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Autograph letter signed to Captain Walter Bathurst, 29 May 1810

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Title

Autograph letter signed to Captain Walter Bathurst, 29 May 1810

Collection

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material
Series II: Correspondence
To Captain Walter Bathurst, naval officer

Names

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Bathurst, Walter, 1764?-1827 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1810-05-29

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0034)

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Content: From Pera; asking if he could borrow an English ship-hand; begins, "My only English servant proving refractory, I am under the necessity of giving him a 'mittamus' to his own Country."
Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 366 : volume IV, page 900; Marchand volume 1, page 244
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 page : single sheet

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16737284
Archives ID: 19609
Archives EAD ID: 3127944
Archives Components ID: 1740874
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4cf71ea0-ecdf-0136-36ea-0d52d84544a1

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Captain Walter Bathurst, 29 May 1810" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1810. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cf71ea0-ecdf-0136-36ea-0d52d84544a1

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1810). Autograph letter signed to Captain Walter Bathurst, 29 May 1810 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cf71ea0-ecdf-0136-36ea-0d52d84544a1

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Captain Walter Bathurst, 29 May 1810" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cf71ea0-ecdf-0136-36ea-0d52d84544a1

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