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Byron to Hodgson 1810-11-14

apostle

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

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…

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... Joe Murray delivers this, I have sent him & the boy back, pray shew the lad any kindness as he is my great favourite, I would have taken him on ..."

the son of Robert Charles Dallas

Writer, editor of Byron's early poetry. Byron gave him the copyrights to the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and The Corsair, in addition to a series of letters written to his mother during his eastern travels.

Byron thought that as a peer he should outrank the ambassador in the procession to the Seraglio, and had refused to go on the previous occasion. [PSC]

politician and diplomatist, Byron writes Adair on July 4, 1810 from Pera

Playwright and politician