BIB_ID
120722
Accession number
MA 52.40
Creator
Lovelace, William King-Noel, Earl of, 1805-1893.
Display Date
1843 July 9.
Credit line
Acquired before 1923.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written by Lord Byron, Lady Byron, Catherine Gordon Byron, Contessa Guiccioli, Ada King Lovelace and others from 1788 to 1855. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Thomas Smith was an English Army agent with the firm of Barron & Smith, 4 Upper Charles Street, Westminster.
With a death notice for Lady Lovelace glued to the verso of the letter.
Thomas Smith was an English Army agent with the firm of Barron & Smith, 4 Upper Charles Street, Westminster.
With a death notice for Lady Lovelace glued to the verso of the letter.
Summary
Informing him that as "Captain Barallier has had the advantage of one or two personal interviews with Lady Noel Byron's solicitor in consequence of his application to her ladyship and as no encouragement has resulted therefore(?), I must decline to enter into communication with you upon the subject."
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