Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and other material relating to the article 'True history of Lady Byron's life', in the 'Atlantic', by Harriet Beecher-Stowe., 1869-1870, 1909.
File
Identifier: MS.43539
Scope and Contents
Correspondence has been placed in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, before related manuscripts, pamphlets and other printed material. A copy of ‘True story of Lord and Lady Byron’ has been placed with original pagination at the end of the sequence.Letter of Charles Dickens to John Murray [III], 1869: folios 1-2;Letters of Louisa Anne Emily Ellis, Baroness Seaford, to John Murray [III], 1870: folios 3-6;Letters of Whitwell Elwin to John Murray...
Dates:
1869-1870, 1909.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Fair copy in the hand of Mary Shelley of 'Don Juan', cantos 6, 7 and 8, by Lord Byron, with manuscript annotations and notes by Lord Byron., 1822.
Item
Identifier: MS.43333
Scope and Contents
Title page, folio 1.
Preface in Byron's hand dated 1822, folios 2-4.
Fair copy of 'Don Juan' canto 6 in the hand on Mary Shelley with corrections by Byron, dated 1822, folios 5-21.
Fair copy of 'Don Juan' canto 7 in the hand on Mary Shelley with corrections by Byron, dated 1822, folios 22-32.
Fair copy of 'Don Juan' canto 8 in the hand on Mary Shelley with corrections by Byron, undated, folios 33-48.
Dates:
1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts and fair copies mainly of the narrative poetry of Lord Byron.
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Manuscripts of 'Don Juan', a poem by Lord Byron; with a fair copy of cantos VI, VII and VIII in the hand of Mary Shelley.
Letter, 1824, of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8766
Scope and Contents
With four letters, 1824 and 1828, concerning Byron, and a manuscript of his last poem, undated.
Dates:
1824-1828 and undated.
Letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh., 1804-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.43479
Scope and Contents
Letters of Lord Byron to his half-sister Augusta Leigh. The letters have been arranged in chronological order. At the end of the sequence is a manuscript by Lord Byron, which is annotated by Augusta Leigh.Letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh dated:1804: folios 1-13;1805: folios 14-29;1808: folios 30-32;1811: folios 33-42;1814: folios 43-50;1816: folios 51-70;1817: folios 71-81;...
Dates:
1804-1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
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.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Lady Caroline Lamb, with some of William Lamb and George Lamb.
Manuscript of a poem "Addressed to the Purveyor of the Latest Byron Scandal", by an unidentified author., 1869.
Item
Identifier: MS.42602
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1869.
Manuscript of 'Bride of Abydos', by Lord Byron., 1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.43322
Scope and Contents
There are three groups of manuscripts within this volume, all relating to 'Bride of Abydos' by Lord Byron.First draft in the hand of Byron, consisting of:Motto: folio 1;Canto I dated 1 November 1813 on f.2, 4 November on f.11v, 1813: folios 2-11;Canto II dated 8 November on f. 23v, 1813: folios 12-25;
Fair copy in the hand of Byron, from which the poem was printed, consisting of:Canto I stanza VI onwards, [1813]: folios...
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts and fair copies mainly of the narrative poetry of Lord Byron.
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Manuscripts mostly of and concerning 'The Bride of Abydos', a poem by Lord Byron.
Manuscript of cantos I, II and V of 'Don Juan' by Lord Byron.
Item
Identifier: MS.50000
Content Description
The first canto is dated Venice September 16th 1818, the fifth canto is dated Ravenna, October 16th 1820. Originally intended as a neat copy for the printer the manuscript became a working copy as Byron made subsequent revisions and additions.
Dates:
1818-1820
Manuscript of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III', by Lord Byron., 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.43325
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter of John Murray to Augusta Leigh, 13 July 1832, regarding manuscript of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage' canto III and 'various interesting scraps' which Leigh has sent to Murray, folios 1-2.Byron's first draft of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' canto III made up of seperate leaves placed together in a sequence by Byron, folios 3-49.Includes: stanzas 4-25, 27-30,26, 31-32, 34-40, 42-44, Drachenfels lyric, 41, 45-66, 68-774, 7-77, 110, 78-81, 67, 75, 82-97,...
Dates:
1816.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts and fair copies mainly of the narrative poetry of Lord Byron.
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Manuscripts of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage', a poem by Lord Byron; with a fair copy of the same.
Manuscript of critical observations by John Cam Hobhouse on 'Life of Lord Byron' by John Galt; in particular, on the use by Galt of recollections of Byron by Marie Henri Beyle., , ? 1830-1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.42297
Scope and Contents
This manuscript details errors and misconceptions that John Cam Hobhouse has found in 'Life of Lord Byron' by John Galt. The criticisms here are largely focused on the use of the inclusion of the memories of Marie Henri Beyle (also known as Stendhal). Hobhouse refutes the claims with his own version of events.Folio 1 of the manuscript differs in layout from the remainder of the manuscript and the last line of folio 1 does not correspond exactly with the first line of folio 2....
Dates:
? 1830-1837.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.
Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.
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Identifier: MS.43534
Scope and Contents
Following the death of Lord Byron in April 1824, various interested parties met at the house of John Murray on 17th May of that year. These included John Murray [II], Thomas Moore, John Cam Hobhouse and representatives of both Lady Byron and Augusta Leigh. After a discussion, the group decided that the manuscript containing the memoirs of Lord Byron should be burned and they proceeded to do so in the drawing room fireplace. This act caused great controversy and the items in this folder...
Dates:
1824-1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse giving his account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron, with his copies of related correspondence., 19th century.
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Identifier: MS.43521
Scope and Contents
This volume contains the manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, relating the events of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. Hobhouse was the confidant of Lord Byron and often acted on his behalf during the first few months of 1816, when the separation was being negotiated. In addition to his own recollections, Hobhouse also records copies of letters relating to the separation. Some of the original letters that are copied here are held in Ms.43520. The...
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and manuscripts relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.
Manuscripts and fair copies of poems featured in 'Hebrew Melodies' by Lord Byron., 1810-1845.
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Identifier: MS.43345
Scope and Contents
For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions – where his titles differ from those on the physical manuscripts these have been given in square brackets.List of manuscripts of poems included in 'Hebrew Melodies' and their locations, undated: folio 1;...
Dates:
1810-1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Manuscripts of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Lord Byron from the Library of Honresfield House.
Record Group
Identifier: MSS.50701-50706
Dates:
1781-1832.
Manuscripts of works and translations by Lord Byron; with some copy in the hands of Lady Byron, Charles Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse, Augusta Leigh, John Murray [II], and Mary Shelley., 1807-1823, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43348
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts here have been broadly arranged in chronological order. First lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. ‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions.Corrected manuscript draft of an untitled poem (“As relics left of saints above …”) in the hand of Byron, undated [?1806]: folio 1;Corrected manuscript of ‘Parody on Sir W. Jones’s Translation from Hafiz – “Sweet...
Dates:
1807-1823, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Miscellaneous papers primarily of Lord Byron., 1802-1824, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43354
Scope and Contents
Part of a page extracted from one of the school books of Byron from Harrow, with an annotation by John Murray [III],1804, 1865: folio 1;Note of Susan Vaughan to Byron, including an annotation in the hand of Byron, with related note, 1812, undated: folios 2-2a;Manuscript of a statement of annuities and loans, with mention of Elizabeth Massingberd, in the hand of Byron, 1812: folios 3-5;Notes in the hand of Byron, possibly relating to his speech to the House...
Dates:
1802-1824, undated.
Transcription by John Cam Hobhouse of Lord Byron's poem, 'The Conquest'., 1823, or after.
Item
Identifier: MS.42294
Scope and Contents
This is an undated manuscript copy, in the hand of John Cam Hobhouse, of the poem of Lord Byron entitled 'The Conquest', originally written in 1823.
Dates:
1823, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.
Two manuscript copies of the satirical verse, 'My boy Hobby' by Lord Byron in an unidentified hand., Circa 1832, undated.
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Identifier: MS.42296
Scope and Contents
There are here two manuscript copies of the poem 'My Boy Hobbie O', which was sent in a letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II] in 1820. Hobhouse was upset by the poem and the fact that Murray had allowed it to circulate.The first copy is annotated with the phrase 'an imperfect recollection' and there are indeed differences between the poem as it exists in other places and that which appears on both copies here.Neither manuscript is dated, but one copy has a...
Dates:
Circa 1832, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.
Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.
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Identifier: MS.42573
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : manuscript, ? 1828 (watermark), "Byron and Marceau", relating to Lord Byron`s interest in the French general François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, about whom he composed a eulogy in "Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage" (Third Canto, LVI and LVII). Thackeray`s manuscript includes a copy of a letter to, and a copy of a letter of Byron concerning Marceau-Desgraviers : (i) 30 January 1823 : Madame Serjent, Marceau-Desgravier`s elder sister,...
Dates:
1823-? 1850.
Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.
File
Identifier: Dep.238- is now Acc.8766.
Dates:
1824, 1828.
Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43341
Scope and Contents
There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...
Dates:
?1811-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Volume containing manuscripts of miscellaneous early poems of Lord Byron., 1807-1811.
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Identifier: MS.43340
Scope and Contents
This volume contains various poetical pieces, largely in the hand of Lord Byron. A number of leaves have been cut from the beginning of the volume. There are contents on 27 folios of the volume, with additional annotations to the inside back board. The inside front board contains a bookplate of John Murray, giving an address in Wimbledon.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the...
Dates:
1807-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Volume of miscellaneous poetic manuscripts by Lord Byron; with some related correspondence., 1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43346
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts here have been largely arranged in chronological order. The original foliation of the volume has been retained, although some of the folios have been removed prior to arrival at the Library.For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions...
Dates:
1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.