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Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items

Title
Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items, ca. mid-to-late 19th century
Author
Byron, George Gordon de Luna, approximately 1810-1882.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Additional Authors
Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
7 items
Summary
  • · Forgery : "Percy Bysshe Shelley" to William Godwin : 13 Nov 1816 [actual date unknown] : (S'ANA 0227). Mounted in the purple Whitall-Clawson album of Shelleyana. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 20.
  • · Forgery : "Lord Byron" to John Hay : 1 Sep 1822 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0355). Bound in red folder and shelved as *Pforz 558R 06.
  • · Forgery : "Lord Byron" to Thomas Moore : 2 Mar 1820 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0631) : making extensive reference to Godwin, and commenting extensively on literary glory and immortality.
  • · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's Italian mistress : 4 autograph letters signed -- 12 Jul 1869 : (B'ANA 0449) : from Paris : begins, "I cannot but more or less acknowledge the truth of the strictures ..."; with the envelope. -- : 26 Aug 1869 : (B'ANA 0317) : from Paris : begins, "I thank you with all my heart for the contents of the envelope..."; with the envelope. Along with printed and manuscript extracts about Byron. -- 28 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0450) : from Paris : begins, "On my return yesterday from Holland & Belgium ..." With a small mounted clipping from a newspaper of an ad for a "Portrait of Lord Byron" published by Sarony & Co., New York. -- 23 Oct 1869 : (B'ANA 0451) : from Paris : begins, "Life, at the best, is but a succession of troubles to overcome ..."; with the envelope. Along with some manuscript notes and newspaper clippings. All of Major Byron's letters to Guiccioli relate to Lord Byron's legacy, including the recent Beecher-Stowe scandal. A cartoon on the controversy over Lady Byron Vindicated, "A Voice from the Mighty Dead," from the Will-o'-the-Wisp, Saturday, 25 Sep 1869, has been removed to the flat files.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
79861771
Author
Byron, George Gordon de Luna, approximately 1810-1882.
Title
Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items, ca. mid-to-late 19th century
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.
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Added Author
Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873, addressee.
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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