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Autograph letter signed to Galignani, 28 April 1820

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Title

Autograph letter signed to Galignani, 28 April 1820

Collection

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material
Series II: Correspondence
To Jean Antoine Galignani, English-born French publisher

Names

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Galignani, John Anthony, 1796-1873 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1820-04-28

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0146)

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Content: From Ravenna; responding to an advertisement for Shelley's Cenci, and a work billed as Byron's which is not; begins, "I shall feel obliged if you will send me a tragedy advertised as published by you entitled the Cenci . . . ."
Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 789 : volume IX, page 306; Marchand supplementary volume, page 54
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 pages : double sheet

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16737284
Archives ID: 19609
Archives EAD ID: 3127952
Archives Components ID: 1740922
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 754827e0-ecdf-0136-c108-5d4359d27425

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Galignani, 28 April 1820" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/754827e0-ecdf-0136-c108-5d4359d27425

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1820). Autograph letter signed to Galignani, 28 April 1820 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/754827e0-ecdf-0136-c108-5d4359d27425

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Galignani, 28 April 1820" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/754827e0-ecdf-0136-c108-5d4359d27425

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