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Ashley MS 4752
- Record Id:
- 040-001980004
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001482.0x000109
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 4752
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Letters between various correspondents, concerning Lord Byron''s natural daughter, Allegra; 1819-1822, 1824. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 166-167. As follows:―
1. Letter from Lord Byron to John Murray; 29 Oct. 1819. Printed in Marchand, op. cit., vol. vi, 1976, pp. 235-236. ff. 1-2b.
2. Letters from Claire Clairmont to Lord Byron; 24 March 1821, 18 Feb. 1822. Signed ''Claire''. ff. 3-5b.
3. Two letters from E. J. Trelawny to Claire Clairmont; 17 Sept. 1869, 18 Oct. 1869. Printed in H. B. Forman, Letters of E. J. Trelawny, 1910, pp. 217-221. ff. 6-9b.
4. Letter from Augusta Leigh to the Countess of Blessington, sending a lock of Lord Byron''s hair; 27 Oct. 1824. ff. 10-11.
Also included are locks of the hair of Lord Byron (let into the front doublure) and of Allegra and Claire Clairmont (let into the back doublure).
Quarto; ff. xxv+11.
Allegra Byron, natural daughter of Lord Byron: Letters between various correspondents rel. to Allegra Byron: 1819-1822, 1824, 1869.
includes:
- ff. 1-2b John Murray, publisher; d.1843: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Letter to John Murray from Lord Byron: 1819.
- ff. 3-5b Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Letters to Lord Byron from Clara Mary Jane Clairmont: 1821, 1822.
- ff. 6-9b Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: Edward John Trelawny, author and adventurer: Letters to Clara Mary Jane Clairmont from Edward John Trelawny: 1869.
- ff. 10-11 Augusta Leigh, née Byron; wife of Lieutenant -Colonel G Leigh; half-sister of Lord Byron: Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Letter to Countess of Blessington from Augusta Leigh: 1824.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001980004 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 4752 : Letters between various correspondents, concerning Lord Byron''s natural daughter, Allegra; 1819-1822, 1824. Ashley Library… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[1267]/040-001980004
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1819-1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Letter to John Murray, 29 October 1819. Exhibited: Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
- Names:
- Byron, Allegra, natural daughter of Lord Byron
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, mistress of Lord Byron
Gardiner, Marguerite alias Margaret, 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington, author, 1789-1849
Leigh, Augusta, née Byron wife of Lieutenant Colonel G Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron
Murray, John, publisher, d1843
Trelawny, Edward John, author and adventurer