Press cuttings. Information artifacts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources. (AAT) 'Press cuttings' NLS preferred form.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
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Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
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.
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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.
Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43538
Scope and Contents
The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at...
Dates:
1821-1835, 1938, 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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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Forged letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron; with correspondence and notes relating to the forgeries and to George Gordon Du Luna Byron., 1841-2004, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43542
Scope and Contents
The forged letters and manuscripts of Lord Byron, with accompanying notes, have been placed at the start of the sequence. Correspondence relating to the forgeries has then been ordered chronologically, with two copies of transcriptions of the forgeries placed at the end of the sequence.Forged letters and manuscripts and copies of the same of Lord Byron, with accompanying notes and memos of John Murray [V] and Virginia Murray placed after their corresponding letters, undated and...
Dates:
1841-2004, undated.
Letters, copies of letters and other material relating to James Henry Leigh Hunt; with letters of John Hunt and John Horatio Leigh Hunt., 1816-1843, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43450
Scope and Contents
When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, contained a letter of John Higgs Hunt to John Murray II, dated 1819. This letter has now been moved to Ms.40591 ff.115-116.
Part of a letter of Lord Byron to James Henry Leigh Hunt, 1816: folios 1-2;Press cuttings concerning Lord Byron and James Henry Leigh Hunt from the ‘Examiner’ and ‘Literary Gazette’, 1821 and 1828: folios 3-6;Article, ?1930s, entitled 'A...
Dates:
1816-1843, undated.
Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron; with letters and letter fragments of and to John Murray II concerning Byron., 1815-1837, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43497
Scope and Contents
The letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron have been placed at the start of the sequence in chronological order. Letters of and to John Murray II relating to Byron have then been arranged in chronological order.Letters and copies of letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1821: folios 1-39;Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, including a press cutting relating to 'The Vision of Judgment', 1822: folios 40-52;Contemporary manuscript copies of four...
Dates:
1815-1837, 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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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
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.
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 between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Lord Byron from the Library of Honresfield House., 1810-1813.
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Identifier: MS.50706
Scope and Contents
Letter of Lord Byron, Athens, to John Cam Hobhouse, 28 February 1811. folios 1-2.
Letter of Lord Byron, to Francis Hodgson, regarding bawdy letters by Robert Burns, 14 December 1813. folios 3-5.
Newspaper clipping regarding sale of the above letter of Byron to Hodgson, [1880s-1890s]. folio 6.
Wrapper of a letter addressed to John Cam Hobhouse, franked 21 and 22 November 1810 [letter not present]. folio 7.
Dates:
1810-1813.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse., 1813-1819.
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Identifier: MS.43439
Scope and Contents
The letters of Lord Byron to John Cam Hobhouse have been arranged chronologically. A letter of Byron to Hobhouse and Douglas Kinnaird has been included at the end of the sequence.1813: folios 1-4;1814: folios 5-16;1815: folios 17-39;1816: folios 40-65;1819: folios 66-106, including a letter, 1819, of Countess Marina Querini Benzon to Lord Byron, which he forwards to Hobhouse, at f.71 and press cuttings at folios 102a-102b;...
Dates:
1813-1819.
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 and copies of letters of and to John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse.
Letters of Mary Ann Chaworth (later Musters) to Lord Byron and John Hanson., 1765-1826, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43418
Scope and Contents
Letters of Mary Ann Musters (née Chaworth), mostly to Lord Byron. Musters was a cousin of Byron and the object of his affection both before and after her marriage.The letters have been arranged by recipient and then chronologically.Letters of Mary Ann Chaworth to Lord Byron, 1813-1814 and undated: folios 1-88;Press cutting relating to the death of William Chaworth, probably enclosed in a letter of Mary Ann Chaworth to Lord Byron, 1765: folio 89;...
Dates:
1765-1826, undated.
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 John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Harper to Harrap., 1815-1901.
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Identifier: MS.40525
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Harper, Fletcher.Letter, 1873, of Fletcher Harper to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Harper, Francis Perego.Letter, 1901, of Francis Perego Harper to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Harper, Hugo Daniel.Letter, 1851, of Hugo Daniel Harper to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Harper, James Thorne.Letter, 1900, of James Thorne...
Dates:
1815-1901.
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.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Thomas Medwin., 1824-1960.
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Identifier: MS.42476
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824-1960.
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 concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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.
Papers concerning facsimile copies of a letter of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, relating to John William Polidori and ‘The Vampyre’, 1819-1936, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43524
Scope and Contents
The papers here mostly relate to facsimile copies of a letter of Lord Byron to the editor of ‘Galignani’s Messenger’ in 1819. The papers have been arranged chronologically.
Two facsimile copies of a letter, 1819, of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, after 1819: folios 1-4;Photographic copy and photocopy of the letter, 1819, of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, undated: folios 5-10;Two copies of an article entitled 'The...
Dates:
1819-1936, undated.
Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin., 1822-1960.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42469-42476
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1822-1960.
Playbills, press cuttings and notes relating to theatrical performances of works by Lord Byron., 1816-1863, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43546
Scope and Contents
Notes have been placed at the beginning of the sequence, followed by press cuttings and playbills.Manuscript notes regarding the actress Charlotte Mardyn during the years 1815-1824, undated: folios 1-3;Press cutting showing a letter of Charlotte Mardyn to the editor of the 'Morning Chronicle', reprinted in 'The Examiner', 23 Jun 1816: folio 4;Press cutting regarding a Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, performance of 'Marion Faliero, Doge of Venice', 1 Nov 1820:...
Dates:
1816-1863, undated.