Letters of Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne, mostly to Lord Byron; and two to John Cam Hobhouse with one reply., 1813-1816, undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged by correspondent name and then chronologically within each section.
Letters of Elizabeth Lamb to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 1-8;
Letters of Elizabeth Lamb to Lord Byron, 1814, (including one on 19th January apparently misdated by Lady Melbourne as 1812): folios 9-67;
Letters of Elizabeth Lamb to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 68-78;
Letters of Elizabeth Lamb to Lord Byron, 1816: folios 79-87;
Letters of Elizabeth Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816 and undated (watermark 1815): folios 88-91;
Letters of John Cam Hobhouse to Elizabeth Lamb, 1816: folios 92-93.
Dates
- Creation: 1813-1816, undated.
Creator
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Person)
- Lamb, Elizabeth (political hostess and agriculturalist, wife of Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne, née Milbanke ) (Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Recipient, Person)
- Lamb, Elizabeth (political hostess and agriculturalist, wife of Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne, née Milbanke ) (Recipient, Person)
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Extent
94 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
i + 93 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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