Byron's Mediterranean Tour (1809-11): The Letters
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Title
Byron's Mediterranean Tour (1809-11): The Letters
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
This collection contains the 84 letters that Byron wrote during his Tour. The Cochran edition omits 10 letters found in the Marchand edition -- these letters have been added as well as their people and place names and are indicated with an asterisk in the header. The Cochran edition adds one letter not found in the Marchand edition, Byron to Hobhouse 1811-02-28.
Creator
Byron
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94, Vols I & II, for the eleven Tour letters Byron wrote not included in Cochran's edition.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Format
docx
Language
English
Type
Epistolary
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
Collection Items
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from off Falmouth, Cornwall, June 30th 1809 (1)
The "Lisbon Packet" letter. Seemingly spontaneous, the letter is a fair copy, with one stanza to a page – though that doesn’t spoil the fun. [PSC]
Byron to John Hanson, from Lisbon, July 13th 1809 (4)
Byron's follow-up on "the Norfolk sale & the rest of Col. Sawbridge’s business," and notice of travel to Malta.
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Lisbon, July 16th 1809 (5)
"I am very happy here [Lisbon], because I loves oranges, and talk bad Latin to the monks ..."
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Gibraltar, August 6th 1809 (6)
"I have just arrived at this place after a journey through Portugal, and a part of Spain, of nearly 500 miles."
Byron to John Hanson, from Gibraltar, August 7th 1809 (7)
Byron to John Hanson, August 7th 1809: "Cadiz is the prettiest town in Europe, Seville a large & fine city ..."
Byron to John Hanson, from Gibraltar, August 13th 1809 (9)
"I have sent Robert Rushton home...."
Byron to Mr Rushton, from Gibraltar, August 14th 1809 (10)
"Mr. Rushton, – I have sent Robert home with Mr. Murray...."
Byron to John Hanson, from Malta, August 31st 1809 (11)
Byron's first complaint of Hanson's lack of correspondence.
Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Malta, September 15th 1809 (12)
Byron, about to set sail for Greece, describes Mrs Spencer Smith to his Mother.
Byron to Captain Cary, from 3 Strada di Torni, Malta, September 18th 1809 (13)
The first of four challenges which Byron issues at different times. [PSC]