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Carlisle, Isabella Howard, Countess of, 1721-1795
Call number
Pforz MS
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1 item
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Isabella Howard, Countess of Carlisle manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Pforz MS
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Isabella Howard (née Byron), Countess of Carlisle [other married name Musgrave], writer; she was the daughter of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron, and great aunt to Byron, the poet. · To Francis Sykes, Esq., East India Company servant and politician : 1 autograph letter signed "Isabella Carlisle" : 16 Jan 1785 : (B'ANA 0767) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Paris : begins, "I cannot enough express the concern I am under to find the dreadfull effect yt my unhappy nephew's errors have had on my Brother's mind ..."; the nephew mentioned in the letter is "Mad Jack" Byron, father of Byron, the poet.

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