Found 3 collections related to Gamba, Pietro, conte, 1801-1826

The John Cam Hobhouse manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph inscription in his copy of the works of Pope, attesting that the book was previously owned by Byron; a holograph English translation from the original Greek of Thomas Love Peacock's poem, "A White-Bait Dinner"; and a notebook of holograph notes in Italian and English on Berni, Montaigne, Bayle, Roscoe, and others. The correspondence is dated chiefly between 1823 and 1850, and discusses publishing matters, his political career, and various matters relating to Lord Byron and his legacy. Correspondents include: Thomas Love Peacock; the politician and writer Sir John Bowring; the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts; the portrait painter John Jackson, and over a dozen others. less

A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here are: a report on Byron's last speech in the House of Lords, from The St. James's Chronicle (3 Jun 1813); a review of Thomas Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, from the St. James's Chronicle (Jan 1830); three short clippings on Mary Ann Chaworth [married name Musters], relating to her death, funeral, and surviving cousin (Miss Rudford), from unidentified sources (2 dated in manuscript Feb 1832); and "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter by Count Pietro Gamba ..." to Augusta Leigh, dated 17 Aug 1824, from New-York Daily Tribune (22 Apr 1899). less