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Richard Byron manuscript material : 2 items

Title
Richard Byron manuscript material : 2 items, 1784-1790
Author
Byron, Richard, 1724-1811.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Additional Authors
  • Sykes, James, navy agent
  • Byron, Sophia, -1790
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
2 items
Summary
  • · To Sophia Byron, née Trevannion, wife of John "Foul-weather Jack" Byron; she was the paternal grandmother of Byron, the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Feb 1784 : (B'ANA 0765) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Winston : begins, "We are under very great & unfeigned concern for the loss of Lady Conyers [i.e., Lady Amelia Darcy, mother of Augusta Leigh, half sister of Byron, the poet] ..."; with genealogical notes in a later hand.
  • · To James Sykes, navy agent : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1790 : (B'ANA 0613) : enclosing a letter to his son which he requests Sykes will forward [enclosed letter not present]. In 1801, Richard Byron's son (also Richard, later to become Rear-Admiral) married Sarah, the daughter of James Sykes.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Rev. Hon. Richard Byron, Rector in Haughton le Skerne, County Durham, England. He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
80787386
Author
Byron, Richard, 1724-1811.
Title
Richard Byron manuscript material : 2 items, 1784-1790
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Rev. Hon. Richard Byron, Rector in Haughton le Skerne, County Durham, England. He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet.
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Added Author
Sykes, James, navy agent, addressee.
Byron, Sophia, -1790, addressee.
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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