BIB_ID
137346
Accession number
MA 406.12
Creator
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.
Display Date
1820 Sept. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1919.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal and addressed "To the Right Hon / Lord Byron / Ravenna."
Part of a collection of letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley. Items in the collection have been cataloged individually in separate records; see related collection-level record for more information.
See collection files for a typed description of the letter.
Part of a collection of letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley. Items in the collection have been cataloged individually in separate records; see related collection-level record for more information.
See collection files for a typed description of the letter.
Provenance
Joseph Ridgway's collection at Brandfold, Goudhurst, Kent; his sale (30 June 1879, lot 436, p. 59) to Charavay; Alfred Bovet's sale (Paris, 19 June 1884, lot 1173, p. 428-429 and facs.) to Thibaudeau; Alfred Morrison's sale (9 December 1918, v. 3, lot 2031, p. 318 and facs.) to Sotheran; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Gabriel Wells, 1919.
Summary
Concerning Claire's desire to see her daughter Allegra, remarking that Shelley has no idea what Claire's letters to Byron contain but saying that her vexation at Byron's refusal to grant her request is "in the usual order of things." Noting Claire is "very unhappy & in bad health & she ought to be treated with as much indulgence as possible." Discussing Shelley's refusal to encourage her or to pass her messages to Byron, but offering to convey Byron's message to her; asking him to regularly send Claire reports of Allegra's health, noting "you can write to me, or make your secretary write to her (as you do not like writing yourself) or arrange it in any manner most convenient to you." Discussing Byron's recent visit to London, saying that if he returns to England and leaves Allegra in Italy, that Claire should be granted permission to see her then. Asking after Byron's work on Don Juan.
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