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Description: George Gordon Byron, sixth Baron Byron, English poet. The Lord Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and various documents. Among the writings are a holograph fair copy of his verse drama, Marino Faliero; the original manuscript of Canto XVI of his satirical poem, Don Juan; and the holograph manuscript of "Fare Thee Well," his poem to Lady Byron upon their separation. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1818 and 1823. Correspondents include Teresa Guiccioli, his last Italian mistress; Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist, and literary critic; Thomas Moore, the poet and songwriter; Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet; and over seventy-five others. The documents include checks, a letter of credit, and a codicil to his last will and testament.
Names: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Creator); Alborghetti, Giuseppe (Addressee); Alexander, James, 1792 or 1793-1877 (Addressee); Barrow, Lady (Anna Maria), 1777-1857 (Addressee); Barry, Charles Frisby, 1790-1832 (Contributor); Bartley, George, 1782-1858 (Addressee); Bathurst, Walter, 1764?-1827 (Addressee); Benzone, Vittore, 1779-1822 (Addressee); Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Earl of, 1782-1829 (Addressee); Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849 (Addressee); Boisragon, Henricus Carolus (Addressee); Bowring, John, 1792-1872 (Addressee); Boyle, Lady (Carolina Amelia), 1773-1851 (Addressee); Bruen, George W., 1795 or 1796-1849 (Addressee); Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860 (Contributor); Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 (Addressee); Cawthorn, James, -1833 (Addressee); Chabot, James, 1777 or 1778-1850 (Addressee); Clare, John FitzGibbon, Earl of, 1792-1851 (Addressee); Cowell, Elizabeth Haine, -1844 (Addressee); Cowell, John Welsford (Addressee); Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824 (Addressee); Dawkins, Edward James, 1792-1865 (Addressee); Dunn, Henry, 1776-1867 (Addressee); Galignani, John Anthony, 1796-1873 (Addressee); Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 (Addressee); Grey, Mary Elizabeth Grey, Countess, 1776-1861 (Addressee); Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873 (Addressee); Hanson, Charles, 1790 or 1791-1845 (Addressee); Hanson, John, 1760 or 1761-1841 (Addressee); Hill, Henry Palmer, 1790 or 1791-1836 (Addressee); Hodges, John Monins, -1839 (Addressee); Hodgson, Francis, 1781-1852 (Addressee); Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845 (Addressee); Holland, Henry Edward Fox, Baron, 1802-1859 (Addressee); Hoppner, Richard Belgrave, Esq. (Addressee); Hunt, John, 1775-1848 (Addressee); Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Addressee); Ison, Teresa Borgarelli, contessa d', 1766-1833 (Addressee); Jackson, John, 1769-1845 (Addressee); Jersey, Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers, Countess of, 1785-1867 (Addressee); Jones, Thomas, 1756-1807 (Addressee); Kinnaird, Douglas, 1788-1830 (Addressee); Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851 (Addressee); Leoni, Michele, 1776-1858 (Addressee); Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818 (Addressee); Long, Charles, 1760-1838 (Addressee); Long, Edward Noel, 1788-1809 (Addressee); Longman, Thomas Norton, 1771-1842 (Addressee); Marryat, Joseph, 1757-1824 (Addressee); Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869 (Addressee); Merivale, John Herman, 1779-1844 (Addressee); Milbanke, Ralph, Sir (Addressee); Missiaglia, Giovanni Battista, active 1818-1841 (Addressee); Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 (Addressee); Murray, John, 1778-1843 (Addressee); Pearson, George, 1751-1828 (Addressee); Peschier, Jacques-Louis, 1759-1831 (Addressee); Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget, 1783-1866 (Addressee); Querini Benzon, Marina, 1757-1839 (Addressee); Rickman, Thomas Clio, 1761-1834 (Addressee); Roberts, Daniel, 1789-1869 (Addressee); Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 (Addressee); Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850 (Addressee); Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Addressee); Silvestrini, Fanny, -1824 (Addressee); Stendhal, 1783-1842 (Addressee); Stirling, James, active 1814-1840 (Addressee); Taaffe, John, 1787-1862 (Addressee); Taylor, John, 1757-1832 (Addressee); Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881 (Contributor); Webster-Wedderburn, James, 1788-1840 (Addressee); Werry, Francis, 1745-1832 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1807 - 1824
Library locations: Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle; Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Topics: English poetry -- 19th century; Poets, English -- 19th century
Genres: Manuscripts; Correspondence; Documents
Notes: Biographical/historical: George Gordon Byron, sixth Baron Byron, English poet.
Physical Description: Extent: 192 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16737284; MSS Unit ID: 19609; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 371b2ab0-ecde-0136-a2d5-011f952de670

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