Count Ruggiero Gamba Ghiselli manuscript material

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Gamba Ghiselli, Ruggiero, conte, 1770-1846. Count Ruggiero Gamba Ghiselli manuscript material

Count Ruggiero Gamba Ghiselli manuscript material

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· To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" (his daughter) : 8 autograph letters, all in Italian : -- 15 Jul 1820 [morning] : (B'ANA 0377) : arranging the particulars of Teresa's departure from the Palazzo Guiccioli. Published with translation and commentary as SC 759 in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VII, p. 1123f. Along with a folded wrapper marked in French, in the [much later] hand of Teresa Guiccioli, listing the contents of her collection of papers relating to her separation from the Count (including B'ANA 0371-0378). Also with a letter to Gamba from Teresa's maternal uncle, Odoarado Machirelli (see record for Odoarado Machirelli manuscript material). -- 15 Jul 1820 : (B'ANA 0376) : including a copy of his letter to Cardinal Rusconi, regarding her separation. Published with translation and commentary as SC 760 in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VII, p. 1125f. -- 11 Jul 1821 : (B'ANA 0380) : telling her to be brave in the face of his departure as an exile from the Papal State of Ravenna. -- 13 Jul 1821 : (B'ANA 0381) : more on his departure; advising her to not come to visit him; saying she may keep the family jewels. -- 14 Jul 1821 : (B'ANA 0382) : from Medicina; regarding the exile. -- 15 Jul 1821 : (B'ANA 0383) : from Bologna; more on the exile; advising her to talk the situation over with Byron. -- 24 Jul 1821 : (B'ANA 0384) : from Florence; with a firm spirit, declaring they will triumph over those who try to persecute them. -- [?May 1822] : (B'ANA 0390b) : a post-script to a letter to Teresa from his secretary, G. Battuzzi (B'ANA 0390a); having returned to Pisa from Florence, with permission to reside at Livorno for as long as he wishes. · To Pope Pius VII : 1 petition (scribal copy) : ca. 15 May 1820 : (B'ANA 0373) : in Italian; upon Teresa's separation from Guiccioli, imploring that the Pope command Guiccioli to pay her a suitable living allowance. With light annotations in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli. Published with translation and commentary as SC 742 in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VIII, p. 1029f. Written on the adjoining leaf is a scribal copy, signed "C. Odescalchi SSmi Auditor," of the Papal Rescript of Pope Pius VII of 6 Jul 1820, sanctioning the Guiccioli separation and granting the allowance. Published with translation and commentary as SC 754 in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VIII, p. 1092f. · To Antonio Lamberto Rusconi, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo : 1 autograph letter (draft) : 17 Aug 1820 : (B'ANA 0378) : in Italian; on the subject of the Guiccioli separation; thanking him for his favors, and asking for an authentic copy of the petition and the decree for his family records (see B'ANA 0373). Written on the adjoining leaf is an autograph letter (draft) to the Italian noblemen Pietro Desiderio Pasolini and Giovanni Battista Lovatelli, expressing his gratitude and asking for a bill of costs incurred. The content of both letters are described in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VIII, p. 1042. Filed along with 3 autograph letters from Cardinal Rusconi to Gamba, Jul-Aug 1820 (see record for Cardinal Rusconi manuscript material). · To an unidentified offical of the Tuscan government : 1 autograph letter (draft) : [Nov 1821] : (B'ANA 0386) : in Italian; complaining about the breach of a promise that no customs duty would be charged on the furniture of Lord Byron which is already on the way from Ravenna. With a marginal four-line note in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli (TG 0225).

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