Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.
When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at folios 289-292. In addition, there were here also proofs and a press cutting relating to ‘Correspondence of Lord Byron’ by Robert Charles Dallas. These have been moved to Ms.43536 ff.83-99 during cataloguing,
Letter of Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, to John Murray [II]: folios 1-2;
Letter of George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, to John Murray [II], 1830: folios 3-4;
Copy of a letter of Francis Hastings Doyle to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, 1826: folios 5-10;
Copy of a letter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, to Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 1825: folios 11-12;
Letter of William Philip Haslewood to John Murray [II], 1835: folios 13-14;
Letters, copies of letters and notes of Robert Wilmot-Horton to Francis Hastings Doyle, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne), Augusta Leigh, John Murray [II] and an unknown recipient, ?1824-1830: folios 15-63;
Letter of Augusta Leigh, probably to John Murray [II], 1826: folios 64-65;
Letter and copy of a letter of Thomas Moore to John Murray [II], with excerpts of letters of Thomas Moore to Robert John Wilmot-Horton 1821, 1824 and undated: folios 66-70;
Letters, draft letters and a copy of a letter of John Murray [II] to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne), Robert John Wilmot-Horton and Thomas Moore, 1824-1825, 1830: folios 71-94;
Manuscript in the hand of John Murray (II) of a copy of an article in 'John Bull', reportedly printing an excerpt of the memoirs of Lord Byron - this has been annotated by John Murray with 'I suspect this extract to be genuine', 1824: folios 95-96;
Notes relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron, undated: folios 97-112;
Printed copy of 'A letter to Thomas Moore Esq, occasioned his notices of the life of the late Hon. Lord Byron' by Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, c 1830: folios 113-122;
Proofs for 'Letters and journals of Lord Byron' by Thomas Moore, consisting of the title page, dedication and preface to volume I, and the title page and preface to volume II, 1830: folios 123-130;
Two versions of a prospectus for 'Works of Lord Byron: with his letters and journals' by Thomas Moore, 1831: folios 131-144;
Press cuttings relating to the will of Lord, the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, and possible copies of the memoirs, 1824 and 1938: folios 145-149;
Two copies of a pamphlet entitled ‘Lady Byron’s Letter’, chiefly relating to Lord Byron, Lady Byron and Thomas Moore, undated: folios 150-221.
Dates
- Creation: 1821-1835, 1938, undated.
Creator
- Byron, Anne Isabella Noel, Baroness Wentworth (succeeded 1856) (wife of Lord Byron, née Milbanke) (Person)
- Byron, George Anson, 7th Baron Byron (Admiral) (Person)
- Dallas, Robert Charles (writer and literary agent of Lord Byron) (Person)
- Doyle, Francis Hastings, Sir, 1st Baronet (Major-General) (Person)
- Fitzmaurice, Henry Petty-, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (politician) (Person)
- Haslewood, William Philip (rector of Ardingly, Sussex) (Person)
- Horton, Robert John Wilmot-, Sir, 3rd Baronet (politician and colonial governor, formerly Wilmot) (Person)
- Leigh, Augusta Mary (half sister of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, née Byron) (1783-1851) (Person)
- Moore, Thomas (poet) (Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Person)
- Doyle, Francis Hastings, Sir, 1st Baronet (Major-General) (Recipient, Person)
- Fitzmaurice, Henry Petty-, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (politician) (Recipient, Person)
- Horton, Robert John Wilmot-, Sir, 3rd Baronet (politician and colonial governor, formerly Wilmot) (Recipient, Person)
- Leigh, Augusta Mary (half sister of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, née Byron) (1783-1851) (Recipient, Person)
- Moore, Thomas (poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
223 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
ii + 221 folios.
Bibliography
Repository Details
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