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Letters to Lord Byron concerning finances and business matters of correspondents with surnames and company names from Massingberd to Webb; with letters relating to the will of Lord Byron., 1806-1839.

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Identifier: MS.43527

Scope and Contents

The letters concerning financial and business matters have been ordered alphabetically by correspondent name at the beginning of the sequence. Letters relating to the will of Lord Byron have been similarly ordered in alphabetical order afterwards.

When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this manuscript contained a letter of Henry Kirchhoffer to John Cam Hobhouse. This was moved to Ms.43517 ff.18-19 during cataloguing. Similarly, letters of James Barbaud, James Fozard, and Thomas and Phillip Griffiths have been moved to Ms.43525 ff.110-119.

Also, when first made available for consultation, the letter of J Webb and Co to Lord Byron dated September 1823, at ff.40-41 of this manuscript was housed in Ms.43424. This was moved to the current location during cataloguing.

Letters relating to financial and business matters:

Letters of Elizabeth Massingberd to Lord Byron and an undated note relating to a loan, 1807 and 1811: folios 1-13;

Letters and receipts of Miss A E E Massingberd to Lord Byron, with a letter of Massingberd to James Fozard at folio 15 and a receipt signed by James Fozard at folio 20, 1806-1815: folios 14-23;

Letters of William Neale to Lord Byron, 1812: folios 24-26;

Letter of Edward Tournay to John Hanson and John Birch, 1809: folios 27-28;

Letters of J Webb and Co. to Lord Byron, 1822-1823: folios 29-41.



Letters relating to the will of Lord Byron:

Letter of Albert William Beetham to John Cam Hobhouse, 1832: folio 42;

Letter of possibly of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Sir Robert Wilson, 1824: folios 43-44;

Letters and copies of letters of James Gibbs to John Hanson and John Cam Hobhouse, 1833, 1837 and 1839: folios 45-54;

Letter of R Haighton to John Hanson, 1825: folios 55-56; MS.43527 Continued.

Letter of Richard Jarvis to John Hanson, 1824: folio 57;

Letter of John Meriscoe Pearce to John Cam Hobhouse, 1829: folios 58-59;

Letter of Thomas Noel to John Cam Hobhouse, 1834: folio 60-61;

Letter of Ransom and Co. to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 62-63.

Dates

  • Creation: 1806-1839.

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

65 Leaves

Arrangement

ii + 63 folios.

Repository Details

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

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