Marquess of Sligo letters, 1810 Aug-Dec.

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Marquess of Sligo letters, 1810 Aug-Dec.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165061

The collection contains nineteen letters written by the Marquess of Sligo during his travels in Greece and Asia Minor. Subjects include his planned itineraries; travel expenses; his elaborate entertainment by Veli Pasha; impressions of and experiences with Lord Byron and Lady Hester Stanhope; his shipment of "vases and other treasures" home to Ireland from digs in Greece; and his dislike of Constantinople. Other comments concern remittances from home and his thoughts on better estate management. There are also four letters and letters copy between the dowager Lady Sligo and her husband's creditors.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022112

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w2000k (person)

English adventuress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Convent of Mar Elias [Lebanon], to Michael Bruce, 1814 May 12-June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872289 Lady Hester Stanhope left England in 1810 and settled on the slopes of Mount Lebanon in Syria in 1814 where she lived until her death. From the description of Lady Hester Stanhope letters and portrait, 1808-1839. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 37824533 ...

Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z6gd7 (person)

Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845) was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Lord Byron. After succeeding to his father's title in 1809, in 1810-11 he toured the Mediterranean and the Levant, sending home over 1,000 archaelogical specimens from Morea and the Greek lslands. He was arrested on his return to Malta for "abducting" two Navy deserters who had captained his hired ship and later served four months in Newgate upon his conviction. In 1834-35 ...

Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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