Count Joannes manuscript material

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{"value"=>"23590", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Jones, George, 1810-1879", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Count Joannes manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1869", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1869"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's \"last attachment\" : 1 autograph letter signed \"George, the Count Joannes\" : 19 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0318) : from New York City, no. 39 Park Row; on the subject of the \"great wrong and mercenary libel\" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicated; also claiming the late Augusta Leigh as a \"personal friend\"; begins, \"Health and Salutation! The Memoir by the Countess Guiccioli, in remembrance of the Poet of 'Childe Harold' has been received with pleasure ...\" Mounted within the letter is a clipping from the 1 Sep 1869 issue of the New York Herald, a letter by Johannes to the editor, defending Byron against Stowe's accusations; also included are two contemporary newspaper clippings praising Johannes's defense of Byron.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George, the Count Joannes [né George Jones]; American actor and historian. Known on the stage for his flamboyance and eccentric behavior, he published his History of Ancient America under his given name in 1843.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1869

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1869

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1869

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1869

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1869

extent_statement

1 item

prefercite

{"value"=>"Count Joannes manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George, the Count Joannes [n&#xE9; George Jones]; American actor and historian. Known on the stage for his flamboyance and eccentric behavior, he published his History of Ancient America under his given name in 1843. &#xB7; To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's \"last attachment\" : 1 autograph letter signed \"George, the Count Joannes\" : 19 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0318) : from New York City, no. 39 Park Row; on the subject of the \"great wrong and mercenary libel\" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicated; also claiming the late Augusta Leigh as a \"personal friend\"; begins, \"Health and Salutation! The Memoir by the Countess Guiccioli, in remembrance of the Poet of 'Childe Harold' has been received with pleasure ...\" Mounted within the letter is a clipping from the 1 Sep 1869 issue of the New York Herald, a letter by Johannes to the editor, defending Byron against Stowe's accusations; also included are two contemporary newspaper clippings praising Johannes's defense of Byron.", "generated"=>true}

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