Byronana collection, [ca. 1809-1925]

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Byronana collection, [ca. 1809-1925]

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Papers consist primarily of correspondence by others about Lord Byron, and include some letters to Lord Byron. Miscellaneous documents relating to Byron's life and work include a list of subscribers to the Byron Memorial Fund, 1876; an invitation, issued to E.J. Trelawny, to the Byron Club, 1876; correspondence and legal documents, 1822, resulting from an incident known as the "Pisan Affray;" a travel journal, 1820-1822, by William Newton Street mentioning a visit to the Rome studio of Thorvaldsen, who was working on a bust of Byron; a list of medicinal items ordered by Byron, 1819; a drawing of Byron's schooner, n.d.; a commonplace book, 1809, and diary, 1830, kept by Lady Noel Byron; a draft of BYRON: A BIOGRAPHY by Leslie Marchand, n.d.; and travel documents, will, accounts, and correspondence, 1821-1826 of Pietro Gamba. Also, an essay by Gamba describing Lord Byron's trip to Cefalonia. Correspondents include Teresa Guiccioli, Augusta Ada Byron, Augusta Leigh, Augusta Ada Lovelace, Douglas Kinnaird, Caroline Lamb, John C. Hobhouse, William Lamb, C.G. Byron (Lord Byron's mother), E.J. Trelawny, Julia Maria Byron, Marianna Segati, Margarita Cogni, Andrea Magnarotto, Arpelice Taruscelli, Fanny Silvestrini, Mary W. Shelley, Lady Noel Byron, and others.

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Silvestrini, Fanny.

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Kinnaird, Douglas, 1788-1830

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Friend of Lord Byron. From the description of Copies of his letters : to John Howard Payne, 1815-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270494274 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. James' Square, to Lord Byron, 1819 Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489786 Douglas James William Kinnaird, writer and politician. He was a close friend of the poet Lord Byron, and was much involved in the publishing of Byron's works. From the descrip...

Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1818-1852

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Ada King, countess of Lovelace, née Augusta Ada Byron, (b. December 10, 1815, London, England-d. November 27, 1852, Marylebone, London, England), English mathematician and computer pioneer. She was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the poet.Daughter of Lord Byron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston House, Chipping Norton, to Mrs. Montgomery, [no year], Sept. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591623 From the description of Autograph letter s...

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, baron, 1786-1869

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1853 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880286 ...

Segati, Marianna.

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Byron Memorial Fund.

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Street, William Newton.

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Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851

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Epithet: Mrs; half-sister to Lord Byron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0000d5 Augusta Leigh, née Byron, half-sister of Lord Byron, the poet. From the description of Augusta Leigh manuscript material : 15 items, 1815-1848 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 708268990 Half-sister of the poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : Holly Bush a...

Cogni, Margarita.

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Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860

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Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron was the wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. From the description of Lady Byron manuscript material : 75 items, 1809-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 78251469 From the guide to the Lady Byron manuscript material : 97 items, 1809-1857, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzh...

Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873

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Teresa, Countess Guiccioli, Italian noblewoman and writer. She was the last of Lord Byron's Italian mistresses. From the description of Teresa Guiccioli manuscript material : 267 items, 1819-1869 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 713898806 From the guide to the Teresa Guiccioli manuscript material : 267 items, 1819-1869, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Friend of Lord Byron. From the de...

Byron Club.

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Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Rosina [Lady Lytton], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871221 Lady Caroline Lamb, English novelist. From the description of Lady Caroline Lamb manuscript material : 48 items, 1815-1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 707758437 British writer. From the description of Sketch, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79211312 Caroline ...

Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848

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English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [no year] Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845175 William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, British prime minister from 16 July to 14 November of 1834. From the guide to the William Lamb, Lord Melbourne manuscript material : 11 items, 1827-1842, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Me...

Byron, Julia Maria.

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Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881

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English author and adventurer. From the description of Edward J. Trelawny collection, 1824-1890. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925559 From the description of ALS : Lerici, Italy, to Lord Byron, Pisa, [1822 July 13]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591848 Epithet: of Add MS 36461 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0000af ...

Magnarotto, Andrea.

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Andrea Magnarotto, Venetian baker. He was the husband of Margherita Cogni, "La Fornarina," with whom Lord Byron had an affair from ca. August 1817 to sometime in 1819. From the description of Andrea Magnarotto manuscript material : 2 items, (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726941599 ...

Byron, Catherine Gordon, 1764?-1811

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Catherine Gordon Byron, mother of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron. From the description of Catherine Gordon Byron manuscript material : 8 items, 1791-1810 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79861486 Catherine Byron, née Gordon, mother of Byron, the English poet. From the guide to the Catherine Gordon Byron manuscript material : 10 items, 1787-1810, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) M...

Taruscelli, Arpelice.

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Gamba, Pietro, conte, 1801-1826

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Count Pietro Gamba, Italian nobleman. He was the brother of Countess Teresa Guiccioli, and friend of Lord Byron. He traveled to Greece with Byron to fight in the war for Greek independence, and his Narrative of Lord Byron's Last Journey to Greece (1825) was published shortly after Byron's death. From the description of Pietro Gamba manuscript material : 2 items, 1822-1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 232364089 ...

Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900-1999

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Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982). From the descri...

Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844

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Sculptor. From the description of Autograph signature to a document : Rome, 1833 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572449 Danish sculptor. From the description of Letters, 1814-1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81888714 From the description of Receipt, 1830 May 24, Rome. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79028659 ...