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1 BYRON’S CORRESPONDENCE INDEX Updated June 2012. My thanks to Paul Curtis for his assistance. 2,519 letters (I think). 851 letters from the National Library of Scotland. BYRON’S CORRESPONDENCE AND JOURNALS 01: FROM NEWSTEAD, SOUTHWELL, AND OTHER PLACES IN ENGLAND: NOVEMBER 1799-JULY 1809 186 letters. 1788 onwards Catherine Gordon Byron to Frances Leigh, from Aberdeen, May 5th 1791 Catherine Gordon Byron to Frances Leigh, from Aberdeen, November 29th 1792 Selections from the 1790s correspondence of Robert Southey Byron to Mrs Parker, from Newstead Abbey, November 8th 1798 Byron to Mrs Catherine Gordon Byron, from Nottingham, March 13th 1799 Byron to John Hanson, from Dulwich, November 1799 From the correspondence of Robert Southey, 1800-1806 1803 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Harrow, May 1st 1803 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Harrow, June 23rd-30th 1803 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Newstead Abbey, September 1803 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, March 22nd 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, March 26th 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 2nd 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 9th 1804 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Harrow, May 1st–10th 1804 Catherine Gordon Byron to Miss Abercromby, from Nottingham, July 2nd 1804 Byron to John Hanson, from Harrow, July 17th 1804 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, August 29th 1804 Byron to John Hanson, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, August 30th 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, October 25th 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, November 2nd 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, November 11th 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, November 17th 1804 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, November 21st 1804 Byron to John Hanson, from Harrow, December 1st 1804 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from 6, Chancery Lane, London, January 30th 1805 Byron to John Hanson, from Harrow, March 2nd 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from 6, Chancery Lane, London, April 4th 1805 Byron to Hargreaves Hanson, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 15th 1805 Byron to Hargreaves Hanson, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 20th 1805 2 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 23rd 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 25th 1805 Byron to John Hanson, from Harrow, May 11th 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Harrow, June 5th 1805 Byron to John Hanson, from Harrow on the Hill, June 27th 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Southwell, July 2nd 1805 The Earl of Delawarr to Byron, July 28th 1805 Byron to Charles Gordon, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, August 4th 1805 Byron to Charles David Gordon, from Burgage Manor, August 14th 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Trinity College, Cambridge, November 6th 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from 16, Piccadilly, London, December 26th 1805 Byron to Augusta Byron, from 16, Piccadilly, London, December 27th 1805 1806 Byron to Augusta Byron, from 16, Piccadilly, London, January 7th 1806 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from 16 Piccadilly, London, February 26th 1806 Byron to Edward Noel Long, from 16 Piccadilly, August 9th 1806 Byron to John Pigot, from 16, Piccadilly, London, August 9th 1806 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from 16, Piccadilly, London, August 10th 1806 Byron to John Pigot, from 16, Piccadilly, London, August 10th 1806 Byron to John Pigot, from 16, Piccadilly, London, August 16th 1806 Byron to John Pigot, from 16, Piccadilly, London, August 18th 1806 Byron to John Pigot, from Littlehampton, August 26th 1806 Byron and John Pigot to Elizabeth Pigot, from Harrowgate, September 1806 Byron to Thomas Jones, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, October 20th 1806 1807 Byron to John Pigot, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, January 13th 1807 Byron to John Leacroft, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, January 31st 1807 Byron to John Leacroft, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, February 4th 1807 (a) Byron to John Leacroft, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, February 4th 1807 (b) Byron to the Earl of Clare, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, February 6th 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, February 9th 1807 Byron to the Rev. Thomas Jones, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, February 14th 1807 Byron to Edward Noel Long, from Southwell, February 23rd 1807 Byron to William Bankes, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, March 6th 1807 Byron to Edward Noel Long, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 16th 1807 Byron to Edward Noel Long, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April 19th 1807 Byron to John Pigot, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, April [?] 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Trinity College, Cambridge, June 11th 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Trinity College, Cambridge, June 30th 1807 Elizabeth Pigot to Byron, from Southwell, July 3rd 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Trinity College Cambridge, July 5th 1807 Elizabeth Pigot to Byron, from Southwell, July 9th 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Gordon’s Hotel, London, July 13th 1807 Byron to Hanson and Birch, July 20th 1807 Byron to Ben Crosby, the Editor of Literary Recreations, July 21st 1807 Byron to the Earl of Clare, August 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from London, August 2nd 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from London, August 11th 1807 Byron to John Pigot, from Littlehampton, Sussex, August 26th 1807 Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel London, October 19th 1807 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, from Trinity College Cambridge, October 26th 1807 Byron to John Ridge, from Trinity College, Cambridge, November 11th 1807 Byron to John Hanson, from Trinity College, Cambridge, November 13th 1807 Joe Murray’s receipt Byron to John Ridge, from Trinity College, Cambridge, November 20th 1807 Byron to John Ridge, from Trinity College, Cambridge, December 20th 1807 3 Byron to Ben Crosby, from Trinity College Cambridge, December 22nd 1807 Byron to John Hanson, from Trinity College, Cambridge, December 23rd 1807 Catherine Gordon Byron to John Hanson, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, December 23rd 1807 1808 Hobhouse to Byron, from Cambridge, early 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, January 5th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 6th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 8th 1808 Byron to John Ridge, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 9th 1808 Byron to John Ridge, from Dorant’s Hotel London, January 12th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 12th 1808 Byron to Henry Drury, from Dorant’s Hotel London, January 13th 1808 Byron to Hobhouse, from Newstead Abbey, January 16th 1808 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, from Dorant’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London, January 20th 1808 Byron to R.C. Dallas, from Dorant’s Hotel, Albemarle St., London, January 21st, 1808 Catherine Gordon Byron to John Hanson, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, January 25th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 25th 1808 (a) Byron to John Hanson, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 25th 1808 (b) Byron to Edward Noel Long, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, January 28th 1808 Byron, perhaps to Hobhouse, February 1808 (?) Byron to Edward Noel Long, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, February 5th 1808 Byron to Henry Drury, from Dorant’s Hotel London, February 7th 1808 Byron to John Ridge, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, February 11th 1808 Byron to William Harness, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, February 11th 1808 Byron to William Harness, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, February 16th 1808 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, February 27th 1808 Hobhouse to Byron, from Cambridge, March 12th 1808 Byron to Hobhouse, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, March 14th 1808 Scrope Berdmore Davies to Byron, no date (before Easter 1808?) The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, March 1808 Gentleman John Jackson to Byron, from 4, Grosvenor Street, London, March 25th 1808 Byron to Hobhouse, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, March 26th 1808 Byron to Gentleman John Jackson, from Dorant’s Hotel, March 27th 1808 Byron to William Harness, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, March 29th 1808 Hobhouse to Byron, from Cambridge, April 1808 Byron to Hobhouse, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, April 15th 1808 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Dorant’s Hotel, London, April 26th 1808 Henry Angelo to Byron, from London, May 14th 1808 Catherine Gordon Byron to John Birch, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, May 23rd 1808 Catherine Gordon Byron to Byron, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, May 23rd 1808 from John Hanson to Catherine Gordon Byron, May 26th 1808 Byron to William Harness, from London, June 4th 1808 Byron to Hargreaves Hanson, from 8 St James’s Street, London, June 15th 1808 Catherine Gordon Byron to John Birch, from Burgage Manor, Southwell, July 19th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Brighton, August 14th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, September 13th 1808 Byron to John Becher, from Newstead, September 14th 1808 Byron to Gentleman John Jackson, from Newstead Abbey, September 18th 1808 Byron to Gentleman John Jackson, from Newstead Abbey, October 4th 1808 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Newstead Abbey, October 7th 1808 Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Newstead Abbey, November 2nd 1808 Byron to John Birch, from Newstead Abbey, November 9th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, November 15th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, November 18th 1808 Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Newstead Abbey, November 27th 1808 Byron to Augusta Byron, from Newstead Abbey, November 30th 1808 Byron to Gentleman John Jackson, from Newstead Abbey, December 12th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, December 17th 1808 4 Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Newstead Abbey, December 17th 1808 Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead Abbey, December 23rd 1808 1809 Byron, perhaps to Hobhouse, from Newstead Abbey, January 6th 1809 Byron to John Hanson, January 7th 1809 Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies, from Newstead Abbey, January 6th 1809 Scrope Berdmore Davies to Byron, no date (1809) Byron to John Hanson, from Newstead, January 15th 1809 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, from Redditch’s Hotel, St.
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