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Correspondence between Lord Byron and correspondents with surnames from Nathan-Rowley., 1807-1823, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43504

Scope and Contents

The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, the letters of Rocca had been placed before those of Ridgeway. These have now been changed so that they adhere to the alphabetical arrangement and the folio numbers updated accordingly.

Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence.

Unpublished poem ‘On reading Lord Byron’s Bride of Abydos’, by A Baldry, beginning 'The tale is told, yet on my ear', fair copied by Robert Rowley, 1816: f.1;

Letters of Isaac Nathan to Lord Byron, 1814: ff.2-4;

Letter of John O’Neill to Lord Byron, including unpublished poem beginning, 'Let dull thinking worldlings count over their gold', 1815: ff.5-6;

Letters of Alfred Guilliaume Gabriel D'Orsey, Count D’Orsay, to Lord Byron, 1823: ff.7-9;

Letters of Sidney Godolphin Osborne, Lord Osborne, to Lord Byron, 1818 and 1821-1822: ff.10-19;

Letters of Frances [Fanny] Bridget Parkyns to Lord Byron, 1812-1814 and 1816: ff.20-50, a further letter of this correspondent has been placed at folios 106-108 of this manuscript;

Letter of Frances [Fanny] Bridget Parkyns to Ann Catherine Parkyns (later Territt), no date, [c.1810]: ff.51-52;

Letters of Elizabeth Pigot to Lord Byron, 1807: ff.53-57;

Letter of C Porter to Lord Byron, 1808: ff.58-59;

Letters of Bryan Waller Procter to Lord Byron, 1821 and 1823: ff.60-67;

Letters of James Ridgeway to Lord Byron, 1808, 1811 and 1814: ff.68-71;

Letter of Albert Jean-Michel Rocca to Lord Byron, 1816: ff.72-73;

Letters of Samuel Rogers to Lord Byron, not dated: ff.74-104;

Manuscript copy by Samuel Rogers of 'To Samuel Rogers, Esq.', by Lord Byron, also known as ‘Written on a blank leaf 'Of the Pleasures of Memory'', 1812: f.105;

Further letter of Frances [Fanny] Parkyns to Lord Byron, ?1813: folios 106-108.

Dates

  • Creation: 1807-1823, undated.

Creator

Language of Materials

The contents are mostly in English, but some content is in French.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

111 Leaves

Arrangement

ii + 109 folios, including a f.7a.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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