Marquess of Sligo letters, 1810 Aug-Dec
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Marquess of Sligo letters, 1810 Aug-Dec
16684071
Description
- Title
- Marquess of Sligo letters, 1810 Aug-Dec
- Creator
- Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845
- Abstract
-
The collection contains nineteen letters written by the Marquess of Sligo during his travels in Greece and Asia Minor. Subjects include his planned itineraries; travel expenses; his elaborate entertainment by Veli Pasha; impressions of and experiences with Lord Byron and Lady Hester Stanhope; his shipment of "vases and other treasures" home to Ireland from digs in Greece; and his dislike of Constantinople. Other comments concern remittances from home and his thoughts on better estate management
There are also four letters and letters copy between the dowager Lady Sligo and her husband's creditors
- Description
- Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845) was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Lord Byron. After succeeding to his father's title in 1809, in 1810-11 he toured the Mediterranean and the Levant, sending home over 1,000 archaelogical specimens from Morea and the Greek lslands. He was arrested on his return to Malta for "abducting" two Navy deserters who had captained his hired ship and later served four months in Newgate upon his conviction. In 1834-35 Sligo was Governor General of Jamaica and vigorously enforced the British decrees on the emancipation of slaves, later publishing "Jamaica under the Apprentice System, by a Proprietor" (1836).
- Provenance
- Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2002.
- Extent
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- OSB MSS 74
- Container / Volume
- Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Greece.
Mediterranean Region.
Greece
Istanbul (Turkey)
Mediterranean Region
Turkey - Subject (Name)
-
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845.
Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839. - Subject (Topic)
-
Friends and associates
Travel
Classical antiquities
Collectors and collecting
Grand tours (Education)
Travelers' writings, English
Pashas
Description and travel
History - Subjects
-
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Friends and associates
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Travel > Greece
Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845
Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839
Classical antiquities > Collectors and collecting > Mediterranean Region
Grand tours (Education)
Travelers' writings, English
Pashas
Greece > Description and travel
Greece > History > 1453-1821
Istanbul (Turkey) > Description and travel
Mediterranean Region > Description and travel
Turkey > Description and travel
Turkey > History > 1683-1829
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Marquess of Sligo Letters. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 4903839
- Object ID (OID)
- 16684071
Manifest Link