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Description: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, and four diaries kept from 1814 to 1816 by John Cam Hobhouse. The manuscripts include poems, portions of poems, essays, and notes for work, some of which are copied in Caroline Lamb's and in an unknown hand, as well as essays in manuscript about the author by W. H. Auden, Leigh Hunt, A. C. Swinburne, and others. The correspondence comprises letters by the author, dating from 1805 to 1823, to Robert Charles Dallas, Leigh Hunt, E. Noel Long, John Murray, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1816 to 1969, between various correspondents, including Frances Burney d'Arblay, James Fenimore Cooper, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Ethel Colburn Mayne, John Murray, Robert Southey, and others, as well as a number of forged letters to Charles Victor de Bonstetten, Thomas Hookham, Douglas Kinnaird, and an unidentified recipient. Also present are letters to Byron from Leigh Hunt, Sir Walter Scott, Prince Mavrocordato, and others, dating from January through March 1822.
Names: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Creator); Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 (Author); Bonstetten, Charles Victor de, 1745-1832 (Addressee); Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869 (Author); Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 (Addressee); Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author); Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824 (Former owner); Hookham, Thomas, 1738 or 1739-1819 (Addressee); Howard, Henry, 1757-1842 (Former owner); Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) (Former owner); Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Former owner); Kinnaird, Douglas, 1788-1830 (Addressee); Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828 (Author); Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828 (Former owner); Long, E. Noel (Addressee); Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953; Mayne, Ethel Colburn, -1941 (Author); Murray, John, 1808-1892 (Addressee); Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget, 1783-1866 (Former owner); Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 (Addressee); Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936 (Former owner); Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (Author); Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 (Author); Terry, Roderick, 1849-1933 (Former owner); Young, Owen D., 1874-1962 (Former owner); John Murray (Firm) (Former owner); Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author); Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Addressee); Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Author); Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Addressee); Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869 (Author); Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824 (Author); Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1805 - 1969
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Byron
Topics: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Genres: Correspondence; Diaries; Manuscripts; Forgeries
Notes: Biographical/historical: Familiarly known as Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron was an English poet, essayist, and dramatist.; Content: Provenance: This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Robert Charles Dallas, Henry R. M. Howard, W. T. H. Howe, Jerome Kern, Caroline Lamb, Elizabeth B. Pigot, Harry Bache Smith, Roderick Terry, and Owen D. Young.
Physical Description: Extent: 149 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Byron; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15934737; MSS Unit ID: 19232; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50ed1f60-5d32-013b-5fd0-0242ac110002

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