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Catherine Gordon Byron manuscript material.
- Title
- Catherine Gordon Byron manuscript material.
- Author
- Byron, Catherine Gordon, 1764?-1811.
- Publication
- 1787-1810
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Found In
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 10 items
- Summary
- · To James Cawthorn, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1810 : (B'ANA 0179) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Newstead Abbey : asking about recent reviews of her son's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; begins, "I wrote to you the 24th or 25th of last month, and am surprised that I have received no answer." Mounted in album of Lord Byron Family & Friends; shelved as *Pforz 558L 10.
- · To James Clerk, Esq. at 222 Princes Street, Edinburgh : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Nov 1805 : (B'ANA 0525a) : 4 pages (double sheet) + letter cover (single sheet) : from Southwell : begins, "The death of Mr. Watson has given me much uneasiness ..."; along with a manuscript copy of Clerk's 26 Nov reply (B'ANA 0525b). -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Dec 1805 : (B'ANA 0526) : [no place] : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : begins, "I received your letter with a bill for seventy five pound enclosed being the interest of £3000 from Whitsuntide to Martinmas ..."
- · To Mary Morrison Duff, friend of the family : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Apr 1799 : (B'ANA 0627) : from Newstead Abbey : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : discussing her son's deformed foot; begins, "I was favored with your letter some time ago ..." Published in full with commentary as SC 770 Shelley and his Circle v. IX, p. 43-58.
- · To John Hanson, solicitor : 4 items : -- 1 autograph check signed : 31 May 1803 : (B'ANA 0654) : from Nottingham : 1 page (single sheet) : for £27.18.0 to go to Messrs. Wright & Co. -- 1 autograph check signed : 18 Jul 1804 : (B'ANA 0687) : from Southwell : 1 page (single sheet) : for £50 to go to W. Cheetham. Mounted on leaf following p. 10 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Sep 1804 : (B'ANA 0531) : from Southwell : 1 page (double sheet) : wanting half of address leaf; begins, "You will be so good as give Byron fifteen pounds ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jun 1805 : (B'ANA 0653) : from Southwell : 3 pages (double sheet) : begins, "I have this day drawn on you for eighty pounds at three months date ..."
- · To Frances Leigh, her sister-in-law : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Mar 1791 : (B'ANA 0081) : from Aberdeen : 2 pages (double sheet) : begins, "I received your letter some time ago and would have answered it sooner but do not like to make you pay so much for postages of letters that I am sure can not amuse you ..." Published in full with commentary as SC 371 in Shelley and his Circle v. IV, p. 906-907.
- · To James Watson, Writer to the Signet, her legal agent in Edinburgh : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Nov 1787 : (B'ANA 0737) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Paris : written during the last months of her pregnancy; begins, "I have drawn upon you for the sum of Three Hundred pounds at two months which is the time that Lord Aberdeens Bond becomes due ..."
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Catherine Byron, née Gordon, mother of Byron, the English poet.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 79861486
- Author
- Byron, Catherine Gordon, 1764?-1811.
- Title
- Catherine Gordon Byron manuscript material.
- Production
- 1787-1810
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Catherine Byron, née Gordon, mother of Byron, the English poet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Cawthorn, James, -1833, addressee.Duff, Mary Morrison, addressee.Hanson, John, 1755-1841, addressee.Watson, James, 1747-1805, addressee.
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS