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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron |
| Date | 1824-1853; n.d. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Theme | Private and Domestic Life |
| Description |
Includes a letter of William Fletcher advising John Murray II of the death of Byron; letters of Byron's doctors, Dr Julius Millingen and Dr Kennedy; a later documents concerning the amputation of Byron's foot; a begging letter sent to John Murray III from the widow of the undertaker of Byron’s funeral; typescript, undated, in Italian and English of Tita Falcieri’s letter, 1824, to his parents informing them of the death of Byron; and letters addressed to Charles Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse, Douglas Kinnaird and Augusta Leigh of various correspondents: (1) 1824, Charles Barry; (2) 1824, Edward Blaquiere; (3) 1824, Dr Bruno; (4) 1824, Captain Henry Heskett; (5) 1824, Luriotti (delegate from Greek government); (6) 1824, Lord Sidney Osborne; (7) 1824, Zambelli. |
| Keywords | authors death health and medicine |
| People | Hobhouse, John Cam (1st Baron Broughton) Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Kinnaird, Douglas Leigh, Augusta Fletcher, William Falcieri, Tita Hanson, Charles Murray, John III Barry, Charles Blaquiere, Edward Heskett, Henry Osborn, Sidney |
| Places | Missolonghi; Zante; Corfu; Cephalonia; Greece; Genoa; Italy |
| Language | English; Italian |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43531 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |