Correspondence between Lord Byron and various friends from Harrow School with surnames from Bathe-Merivale., 1805-1819.
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged largely in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.
Letters of John Thomas Claridge to Lord Byron, 1808-1811, ff.1-28;
Letter of James De Bathe to Lord Byron, 1808, ff.29-30;
Letters of Charles Drummond to Lord Byron, 1805, ff.31-50;
Letters of Charles David Gordon to Lord Byron, 1805-1806 and 1808, ff.51-64;
Letters of William Harness to Lord Byron, 1808-1809, 1811, 1814 and undated, ff.65-89;
Letters of Edward Noel Long to Lord Byron, 1806-1809, with one of Edward Beeston Long to Lord Byron ff.90-150;
Letter of Lord Byron to Edward Noel Long, 1808, ff.151-152;
Copies of letters of Lord Byron to Edward Noel Long, 1806-1809, ff.153-162;
Letters of John Herman Merivale to Lord Byron, 1815, ff.163-166.
Dates
- Creation: 1805-1819.
Creator
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Person)
- Bathe, James Wynne De, Sir, 2nd Baronet (schoolmate of Lord Byron) (Person)
- Claridge, John Thomas, Sir, Knight (barrister) (Person)
- Drummond, Charles (banker) (Person)
- Gordon, Charles David (son of David Gordon of Abergeldie) (Person)
- Harness, William (curate of All Saints, Knightsbridge, and literary scholar) (Person)
- Long, Edward Noel (soldier and friend of Lord Byron) (Person)
- Long, Edward Beeston (of Hampton Lodge, enslaver) (Person)
- Merivale, John Herman (poet) (Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Long, Edward Noel (soldier and friend of Lord Byron) (Recipient, Person)
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Extent
169 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
i + 168 folios, including ff.76a-c
Genre / Form
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