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Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "My next epistle shall be from Mount Caucasus or Mount Sion."
Mentioned by Byron in 1811-02-01.

Named as visited in 1810-05-03. A mountain in northwestern Turkey, some 20 miles southeast of the ruins of Troy, along the north coast of the Gulf of Edremit. The name Mount Ida is the ancient one. It is between Balıkesir Province and Çanakkale…

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "My next epistle shall be from Mount Caucasus or Mount Sion."
See as well: London Journal Monday, Dec 6, 1813. A region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black
and the Caspian Seas.…

1807-04-16. 1810-01-10 Byron to Hobhouse

Named by Byron in 1809-09-29. The name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea. Wiki

Young Rushton's sister. 1810-06-28 Byron to his mother.

Unidentified. Mentioned by Byron in 1810-10-04 to Hobhouse and in 1811-07-04 to Hanson about an unpaid bill

The travelling companion of Lady Hester Stanhope. See 1810-07-31a JoHobhouse to Byron and 1811-06-19 Byron to Hobhouse. "Michael Bruce (1787-1861), then traveling in the East, had become Lady Hester Stanhope's lover at Malta. On returning to Europe,…

The upholsterer whose bill was still due. BLJ II-52n

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