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Author/Creator:Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
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Title:George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron collection, 1804-1927 (bulk 1804-1822).
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Physical Description:0.42 linear feet (1 box) + 2 broadsides.
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:In English.
Acquired by gift and purchase from various sources, 1933-1968. For more information see the finding aid.
- Access and use:This material is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical note:George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1822), major British Romantic poet, best known for his creation of the "Byronic hero" in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and for the satirical narrative poem Don Juan.
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Summary:The collection consists primarily of manuscripts and autograph letters, signed, by George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron, including a manuscript of the Preface to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the manuscript of The Prisoner of Chillon; and letters to John Murray, Francis Hodgson, and Samuel Rogers. Other contents include several autograph letters, signed, by Anne Isabella Milbanke, Baroness Byron; two autograph notes by Catherine Byron, the poet's mother; and eighteen autograph letters, signed, from Augusta Leigh to Francis Hodgson.
- Format:Archives or Manuscripts
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Subjects:Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860.
Byron, Catherine Gordon, 1764?-1811.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
Hodgson, Francis, 1781-1852.
Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
Murray, John, 1778-1843.
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855.
Authors, English--19th century--Archives.
English literature--19th century.
English poetry--19th century.
Romanticism--Great Britain.
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Occupation:Authors.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11057877