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- Creator
- Alexander, James
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 1 item
- Preferred Citation
- Dr. James Alexander manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
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Dr. James Alexander, English physician in Genoa. In 1823 he prescribed for Byron, and advised him on some warts. To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : [June 1823] : (B'ANA 0397) : [from Genoa]; regretting that he has so far failed in his "medical negotiation," but hoping that an old physician of his acquaintance can help. With a [much later] note in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli on the final page: "Quand Lord Byron cherchait un medicin pour l'amener en Grece.".
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Names
- Alexander, James
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Recipient)
- Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873 (Annotator)
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319