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- Collection: Byron's Mediterranean Tour (1809-11): The Letters
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Byron to James Cawthorn, from the Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811
Byron puffs "Hints from Horace" to Cawthorn
Place names and Geo Location in Byron's Mediterranean Letters
Place Name and Geo location in the Mediterranean Letters
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Athens, January 20th 1811
"I am living in the Capuchin Convent, Hymettus before me, the Acropolis behind, the temple of Jove to my right, the Stadium in front, the town to the left, eh, Sir, there’s a situation, there’s your picturesque! …
Place Names in Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Cantos I-II
Poetry, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Cantos I-II, Byron
Byron to John Hanson, from Athens, February 28th 1811
"An opportunity occurring I write to mention that having received a firman for Ægypt &c. I shall proceed to that quarter in the spring."
Byron to John Hanson, from Athens, February 1st 1811
"As I have just received a firman from the Porte enabling me to proceed to Ægypt & Syria I shall not return to England before I have seen Jerusalem & Grand Cairo."
Charles Skinner Matthews to Byron, from London, June 30th 1809
Matthews' fulsome response to the coded style of Byron's letter of 22 June 1809.
The Marquis of Sligo to Byron, from Constantinople, December 10th 1810
"I take the opportunity of sending this letter & your Ferman1 by a boat which will convey to Athens a bevy of my servants coming to carry off all my clothes vases &c which I left at that place when I came up here."
John Cam Hobhouse to Byron, from Chepstow, December 10th 1810
Hobhouse has written in every cranny of this sheet (40.4 x 32cm), including where the sealing- wax might, if ripped, destroy the text. [PSC]
Byron to Francis Werry, from Athens, December 10th 1810
"I have to thank you for a packet of letters by the hands of Mr. Hume."