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 6 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of, to or concerning Lady Caroline Lamb; with letters and manuscripts of George Lamb and William Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.
File
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 John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.
File
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.
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.
File
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.
Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.
File
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 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
/
Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
/
Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
/
Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.