Correspondence between Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Baroness Byron, and her daughter, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and members of the Somerville and Greig families, and related papers
Dep. c. 367
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence between Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Baroness Byron, and her daughter, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and members of the Somerville and Greig families, and related papers
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 367
Summary
Comprises:
Folder MSBY-1: letters received by Mary from A.I. Noel Byron, [Lady Byron], mostly undated, and [1836]-1853, some regarding her concerns for the welfare of her daughter, Ada, seeking advice on her education, and referring to Mary's beneficial influence on her; and enclosing a sonnet written by Lady Byron, 9 Mar 1853
Folder MSBY-2: letters received by Mary from Augusta Ada Byron [later King], 1834-1835 and n.d., many regarding arrangements for visits, including vists to Mr [Charles] Babbage, and occasionally referring to her studies
Folder MSBY-3: letters received by Mary and William Somerville from Augusta Ada King [formerly Byron], 1835-1837 and n.d., some referring to scientific matters and mathematical problems
Folder MSBY-4: letters received by Woronzow Greig from Lady Byron, with copies and drafts of letters by Woronzow Greig to Lady Byron, mainly relating to financial matters and to unspecified business concerning Lady Byron and her son-in-law, [William King, Earl of] Lovelace, 25 Nov1842-8 Dec 1852
Folder MSBY-5: letters received by Woronzow Greig from Lady Byron, with copies and drafts of letters by Woronzow Greig to Lady Byron, and other papers relating to unspecified business concerning Lady Byron and [the Earl of] Lovelace, 9-18 Dec 1852
Folder MSBY-6: letters received by Woronzow Greig from Lady Byron, with copies and drafts of letters by Woronzow Greig to Lady Byron, and other papers, including a draft by Woronzow Greig of a proposed letter from [the Earl of] Lovelace to Lady Byron, mainly relating to unspecified business concerning Lady Byron and Lovelace, 21 Dec 1852-3 Jan 1859 and n.d.
Folder MSBY-7: letters received by Agnes Greig from A.I. Noel Byron, [Lady Byron], 1835-1856 and n.d.; and from W.T. Fords, 1861
Folder MSBY-8: letters from Agnes Greig to [A.I. Noel Byron], Lady Byron, 1851-1853, and verses, 'Answer to Lady Byron's "Remarks on Moore's life of Lord Byron" By the Spirit of a Departed Poet', signed A.G., 1830
Folder MSBY-9: letters received by Woronzow Greig from Augusta Ada [King, Countess of] Lovelace and related papers, concerning business, financial and social matters, [?1841]-1852 and n.d.
Folder MSBY-10: letters received by Agnes Greig from Augusta Ada [King, Countess of] Lovelace, 1840-1851 and n.d., with an undated letter from the Countess to Martha Somerville
Date
1834-1861 and n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (10 folders)
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Collection contents
Correspondence between members of the Somerville and Greig families and the Byron and Lovelace families
Correspondence between Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Baroness Byron, and her daughter, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and members of the Somerville and Greig families, and related papers
