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Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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COLLECTION
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

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SUB-COLLECTION
Series II: Correspondence

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SUB-COLLECTION
To John Welsford Cowell, his young protégé, later a banker

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Title
Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814
Additional title: Autograph letter signed
Names
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Cowell, John Welsford (Addressee)
Collection

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

Series II: Correspondence

To John Welsford Cowell, his young protégé, later a banker

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1814-10-22
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0009)
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 267 : volume III, page 384; Marchand volume 4, page 222.
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: [No place]; referring to a bet with some of his friends that he would not marry; begins, "Many sincere thanks for your kind letter. – – The bet or rather forfeit was one hundred to Hawke . . . ."
Physical Description
Extent: 2 pages ; double sheet
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16737284
MSS Unit ID: 19609
Archives EAD ID: 3127949
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68ecd7c0-ecdf-0136-26bd-0fd62d63d07d
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
  • 1814: Created
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1814. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9b0bbbe-f434-810b-e040-e00a18067d9c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9b0bbbe-f434-810b-e040-e00a18067d9c

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1814). Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9b0bbbe-f434-810b-e040-e00a18067d9c

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Autograph letter signed to John Cowell, 22 October 1814