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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.

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Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates: 1928-1966.

Letters of the grandchildren of Lord Byron to John Murray, publishers, relating to the publication of 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron'., 1869-1904.

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Identifier: MS.43498
Scope and Contents Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron' of:Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, 1886: folios 1-10. Included is a note on f.8v of John Murray III relating that in June 1886 he presented Lady Anne Blunt with 50 letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh; Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, 1869-1887 and 1895-1904: folios 11-122. The letters are signed using the titles of...
Dates: 1869-1904.

Letters of, to or concerning Lady Caroline Lamb; with letters and manuscripts of George Lamb and William Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43468
Scope and Contents The letters of Caroline Lamb to various correspondents have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Papers relating to George Lamb and William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, have been arranged at the end of the sequence.Letter of Caroline Lamb to William Fletcher, 1812: folios 1-2;Copy of a letter of Caroline Lamb to Thomas Medwin, 1824: folios 3-6;Letter of Caroline Lamb to Lydia Rogers White, 1824: folios 7-8;Copy of a letter of...
Dates: 1812-1831, undated.

Letters of various correspondents relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; with some typescript copies of letters relating to the same., 1816-1937, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43522
Scope and Contents The letters in this folder concern the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. The letters have been arranged in three sections: contemporary letters; letters of and to John Murray III and IV concerning the letters relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; and an excerpt and typescript copies of letters concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.Contemporary letters:Letters of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folios 1-10;...
Dates: 1816-1937, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Colvile to Conroy., 1814-1918.

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Identifier: MS.40237
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.A further letter has been added at the end of this sequence.Colvile, Henry Edward.Letters, 1907, of Sir Henry Edward Colvile to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Colvile, Zeline Isabelle.Postcard, 1907, of Zeline Isabelle Colvile to John Murray IV. Folio 7. Colvin, Auckland.Letters, 1895, of Sir Auckland Colvin to John Murray...
Dates: 1814-1918.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates: 1818-1927.

Letters to Lord Byron concerning finances and business matters of correspondents with surnames from Adams to Hanson, C., 1807-1823, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43525
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Additional correspondence has been added at the end of the sequence. This was originally housed in Ms.43527 and was moved to the current position during cataloguing.Letter of J Adams to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 1;Letter of Claud Avron to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 2-3;Letters of Walter James Baldwin to Lord Byron, 1812-1814: folios 4-19;Letter of William Baldwin to Lord...
Dates: 1807-1823, undated.

Letters to or concerning Lord Byron and various artists; including correspondence relating to the Drury Lane Theatre., 1809-1839.

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Identifier: MS.43517
Scope and Contents The letters of artists to Lord Byron have been ordered at the start of the sequence, followed by those of other correspondents relating to artists. The letters relating to Drury Lane and other theatrical matters are then placed at the end. Each section has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname, with any anonymous letters at the end of the sequence. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letter of Henry Kirchhoffer to John Cam Hobhouse...
Dates: 1809-1839.

Manuscripts of 'Bride of Abydos: canto I', 'Lament of Tasso', and first draft of 'Werner', all by Lord Byron; with some related correspondence and an article on 'Werner' by Frederick Leveson Gower., 1813-1914, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.43323
Scope and Contents This volume contains manuscripts relating to three poems written by Byron – ‘Bride of Abydos’, ‘Lament of Tasso’ and ‘Werner’. The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. All manuscripts are in the hand of Byron, although some dates have been added by John Murray.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions.Folios 1-5, 26, 29, 44, 46, 54, 56, 70 and 75-81...
Dates: 1813-1914, undated.