Letters to and concerning Lord Byron and his last days in Greece., 1823-1825, undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.
Letters of Samuel Barff to Lord Byron, 1824: folios 1-42;
Letters of Samuel Barff to Douglas Kinnaird, including a copy of a letter to Kinnaird, 1824: folios 43-48;
Letters of Samuel Barff to Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne 1824: folios 49-50;
Letters of Edward Blaquiere to Lord Byron, 1823: folios 51-69;
Letter of John Bowring to an unknown recipient, 1825: folios 70-71;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to Samuel Barff, 1824: folios 72-77;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to Lord Byron, 1823-1824: folios 78-85;
Letter of Pietro Gamba to Teresa Guiccioli, 1823: folio 86;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 87-118;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to Frederick North (Baron Guildford), 1824: folios 119-120;
Letter of Pietro Gamba to Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, 1824: folios 121-122;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to Leicester Stanhope, 1824: folios 123-125;
Letters of Pietro Gamba to unidentified recipients, 1824 and undated: folios 126-142:
Accounts relating to Pietro Gamba and Lord Byron, 1824: folio 143;
Translation by John Cam Hobhouse of a letter of Pietro Gamba to Augusta Leigh, undated: folios 144-151;
Translation by Samuel Barff of a list of the possessions of Lord Byron, 1824: folios 152-153;
Letters of Charles Hancock to Lord Byron with a note of Hancock, 1823-1824 and undated: folios 154-173.
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1825, undated.
Creator
- Barff, Samuel (philhellene and banker) (Person)
- Blaquiere, Edward (author and philhellene) (Person)
- Bowring, John, Sir, Knight (politician, diplomatist and author) (Person)
- Gamba, Pietro (Italian nobleman) (Person)
- Hancock, Charles (merchant and business partner of Samuel Barff) (Person)
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Person)
- Barff, Samuel (philhellene and banker) (Recipient, Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Guiccioli, Teresa, Countess (mistress of Lord Byron, née Gamba Ghiselli, later Boissy) (Recipient, Person)
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Recipient, Person)
- Kinnaird, Douglas James William, Hon. (writer and politician) (Recipient, Person)
- Leigh, Augusta Mary (half sister of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, née Byron) (1783-1851) (Recipient, Person)
- North, Frederick, 5th Baron Guilford (colonial governor and philhellene) (Recipient, Person)
- Osborne, Sidney Godolphin, Lord (Secretary General to the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands) (Recipient, Person)
- Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles, 5th Earl of Harrington (Colonel) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
The contents are mostly 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
174 Leaves
Arrangement
i + 173 folios.
Repository Details
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