The letters of John Hanson to Byron have been arranged chronologically, with those to Elizabeth Massingberd placed at the end of the sequence.

When first made available for consultation this volume of letters, before foliation, included a letter, 1820, of Richard Belgrave Hoppner to Lord Byron. This letter has been moved during cataloguing and is now located at MS.43448 ff.132-133.

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1805: folios 1-4;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1807: folios 5-6;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1809: folios 7-11;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1810: folios 12-14;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1811: folios 15-16;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, including a memorandum of agreement at folio 44-45, 1812: folios 17-51;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 52-68;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, including a letter of Owen Mealey to John Hanson at folio 91, 1814: folios 69-91;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, with a note of Newton Hanson at folio 109 and a later note, 1839, of John Hanson at folio 110, 1815: folios 92-119;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, including a copy of a letter of John Hanson to Sir Ralph Milbanke-Noel and a copy of the reply at folio 127, 1816: folios 120-128;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, including a copy of a letter of John Hanson to Sir Ralph Milbanke-Noel at folio 130, 1817: folios 129-131;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron including one of John and Charles Hanson, 1818 : folios 132-135;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1819: folios 136-139;

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1820: folios 140-143;

MS.43526 Continued.

Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, including copies of indentures between Lord and Lady Byron at folios 157 and 159-161, and copies of letters of Thomas Brand, Lord Dacre, to Sir Francis Burdett and of Sir Francis Burdett to Douglas Kinnaird at folio 158, 1822: folios 144-163;

Letters of John Hanson and John Birch to Elizabeth Massingberd, 1809-1811: folios 164-169.