Major Byron manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"19488", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Major Byron manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. mid-to-late 19th century", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"3/8"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

3

date_inclusive_end

8

origination

{"value"=>"Byron, George Gordon de Luna, ca. 1810-1882", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Forgery : \"Percy Bysshe Shelley\" to William Godwin : 13 Nov 1816 [actual date unknown] : (S'ANA 0227). Mounted in the purple Whitall-Clawson album of Shelleyana. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 07.|||Forgery : \"Lord Byron\" to John Hay : 1 Sep 1822 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0355). Bound in red folder and shelved as *Pforz 558R 24.|||Forgery : \"Lord Byron\" to Thomas Moore : 2 Mar 1820 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0631) : making extensive reference to Godwin, and commenting extensively on literary glory and immortality.|||To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's Italian mistress : 4 autograph letters signed -- 12 Jul 1869 : (B'ANA 0449) : from Paris : begins, \"I cannot but more or less acknowledge the truth of the strictures ...\"; with the envelope. -- : 26 Aug 1869 : (B'ANA 0317) : from Paris : begins, \"I thank you with all my heart for the contents of the envelope...\"; with the envelope. Along with printed and manuscript extracts about Byron. -- 28 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0450) : from Paris : begins, \"On my return yesterday from Holland & Belgium ...\" With a small mounted clipping from a newspaper of an ad for a \"Portrait of Lord Byron\" published by Sarony & Co., New York. -- 23 Oct 1869 : (B'ANA 0451) : from Paris : begins, \"Life, at the best, is but a succession of troubles to overcome ...\"; with the envelope. Along with some manuscript notes and newspaper clippings. All of Major Byron's letters to Guiccioli relate to Lord Byron's legacy, including the recent Beecher-Stowe scandal. A cartoon on the controversy over Lady Byron Vindicated, \"A Voice from the Mighty Dead,\" from the Will-o'-the-Wisp, Saturday, 25 Sep 1869, has been removed to the flat files.</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Forgery : \"Percy Bysshe Shelley\" to William Godwin : 13 Nov 1816 [actual date unknown] : (S'ANA 0227). Mounted in the purple Whitall-Clawson album of Shelleyana. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 07."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

7 items

date_start

3

date_end

8

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