Correspondence of Mrs Leigh
Dep. Lovelace Byron 84
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence of Mrs Leigh
Shelfmark
Dep. Lovelace Byron 84
Summary
Comprising:
(fols. 1-174) letters to Lady Byron with several copies of Lady Byron's replies, 1827-1830, 1835-1841, 1851, and (fols. 142-145) Mrs Leigh's statement of her treatment of Medora, attested by Lady Chichester, 1841, and (fols. 166-169) Lady Byron's account of her interview with Mrs Leigh, attested by F.W. Robertson, Apr 1851
(fols. 175-254) other correspondence of Mrs Leigh including:
(fols. 175-179) letters from Lord Chichester, 1835
(fols. 180-186) copies of her correspondence with Mrs Clermont in 1824
(fols. 187-238) letters to Francis Hodgson, 1816
(fols. 239-241) a letter to John Hanson, 1816
(fols. 242-245) correspondence with F.W. Robertson, 1851
(fols. 246-247) a letter from Leicester Stanhope, [1826]
(fols. 248-251) a letter from her son-in-law Henry Trevanion, with one from her probably to Trevanion, n.d.
Date
1816-1851
Language
English
Physical extent
253 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of the Noel, Byron and Lovelace Families
Papers of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron (1792-1860)
General correspondence of Lady Byron
Correspondence: Leigh, Augusta, her husband's half-sister
Correspondence of Mrs Leigh
