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see 1810-10 MaPigot to CaByron; Byron to MaPigot 1811-10-28. Elizabeth's mother.

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, November 12th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 246-57; QI 58-63; BLJ I 226-31)
Named as visited by Byron to CaByron in 1809-11-12. The principal settlement in the eponymous…

"I have been so much occupied since my departure from England that till I could address you a little at length, I have forborn writing altogether."

Byron's Mother

"I have arrived here [Athens] in four days from Constantinople which is considered as singularly quick particularly for the season of the year ..."

"... I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an Islander, that I {think} there should be a law amongst us to set our…

"It is now several months since I have received any communication from you, but at this I am not surprised, nor indeed have I any complaint to make {since} you have written frequently, for which I thank you."

"I regret to perceive by your last letter, that several of mine have not arrived, particularly a very long one written in November last from Albania, when I was on a visit to the Pacha of that province."

"I have just been two years (to a day on the 2d. of July) absent from England, and I return to it with much the same feelings which prevailed on my departure, viz. indifference, ...."

"In case Mr Hanson is from home I have only to inform you that Mr Hutton and three of his men are now in the House, and the goods will be sold off immediately, unless I can produce a delay ...."