| Evidence: | Henry James to the Earl of Lovelace, 14 January 1906, thanking him for a copy of "Astarte", Lovelace's account of his grandparents Lord and Lady Byron's marriage: 'I am greatly touched by your friendly remembrance of my possible feeling for the whole matter, and of your own good act, perhaps, of a few years ago -- the to me ever memorable evening when, at Wentworth House, you allowed me to look at some of the documents you have made use of in "Astarte."' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Feb 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Wentworth House | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Henry James |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Apr 1843 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | various |
| Title: | Byron family papers |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 7612 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry James | |
| Editor: | Leon Edel | |
| Title: | Henry James: Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 392 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 392, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7612, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| See also p.394 n.1 in source, where an extract is quoted from Henry James's 1895 notebooks, recording the visit to Wentworth House, and mentioning his being "'shown some of their extremely interesting Byron papers, especially some of those bearing on the absolutely indubitable history of his relation to Mrs. [Augusta] Leigh'." |
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