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Description: Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron was the wife of English poet Lord Byron. The collection consists primarily of correspondence dating between 1813 and 1860. It also includes several pieces of prose and poetry.
Names: Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860 (Creator); Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851 (Addressee); Baillie, Sophia Denman, 1771-1845 (Addressee); Blakiston, Mary (Addressee); Bonham-Carter, Joanna Hilary, 1821-1865 (Addressee); Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Addressee); Byron, Sophia Maria, 1756?-1821 (Addressee); Chaloner, Louisa (Addressee); Chapman, John, 1822-1894 (Addressee); Cropper, John, 1797-1874 (Addressee); Cunningham, Peter (Addressee); Doyle, Selina (Addressee); Egley, Thomas (Addressee); Goldsmid, Louisa Sophia, 1819-1908 (Addressee); Herford, W. H. (William Henry), 1820-1908 (Addressee); Hickson, Samuel (Addressee); Hill, Alfred, 1822-1907 (Addressee); Hill, Matthew Davenport, 1792-1872 (Addressee); Hill, Rosamond Davenport, 1825-1902 (Addressee); Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 (Addressee); Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 (Addressee); King, Mary Hooker (Addressee); Lawrence, Arabella, 1787–1873 (Addressee); Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851 (Addressee); Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906 (Addressee); Marsden, J. W. (Addressee); Morgan, J. M. (Addressee); Murray, John, 1778-1843 (Addressee); Neville-Grenville, George, 1789-1854 (Addressee); Peel, Susannah Clerke (Addressee); Percy, Charlotte Florentia, Duchess of Northumberland, 1787-1866 (Addressee); Rathbone, Hannah Mary, 1798-1878 (Addressee); Russell, J. Scott (John Scott), 1808-1882 (Addressee); Scharf, George, 1788-1860 (Addressee); Sherwin, Camilla (Addressee); Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844 (Addressee); Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 (Addressee); Sotheby, Lucy Elizabeth Adeane (Addressee); Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Addressee); Villiers, Theresa (Addressee); Wallis, Richard (Addressee); Darton & Clark (Addressee); Latham, Rice Co. (Addressee); Longman & Co. (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1809 - 1860
Library locations: Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle; Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Genres: Manuscripts; Correspondence
Notes: Biographical/historical: Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the English poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor.; Content: The Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education and penal reform, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet; Fanny Kemble, actress and author; John Murray, publisher; Harriet Beecher Stowe, author; and more than forty others.
Physical Description: Extent: 136 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16488846; MSS Unit ID: 19483; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 27c2a410-29df-013e-dec5-0242ac110002

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