter of Hanson to Bignol, Pulley and Mawe at f.136;

1838: folios 140-144;

1839: folios 145-147;

1840: folios 148-149;

Letters of uncertain date: folios 150-159.