Found 2 collections related to Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860

Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others. less

· Three copied lines from Longfellow's "The Goblet of Life," signed : 7 May 1853 : (MISC 4023.15b) : 1 page (single sheet) : from London : reads in full, "The battle of our life is brief / The alarm -- the struggle -- the relief / Then sleep we side by side / H B Stowe / London May 7. 1853." With an authentication note written below: "Witness. -- [T. Briney?] / Walworth / May 19th 1853." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less