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Creator
Dunn, Henry, 1776-1867
Call number
Pforz MS
Preferred Citation
Henry Dunn manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Henry Dunn, Maltese shopkeeper in Leghorn (Livorno), Tuscanny, Italy. According to tradition, Lord Byron was in Dunn's shop when he heard of Shelley's death (cf. Prothero edition of Byron's Letters and Journals, v. VI, p. 69n). To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jul 1822 : (B'ANA 0546) : reporting that he'd paid 200 Tuscan crowns toward the relief of the Irish poor, as per Byron's orders. Endorsed by Thomas Hall, the English chaplain at Leghorn.

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
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