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Byron to John Hanson, September 29th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.149-51; BLJ I 225)

Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811*
(Source: text from BLJ II-57-8)

See CaByron to Byron 1808-05-23. The site of Byron's coal holdings, which he tried to sell. "Byron inherited land here with his title in 1798, but the leasehold -- and with it the valuable right to mine coal -- had been sold (illegally) by…

Mentioned in H's letter to ChMatthews of 1809-07-08

Byron to Hodgson 1810-11-14

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)
Visited see 1809-11-12. Salora was a barrack 12 miles distant from Prevesa by water on the…

Named as will visit and will jump form the promontory 1810-06-17. A Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of
Greece, also known by the name Santo Maura. The myth about Sappho's suicide at Cape Lefkada is related to other myths linking…

Byron to John Hanson, August 31st 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.146-8; BLJ I 223)

Visited as of 1810-05-03: "... if they prefer riding lose their way {(as I did)} in a cursed quagmire of the Scamander who wriggles about as if the Dardan virgins still offered their wonted tribute." Karamenderes is the modern name of the river…

Byron to FrHodgson 1811-01-20. Name used by Fletcher in 1811-05-30. Geo coor for Aberdeen