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Copies, facsimiles and reproductions of various correspondence of Lord Byron., 1931-1951, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43543

Scope and Contents

There are here copies and transcriptions of original letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron as well as catalogue entries with images for letters of Lord Byron for sale. The copies are all undated unless otherwise stated and have been arranged chronologically by date of the original letters, followed by the transcriptions organised in the same way. The catalogue entries are then placed at the end of the sequence with a letter to John Murray.

Facsimile copies of:

Letter of Lord Byron to Augusta Barbara Charlotte Parker, 1798: folio 1;

Seven copies of letter of Lord Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 1812: folios 2-15;

Three copies of a forged letter of Lord Byron by Lady Caroline Lamb, with a related note, 1813: folios 16-21;

Stanzas of the manuscript ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ Canto III by Lord Byron, 1816: folios 22-24;

Manuscript of ‘Epistles to Augusta’ by Lord Byron, 1816: folio 25;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II], 8 Jan 1818: folios 26-28;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Anthony Galignani, 27 Apr 1819: folios 29-30;

Letter of Lord Byron to Teresa Guiccioli, 23 Aug 1819: folio 31;

Letter of Lord Byron to Nicolas Karvellas, 14 May 1820, with a related note dated 1951: folios 32-34;

Letter of Lord Byron to William Edward West, 19 Sept 1822: folio 35;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Hunt, 9 Apr 1823: folio 36;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II], 25 Feb 1824: folio 37;

Letter of Lord Byron to Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington, 19 Mar 1824: folio 38;

Transcriptions of:

Letter of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Massingberd, 8 Jul 1806: folio 39;

Letter of Lord Byron to Hewson Clarke, 3 Jul 1808: folio 40;

Letter of Lord Byron to William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 20 Nov 1808: folios 41-42;

Letter of Lord Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies, 6 Jan 1809: folios 43-44;

Letter of Lord Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, 19 May 1809: folios 45-46;

Letter of Lord Byron to Capt. Cary, 18 Sep 1809: folios 47-48;

Letter of Lord Byron to Robert Adair, 4 Jul 1810: folios 49-50;

Letter of Lord Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 19 May ?1812: folios 51-52;

Letter of Lord Byron to an unknown recipient, ‘Madam’, 17 Aug 1814: folios 53-54;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II], 15 Apr 1818: folio 55;

Letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II], 24 Nov 1818: folios 56-60;

Postscript of a letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II], 18 May 1819: folio 61;

Letter of Lord Byron to Charles Frisby Barry, 25 May 1823: folios 62-63;

Letter of Lord Byron to Edward Blaquiere, 3 Aug 1823: folio 64;

Letter of Lord Byron to William Fletcher, 4 Sep 1823: folio 65;

Entries in auction catalogues for items relating to Lord Byron, with images, 1935-1937 and undated: folios 66-71;

Letter of Richard Harris Barham to John Murray, undated: folios 72-73.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931-1951, undated.

Creator

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Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

75 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

ii + 73 folios.

Repository Details

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

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