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London bookseller who began trading in 1784; he was imprisoned in 1793 for printing Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. LBT

an early Harrow friend of Byron.

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "I have not yet been to Africa, the wind is contrary, but I dined yesterday at Algesiras with Lady Westmoreland where I met General Castanos the celebrated Spanish leader in the late & present war,…

Mentioned by Byron in 1811-02-01 to JoHanson

The central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God, and is regarded as a major Prophet in Islam

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "... you shall hear from me on our route, 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 ..."

An envelope (with the letter missing [PSC]) on which Hobhouse writes various bits of news.

Hobhouse’s enthusiasm for the new Spanish parliament awakens nothing corresponding in Byron’s letters back. [PSC]

Hobhouse requests Byron to forward the three or four boxes of marbles that he had forgotten under the influence of wine.

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]