Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord
Autograph letter signed, to John Cam Hobhouse
paper

asking him to call on a lawyer, Mr Templeman, "to undertake the examination and settlement of some affairs", with a postscript informing him he has "written to Moore about your article and will sent you his answer the moment I receive it", discussing his debts, and signing off "There is a damned dinner party, and I must dress", 2 pages, 4to (235 x 185mm), integral blank, [Seaham], 5 February 1815

Provenance

Sold in these rooms, 13 December 1993, lot 46

Literature

Byron's Letters and Journals: Volume 4 1814-1815, ed. Marchand (1975), p.266

Catalogue Note

A letter in which Byron calls on his closest friend to help untangle the web of debts in which he was caught. This letter was written during Byron's grim honeymoon, which was spent between his wife's family homes, Seaham Hall and Halnaby Hall. As he had made clear in earlier letters to Hobhouse, Byron wished to give Giles Templeman instructions relating to the sale of Newstead.