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Augusta Leigh manuscript material.
- Title
- Augusta Leigh manuscript material.
- Author
- Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
- Publication
- 1815-1848
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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Found In
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 24 items
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Augusta Leigh, née Byron, half-sister of Lord Byron, the poet.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 708268990
- 708268990
- Author
- Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
- Title
- Augusta Leigh manuscript material.
- Production
- 1815-1848
- Summary
- · Manuscript copy of Byron's poem, "Epistle to Lady Augusta" : [composed in 1816; copy made ca. 1827] : (B 0148) : 8 p. (2 leaves) : in Leigh's hand; begins, "My Sister, my sweet sister -- if a name / Dearer and purer were -- it should be Thine..." With the ink annotation of the previous owner, the minor writer and translator Rose Lawrence. Along with a manuscript letter addressed to Lawrence by W. W. Currie (B'ANA 0733), also bearing an annotation by Lawrence, dated 27 Apr [1837?]. Filed under Byron.· Holograph ownership inscription and signature in her copy of George Dallas's life of Sir Peter Parker : 2 Oct 1815 : (B'ANA 0723) : reads, "Augusta Leigh -- given to me by the dearest Friend / of Peter Parker -- George Campbell, Oct 2d 1815." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Leigh, A.) 01.· Holograph annotations in bound collection of early editions of Byron : [no date] : (B'ANA 0725) : in light pencil; in Beppo (2nd ed.), p. 41: "Bessy Rawdon / Ly Willm Russell," identifiying Byron's inspiration behind the lady "[w]hose bloom could after dancing dare the dawn." In Hebrew Melodies (1st ed.), p. [3]: "Mrs. Wilmot," identifying the subject of "She Walks in Beauty," (Anne Beatrix Horton); p. 4: "written after seeing / at a party at Lansdowne / "in [aery?] brilliant darkness" / A Black Bugled Dress."; p. 9: "Newstead Abbey / 1814"; p. 11: "Newstead Abbey / 1814"; p. 13: "Newstead Abbey / 1814"; p. 37: "Written in the Hall at / Newstead Abbey / 1814" ; p. 41: "July 13 / 1815"; p. 45: "Jany 15th – 1815 / Halnaby."· Holograph ownership inscription and signature in her copy of Byron's Marino Faliero : 17 Apr 1821 : (B'ANA 0728) : reads, "Augusta Mary Leigh. April 17th 1821 -- from Mr. Murray." Selved as *Pforz BT (Leigh, A) 03.· To Harriet, Lady Fellows, second wife of Sir Charles Fellows, traveller and archaeologist : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Jun 1848 : (B'ANA 0088) : from St. James' Palace : on stationery with embossed floral decoration; begins, "I cannot delay till the '5-6th or 7th July', to thank my dear Lady Fellows for her kind recollection of me ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" : (B'ANA 0089) : [no place] : begins, "I bethought myself of something after you left me ..."· To Mr. Heath : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday Night" [watermark = 1835] : (B'ANA 0542) : [no place] : begins, "Your letter of the 5th reached me to day & I wish I could sit down with a lighter heart to reply to it ..."· To James Holmes, miniature painter : 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday Evg." : (B'ANA 0180) : [no place] : begins, "Can you call on me tomorrow morning between 12 & 2 ..." Mounted in the album of Lord Byron Family & Friends. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 10.· To Mrs. Knight : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Sep 1840 : (B'ANA 0064) : from St. James Palace : begins, "It has occurred to me that it would gratify you to possess the enclosed Relic ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1841 : (B'ANA 0065) : from S[aint] J[ames] Palace : begins, "No kindness ever equaled yours to me ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Mar 1844 : (B'ANA 0066) : from St. James's Palace : begins, "I am afraid that on reading this letter, you will be reminded of the old saying 'give an inch – take an ell" ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Jun [no year] : (B'ANA 0067) : from S[aint] J[ames's] Palace : begins, "I have had my pen in my hand, repeatedly, to write you, & then laid it down, wondering whether you wd think me very troublesome ..."-- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Nov 1845 : (B'ANA 0068) : from St. James's Palace : begins, "The melancholy subject which was the immediate cause of your writing to me, was the only drawback to my gratification in receiving your letter ..."· To Susanna, Lady Peel, second wife of Sir Robert Peel, first baronet (1750-1830), calico printer and politician : 1 autograph letter third person : 11 Dec 1815 : (B'ANA 0104) : from 13 Piccadilly Terrace : on behalf of Lady Byron, announcing the birth of Ada Byron; begins, "Lady Byron has desired Mrs. Leigh will inform Ly. Peele that she was safely delivered of a fine girl yesterday ..." The address panel bears the autograph franking signature of Lord Byron (B 0181).· To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Feb 1834 : (B'ANA 0577) : from London : begins, "I cannot tell you how much & variously I am gratified by your kind letter ..."; a long letter, composed of folded leaves sewn together; with the post-marked letter cover addressed in the hand of [George Augustus Henry?] Cavendish, with his franking signature. The letter cover bears Leigh's green wax seal, which reads, "Augusta."· To Miss Sands, at 13 Sloane Street : 1 autograph letter (fragment) signed : 19 Nov 1833 : (B'ANA 0663) : from S[aint] J[ames'] P[alace] : begins, "...or whether you know any to whom you cd apply to help me ..." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.· To George Stephen, lawyer and slavery abolitionist : 1 autograph letter (fragment) signed : [19 Feb 1829] : (B'ANA 0656) : [no place] : begins, "... another friend who is [very?] kindly active as well ..."· To Edward John Trelawny, writer and adventurer : 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday" [watermark = 1827] : (B'ANA 0648) : [no place] : begins, "I have been on the point of writing to you every day..."; making arrangelments to meet him when her husband is absent, and assuring him: "I am always glad to see you as one of the Friends of My dear Brother to whom I can speak of him -- from whom I can hear of him ..."· To John Wright, publisher and editor : 1 autograph letter signed : [13 Nov 1832] : (B'ANA 0182) : from S[aint] J[ames'] Palace : begins, "I hope you will forgive me for troubling you with this note -- the reason of which is that I have received from a Friend a MS which I want to have copied before it can be submitted to any Publisher ..." Mounted in the album of Lord Byron Family & Friends. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 10.· To unidentified recipients : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed, to "Sir" : 14 Nov 1828 : (B'ANA 0532) : from St. James's Palace : begins, "In reply to the letter whcih you have been so good as to send me thro' Mr. Wilmot Horton ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed, to "Dear Sir" : [5 May 1829] : (B'ANA 0055) : from S[aint] J[ames'] Palace : begins, "I [regret?] to [?] you – but anxiety about my Daughter & anxiety about things here compel me to ask you when it is likely I will be wanted." -- 1 autograph letter (fragment) signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0094) : [no place] : relating to a Byron manuscript; includes, "at last I have sent [you?] a Verse or Stanza of an 'Arnaout Song' -- which you will find published in the end of 2d Canto of Childe Harold -- It is the original MSS copy ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed, to "My dear Miss [Greene?] : "Sunday Night" [1844] : (B'ANA 0095) : [no place] : begins, "I cannot bear to refuse you ..."; including, "I have just received the sad news of the death of one of my Grand Daughters -- a dear little girl of sixteen!" The granddaughter mentioned is Agnes Charlotte Sophia Ada Trevanion (1828-1844), daughter of Augusta's eldest daughter Georgina (cf. M. Elwin's Lord Byron's Family, p. [242]). -- 1 autograph letter signed, to "My dear Miss R" : "Tuesday" : (B'ANA 0128) : [no place] : begins, "An idea has just come across me -- I know the Bishop of Peterborough (Dr Davys Preceptor to the Queen) ..."
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Augusta Leigh, née Byron, half-sister of Lord Byron, the poet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Fellows, Harriet, Lady, -1874. AddresseeHolmes, James, 1777-1860. AddresseePeel, Susanna, Lady, -1824. AddresseePorter, Jane, 1776-1850. AddresseeStephen, George, 1794-1879. AddresseeTrelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881. AddresseeWright, J. (John), 1770?-1844. AddresseeByron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. SignerLawrence, Mrs. (Rose). Annotator
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS