Letters of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne., 1814-1815.
Scope and Contents
The letters here are mostly dated 1814, with some of 1815. The letters have been placed in chronological order.
1814
January: folios 1-20;
February: folios 21-30;
March: folios 31-33;
April: folios 34-50;
May: folios 51-54;
June: folios 55-62;
July: folios 63-67;
August: folios 68-69;
September: folios 70-79;
October: folios 80-105;
November: folios 106-112;
1815
January: folios 113-118;
February: folios 119-124;
April: folios 125-126.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1815.
Creator
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (1788-1824) (Person)
- Lamb, Elizabeth (political hostess and agriculturalist, wife of Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne, née Milbanke ) (Recipient, Person)
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Extent
126 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
126 folios.
Existence and Location of Copies
MS.43474: 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.
MS.43477: Copies of letters, dated 1814-1815, of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb in an unidentified hand., undated.
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Repository Details
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