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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Papers concerning Matthew Gregory Lewis |
| Date | 1792-1834 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Theme | Literature and Poetry; Travel and the World; Private and Domestic Life |
| Description | Papers include an anonymous letter, 1834, to John Murray II offering to let him see some letters from Matthew Lewis to Frances Lewis, and the codicil to Lewis' will. Also included are manuscript copies, circa 1834, of letters, 1792-1816, from Matthew Lewis to Frances Lewis; manuscript copy of a letter from Matthew Lewis to I. Ingall; and, manuscript copy, c.1834, of the codicil, 1816, to the will of Matthew Lewis, which was witnessed by Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Polidori. |
| Keywords | family travel and exploration publishing authors poetry law and litigation death |
| People | Lewis, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Frances Murray, John II Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Shelley, Percy Bysshe Ingall, I Polidori, John |
| Places | Oxford; London; Inveraray; South Lanarkshire; Scotland; United Kingdom; The Hague; Holland; Paris; France; Weimar; Germany; Milan; Italy |
| NLS Collection | Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.42419 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |