The Autobiography of William Jerdan
John Murray to William Jerdan, 14 June [1829]
“Albemarle Street, June 14.
“My dear Sir,
“I thank you for your attentive hint respecting
Mr. Barry, of Genoa. Mr. Hobhouse has, as usual, prevented their
going to Mr. Moore!
“I think you have overlooked Captain Smith’s ‘Life of Captain Beaver,’
which, if not so well put together as it might have been, contains many very
curious facts regarding a remarkable man. In the course of the day I will send
you the first copy of an interesting work, in its way and at this time,
‘Forest Scenes in the
Wilds of North America.’
“With kind compliments,
“I remain,
“My dear Sir,
“Yours very truly,
Charles F. Barry (1831 fl.)
Byron's Genoa banker, friend, and correspondent. He was unwilling to share the
correspondence with Thomas Moore.
John Cam Hobhouse, baron Broughton (1786-1869)
Founder of the Cambridge Whig Club; traveled with Byron in the orient, radical MP for
Westminster (1820); Byron's executor; after a long career in politics published
Some Account of a Long Life (1865) later augmented as
Recollections of a Long Life, 6 vols (1909-1911).
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Irish poet and biographer, author of the
Irish Melodies (1807-34),
The Fudge Family in Paris (1818), and
Lalla
Rookh (1817); he was Byron's close friend and designated biographer.
John Murray II (1778-1843)
The second John Murray began the
Quarterly Review in 1809 and
published works by Scott, Byron, Austen, Crabbe, and other literary notables.
William Henry Smyth (1788-1865)
Naval officer, surveyor, and author of
The Cycle of Celestial Objects
for the Use of Naval, Military, and Private Astronomers, 2 vols (1844).
