Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Silvestrini-Tournier., 1810-1823, undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters to Lord Byron have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the wrapper of Sir George Sinclair had been housed in Ms.43449. It was moved to f.7 of this folder on cataloguing.
Letters of Francesca (Fanny) Silvestrini to Lord Byron, 1819 and undated: folios 1-6;
Wrapper of a letter probably of Sir George Sinclair to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 7;
Letters of Constance Spencer Smith to Lord Byron, 1810-1811: folios 8-12;
Letter of George Smith to Mr Byron, including transcription of letter, 1820, of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1846: folio 13;
Letter of James Smith to Lord Byron, with a poem enclosed, 1814: folios 14-17;
Letter of William Robert Spencer to Lord Byron, 1816: folios 18-19;
Letters of Sir Francis Charles Stanhope to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 20-23;
Letter of John Joseph Stockdale to Lord Byron, 1821: folio 24;
Letter of Nicholas Strane to Lord Byron, 1810: folio 25;
Letters of John Taylor to Lord Byron, and unpublished ‘Sonnet to the Right Hon. Lord Byron’, 1815-1816: folios 26-40;
Copy of a letter of Giovanni Battista Theotokis to Count Demetrius Delladecima in the hand of Lord Byron, 1823: folios 41-44;
Letters of George Thomson to Lord Byron, 1812 and 1815: folios 45-50;
Letters of James Thomson to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 51-54;
Letter of George Ticknor to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 55-56;
Letter of George Tierney to Lord Byron, 1813: folios 57-58;
Letter of Joseph Tournier to Lord Byron, 1816: folios 59-60.
Dates
- Creation: 1810-1823, undated.
Creator
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Person)
- Silvestrini, Francesca (confidant of Teresa Guiccioli, mistress of Lord Byron) (Person)
- Sinclair, George, Sir (politician and author, 2nd Baronet of Ulbster) (Person)
- Smith, Constance Spencer (wife of John Spencer, diplomat, née Herbert) (Person)
- Smith, George (distiller) (Person)
- Smith, James (solicitor and author) (Person)
- Spencer, William Robert (poet) (Person)
- Stanhope, Francis Charles, Sir, Knight (Major) (Person)
- Stockdale, John Joseph (publisher) (Person)
- Strane, Nicholas (British vice-consul at Patras) (Person)
- Taylor, John (miscellaneous writer) (Person)
- Theotokis, Giovanni Battista (Commander of Tinos) (Person)
- Thomson, George, 1757-1851 (collector of Scottish music) (Person)
- Thomson, James (seedsman, Fenchurch Street) (Person)
- Ticknor, George (Spanish scholar) (Person)
- Tierney, George (Statesman) (Person)
- Tournier, Joseph (correspondent of Lord Byron) (Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Delladecima, Demetrius, Count (companion of Lord Byron in Greece) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
The contents are in English, but some content is in Italian.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
61 Leaves
Arrangement
i + 60 folios.
Other Finding Aids
Corresondent Mr Byron: unidentified and unindexed.
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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