Letters concerning the funeral and will of Lord Byron; including letters relating to Greek and Italian property of Lord Byron., 1824-1853.
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.
Letter of William John Bankes to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 1-2;
Inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron signed by Samuel Barff, 1824: folio 3;
Letter of Henry Drury to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 4-5;
Letter of John Ireland to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 6-7;
Letter of E Jones to Douglas Kinnaird, 1824: folios 8-9;
Letter with accounts of Henry Kane to Douglas Kinnaird, 1824: folios 10-12;
Letters of Douglas Kinnaird to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 13-16;
Letter of Andrea Lurriotis and Andrea Zaimis to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folio 17;
Letter of John Webb of John Webb and Co. to John Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse and Augusta Leigh, 1824: folios 18-25;
Letters of Harriet Woodeson and James Frederick Lewis Wood to John Murray [III] with an undated later related note, 1853: folios 26-29.
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1853.
Creator
- John Webb and Company (Livorno, merchants and bankers) (Organization)
- Bankes, William John (traveller and antiquary) (Person)
- Barff, Samuel (philhellene and banker) (Person)
- Drury, Henry Joseph Thomas (schoolmaster, bibliophile and classical scholar) (Person)
- Ireland, John (Dean of Westminster) (Person)
- Jones, E (correspondent of Douglas Kinnaird) (Person)
- Kane, Henry (British Vice-Consul in Ancona, Italy) (Person)
- Kinnaird, Douglas James William, Hon. (writer and politician) (Person)
- Luriottis, Andreas (deputy of the Greek Legislative Body) (Person)
- Webb, John (English merchant and banker, Livorno) (Person)
- Wood, James Frederick Lewis (Commander, RN, and of the Mendicity Society) (Person)
- Woodeson, Harriet (wife of Thomas William, undertaker, née Weatherly) (Person)
- Zaimis, Andreas (Greek military leader and politician) (Person)
- Hanson, John (Byron family solicitor and guardian of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron) (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)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
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Extent
30 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
i + 29 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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