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- Call number
- Pforz Ms
- Physical description
- 16 manuscript pages (9 total leaves)
- Preferred Citation
- The inventory and valuation of sundry effects the property of the late Right Honorable Lord Byron, taken August 5th 1824, 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
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
A manuscript inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron at the time of his death in Greece on 19 April 1824; in an unidentified hand. Includes dressing and medicine chests, linens, jewelry, plates, and Byron's final travelling assembly of books. A summary, endorsed by the London auctioneers Laxton Nicholls, value the items at a total of £145.8.0. Written lengthwise on conjugate notebook leaves, one double leaf torn in two, with an additional single notebook leaf title page. Within mustard cloth clamshell case with green morocco cover label, gilt.
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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