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Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818

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Four manuscript letters of petition to Lord Byron from Venetian strangers

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Title
Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818
Names
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Addressee)
Zatta, Vincenze (Author)
Favro, Domenica (Author)
Collection

Four manuscript letters of petition to Lord Byron from Venetian strangers

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1818-04-11
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B'ANA 0284)
Topics
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Citation/reference: Published with translation as SC 606 in Shelley and his Circle; vol. VII, p. 310-316.
Content: Knowing Byron to be a patron of their cafés (called the Costanza and the Speranza), requesting that he intervene in legal proceedings on their behalf.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Italian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17981897
MSS Unit ID: 23716
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4be656d0-13dd-0133-1c0d-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1788: Creator Born
  • 1818: Created
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1818. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbb2f526-0788-8e16-e040-e00a18062e26

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbb2f526-0788-8e16-e040-e00a18062e26

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1818). Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbb2f526-0788-8e16-e040-e00a18062e26

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Letter signed to Lord Byron, 11 April 1818