Autograph letter signed to John "Gentleman" Jackson, 27 March 1808
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Title
Autograph letter signed to John "Gentleman" Jackson, 27 March 1808
Collection
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material
Series II: Correspondence
To John "Gentleman" Jackson, boxing champion
Names
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Jackson, John, 1769-1845 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1808-03-27
Library Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0068)
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Notes
Content: [From London]; regarding an upcoming match; begins, "I shall take your advice, and remain in town till the fights are over . . . ."
Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 557 : volume VI, page 1118; Marchand volume 1, page 162
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16737284
Archives ID: 19609
Archives EAD ID: 3129287
Archives Components ID: 1740993
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cab44990-ecdf-0136-c20d-31c68219d7c5
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1808). Autograph letter signed to John "Gentleman" Jackson, 27 March 1808 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cab44990-ecdf-0136-c20d-31c68219d7c5
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to John "Gentleman" Jackson, 27 March 1808" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cab44990-ecdf-0136-c20d-31c68219d7c5
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