William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material

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

{"value"=>"19499", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"ca. 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1782"}

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1782

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1782

origination

{"value"=>"Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1765 he killed his cousin and neighbor, William Chaworth, in a duel. He was tried for murder, but found guilty only of manslaughter and forced to pay a small fine. He enjoyed the fact that the incident (and others similarly perceived as displays of cruelty) earned him the nickname \"the Wicked Lord.\" He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>To \"Daws\" : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1782 : (B'ANA 0537) : regarding payments of interest. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0684) : begins, \"I have enclosed to you a rect. ...\" Mounted opposite p. 6 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1782

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{"value"=>"William Byron, 5th Baron Byron manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1765 he killed his cousin and neighbor, William Chaworth, in a duel. He was tried for murder, but found guilty only of manslaughter and forced to pay a small fine. He enjoyed the fact that the incident (and others similarly perceived as displays of cruelty) earned him the nickname \"the Wicked Lord.\" He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet. To \"Daws\" : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1782 : (B'ANA 0537) : regarding payments of interest. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0684) : begins, \"I have enclosed to you a rect. ...\" Mounted opposite p. 6 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron.", "generated"=>true}

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2 items

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1782

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1782

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