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Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, February 1st 1811 (65)
"Pray whisper in Hanson’s ear the word remittance, as I shall soon be run out if you dont urge that worthy but snail paced man."
Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, August 23rd 1810 (45)
Byron’s account of his life at the Athenian convent. [PSC]
Byron to James Cawthorn, from The Volage Frigate off Ushant July 7th. 1811* (83)
"I have been scolding you (like almost all Scolders) without a reason, for I found your two parcels, one at Athens, & the other at Malta on my way down."
Byron to James Cawthorn, from Malta, May 9th 1811 (74)
"I have seen here your third Edition of “E. B. & S. R.” and observe that it is printed on the very type you {rejected} for the second edition."
Byron to James Cawthorn, from Constantinople, July 1st, 1810 (35)
Even in Constantinople, Byron is concerned for the reception of English Bards. [PSC]
Byron to Henry Drury, from the Volage, July 7th 1811 (84)
"I have never been so near ['your Country'] since I left Duck Puddle."
Byron to Henry Drury, from the Salsette, off the Dardanelles, May 3rd 1810 (23)
"When I left England nearly a year ago you requested me to write to you. – I will do so."
Byron to Henry Drury, from Constantinople, June 17th 1810 (30)
"I am just come from an expedition through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea and the Cyanean Symplegades, up which last I scrambled with as great risk as ever the Argonauts escaped in their hoy. "
Byron to Francis Werry, from Athens, December 10th 1810 (58)
"I have to thank you for a packet of letters by the hands of Mr. Hume."
Byron to Francis Hodgson, from the Volage frigate, June 29th 1811 (80)
"I think, upon the whole, I was more grieved at leaving Greece, than England, which I am impatient to see, simply because I am tired of a long voyage."